Statistics suggest more swimmers drown than none swimmers which is something I can understand. If you cannot swim and jump into water beyond your depth you should have a generally good idea of what to expect. At least if you have any sort of passing association with things that think. However once you can do something you tend to believe you are rather better at it than the evidence should suggest. Swimming for me is lumped into the same survival category.
Swimmers always point out the fact that it is a darn good way of getting fit.
It is, but I always wonder fit for what, more swimming is the usual answer. When it comes to levels of fitness, I am a 'form follows function' man. I sit in a chair all day and occasionally make cups of coffee and pound away at a keyboard in-between shifting bits of card. You are not going to find me tracking wild animals over huge distances before running in for the kill, strangling the beast with my very own powerful arms rather like some Tarzan figure. Truth is I head to Tesco if I am in a food gathering mood.