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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arkhandus" data-source="post: 2115558" data-attributes="member: 13966">Being able to climb mountains, or run really fast, has absolutely nothing to do with being able to swim.  If you haven't specifically trained in swimming, such as if you grew up in a desert or on a mountain, you're going to sink and drown if you ever find yourself in deep water.  You can be the World's Strongest Man and you'll still drown if you haven't specifically learned to swim through practical experience.  Likewise, knowing how to swim has absolutely nothing to do with being able to climb real well, or cross a tightrope.I wholeheartedly suggest that Swim be a completely separate skill.  The other athletic skills I can at least barely wrap my mind around as being vaguely related to some extent.  Learning how to climb may include learning to balance well, and it may improve leg strength to some extent for running and jumping, or vice versa, but it's a very weak link.</blockquote>