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Two points here, both learned by swimming experiences in lakes and rivers (having parted company from my Old Town canoe); heavy objects like canoes filled with water or large logs (already mentioned) make terrible flotation in moving water. They have a habit of getting up-stream of the swimmer and then pinning you to a rock, tree or whatever and giving you your first and last lesson in the awesome power of water.
Secondly packs and gear full of precious survival gear are not worth drowning for, kind of defeats the object IMHO, and it's amazing how things snag up or get washed up a little further down the shore or riverbank (I prefer looking for barrels and Bergens rather than people)
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"I'm arm'd with more than complete steel - The justice of my quarrel." Christopher Marlowe
Secondly packs and gear full of precious survival gear are not worth drowning for, kind of defeats the object IMHO, and it's amazing how things snag up or get washed up a little further down the shore or riverbank (I prefer looking for barrels and Bergens rather than people)
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"I'm arm'd with more than complete steel - The justice of my quarrel." Christopher Marlowe