Can You Swim Uphill?

If the water were obeying conventional gravity it would flow downhill, and therefore you would be swimming against a current. If the hill had its own gravitational field (cant believe we're discussing this...) and the water were stationary, then you too would be affected by said field, and there would be no change to normal behaviour.
If.... if the pool were stationary but you still obeyed gravity, then some twit probably divided by zero and you have far worse problems.
 
Just thaught about this more......

Of course you can swim "uphill". You can swim up river, as rivers flow down gradient, you can class that as a hill!.... Case closed! Lock please!
 
Only if your name is .............. Sal Mon, then even waterfalls are possible.


Of course, if it was Winston swimming against Biggles on the treadmill ......... not so sure.
 
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Amp34 said:
I wasn't talking about waves/ripples.;)

Tides are one of the most well known reasons the sea isn't flat, there is another one though that makes the sea/oceans even more 'hilly'. A virtual cookie for anyone that knows it. :D
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read through and didnt see anyone reply and fancied my chances for virtual cookie. is the other reason seas hilly because of air pressure from changing weather?
 
Yes.

Get a big tube and plonk it on a hill
Run water down it from the top.
Swim up as fast as you can holding your breath

Depends how big the hill is, how long you can hold your breath and how fast you can swim as to if you can do it. But it can be done!
 
jak731 said:
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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Have you read "Rendevous With Rama"?
 
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