Post #2781171
2026-05-15 23:02 UTC
@vlrny@disabled.social
The closest I came to death was a near drowning in Class IV rapids. I only survived because the ice cold water sent me into shock, preventing me from fighting the current. My only option was to let it take me and try to work with the water.
And it worked. I got back to shore, vision mostly gone from oxygen deprivation. I survived and made a full recovery after only a day. All because instead of trying to control the river, I chose how to steer.
Replies (3)
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@vlrny@disabled.social 2026-05-15 23:03
@meadow@lgbtqia.space wow.
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@DrSuzanne@disabled.social 2026-05-15 23:25
@meadow@lgbtqia.space @vlrny@disabled.social That is a harrowing experience and made me want to share my closest to death (far from near death though) from a white water rafting incident. The raft flipped and in the safety talk we were told to hold on that the guide would come and get us. So I held on. Until I realized that no one was coming to get me, and I had to save myself. Many lessons to learn from rafting accidents apparently.
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@rockmastermike@beige.party 2026-05-15 23:29
@meadow@lgbtqia.space @vlrny@disabled.social been there. its literally all you can do. Glad you made it