Can You Swim Uphill?

You can swim in any direction if it's underwater - regardless of nearby mounds/hills.

You cannot swim uphill on the surface however, since that would basically be like attempting to swim up a waterfall.

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if were talking about surface swimming then to go uphill the water would have to be flowing against you. So to go forward/up you would have to kick your feet and dig your hands faster than the flow of the water, it'd be like a treadmill effect.

But in theory it'd be possible for a strong swimmer.
 
Well I suppose swimming the wrong way along a river could be considered uphill, but I dont really think that is what the OP was talking about. It's basically just going against the current, rather than "uphill".
 
seek said:
Well I suppose swimming the wrong way along a river could be considered uphill, but I dont really think that is what the OP was talking about. It's basically just going against the current, rather than "uphill".
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I was refering to a river, as in "upstream" water only flows 'cause of gravity, so it's going downhill. Therefore if you're going against it it is uphill.
 
yantorsen said:
I was refering to a river, as in "upstream" water only flows 'cause of gravity, so it's going downhill. Therefore if you're going against it it is uphill.
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But by that logic, any river in the world is "uphill" (if you swim against the current). So, if you want to go by that definition then yes, you can swim uphill.
 
seek said:
But by that logic, any river in the world is "uphill" (if you swim against the current). So, if you want to go by that definition then yes, you can swim uphill.
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yes, every non-stagment river is uphill relative to earth.

although having said that, not all rivers would need to have a downhill section all the way to flow, as the energy from the downhill section further upstream would provide enough energy to get the water across a flat plain.
 
I guess you could have a pool with sloped water relative to the horizontal and no current within the water if the whole pool was being accelerated horizontally, might end up going quite fast if you wanted to maintain it though.
 
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