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This is a swimming question, I guess.
Is there a trick to getting out of a pool with no ladder?
I don't have much upper-arm strength, and my arms typically turn to jello at the end of a hard swim. So when it comes time to climb out of the lane in the university's pool, I have a difficult time pulling myself out. There are no steps. The pool is entirely too deep to jump off the bottom to give myself momentum. The concrete edge of the pool seems slippery and difficult to grip. There's a little platform at the end of the lane - one of those that real swimmers dive off of when they're racing. Last time I tried to get out of the pool I grabbed ahold of this platform and after a considerable effort was able to pull myself out. It was not fun. I was concerned that I would have to signal the lifeguard to give me a hand, but I finally pulled myself out. This was my first experience in a pool where there weren't steps or a ladder.
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