{"id":528,"date":"2011-06-25T19:34:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T23:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=528"},"modified":"2021-10-26T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T16:42:12","slug":"swamping-on-june-25-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"Swamping on June 25, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-528 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FKP_5855.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FKP_5855-107x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"muddy man in bikini briefs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FKP_5855-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FKP_5855-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FKP_5855-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/FKP_5855.jpg 1463w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Heather and I went out kayaking today and the tide was unusually low, so we visited one of my deepest and most treacherous mud holes. It was difficult getting there. I pulled Heather in her boat behind me in the deep mud, and I fought off vicious, determined crabs. It was like running a gauntlet. The crabs were attacking me from all sides. Lucky for me, they&#8217;re only 3 inches tall, even with their pincers in the air. They were pretty brave little bastards, considering the size difference between us.<\/p>\n<p>When we finally arrived at my sinking hole, it was great. I fell into the mud and nearly went all the way under. That spot just swallows you whole, and it has got to be my deepest spot. I&#8217;ve not yet found the bottom and I&#8217;ve gone down about 7 feet. It is well over my head. So, with Heather&#8217;s help, we shot some total immersion clips, a couple of head first dives, and a cannon ball jump that took me completely under in a great splash. It was kind of cool to be able to go completely under the mud, just by jumping in. Once I was under, I didn&#8217;t resurface without an effort.<\/p>\n<p>Heather is working on editing the video clips, as I write this. She is also responsible for all of the still images in the attached gallery. I hope you guys enjoy the stills. Please leave comments with your thoughts and questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heather and I went out kayaking today and the tide was unusually low, so we visited one of my deepest and most treacherous mud holes. It was difficult getting there. I pulled Heather in her boat behind me in the deep mud, and I fought off vicious, determined crabs. It was like running a gauntlet. &hellip; <a class=\"read-excerpt\" href=\"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/?p=528\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&raquo;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-deepmud","category-inversion","category-immersion","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5552,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/5552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudlover.com\/theswamp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}