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You must not dither – swim like you’re running through a minefield.
— Lewis Gordon Pugh • Outside Magazine, 13 April 2009
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker demands decisive movement by comparing swimming to running through a minefield. The dangerous image makes hesitation sound especially costly. Read as forceful encouragement, the line uses an extreme comparison to urge commitment; it is not a literal explanation of how to cross such terrain.
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