I have a question for people who have swam in the Bow. Did you find it difficult? I'm an above average swimmer, but I'm not great. When I go rafting with my buddies I'm the guy who gets out of the rafts to swim and to pull the rafts to shore. I've never felt like I was in any danger. There are very few places were I couldn't touch the ground, the current isn't that fast and the water isn't even cold. That makes me giggle at this type of sensationalism from the article.
"You’ve got to be wearing a life jacket — if you hit an obstruction on the Bow, unless you’re an Olympic swimmer, you’re done.” - city spokesman Bill Bruce.
Anyway, I'm not here saying you shouldn't need to have life jackets, because my friends and I ALWAYS do have them, we just aren't always wearing them. I generally have mine in my boat, underneath me where I can get it on in a couple seconds if I must. Just having a life jacket with you is protection enough when you're in a boat on a lake, ocean, or other river. I don't know why the laws concerning Calgary rivers need to be so much more strict.
Unless I'm wrong and you are supposed to have a life jacket ON in the other bodies of water.
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