STEVEN GRIFFITHS (British Backpacker) Drowns in Kampot River in Cambodia; Family Says He Can't Swim

Duncan · Post by **Duncan** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:13 am

jaynewcastle wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2017 10:24 pm You just assume everybody can swim, just like everybody can ride a bike

Its something kids learn naturally as they grow up

Your right,,, and that's the problem . Some people never grow up, so they remain as kids the rest of their life.

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:19 am

not all kids are lucky enough to have parents that take them to the sea when they are young.
Please consider the disadvantaged.

Jerry Atrick · Post by **Jerry Atrick** » Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:34 am

^Ah fuck off.

There's no excuse for this lad not being able to swim. and at the age he died at it would be as much his fault as any parents.

R.I.P

phuketrichard · Post by **phuketrichard** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:08 am

now there is a gofund me to get his body back to his parents,
https://www.gofundme.com/support-our-be ... ves-family

£2,920 of £5,000 goal
Raised by 127 people in 1 day

i just dont get this, gofund me is being used for anything nowadays...

rozzieoz · Post by **rozzieoz** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:23 am

Who let him travel without travel insurance!

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vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:36 am

phuketrichard wrote:anyone that cant swim, has no reason to go into the open water. with or without a life-vest/water wings etc without adult supervision.

see how long u cant float on ur back, bet its not more than 10 minutes in open water
to get my dive master u need stay afloat 30 minutes in open water, ( staying in one place without swmining), it was NOT easy

Beg to differ, Richard.

Float, tread water, float, tread water.Rinse and repeat.

If you've trained for it, it's easy...unless the water is choppy/weather is windy, in which case, adios.

AndyKK · Post by **AndyKK** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:42 am

I tried to swim in the upper Mekong in Cambodia, the current was so strong, swimming against it, I could not progress forward, a none swimmer or child would have been swept away.

vladimir · Post by **vladimir** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 11:43 am

Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:34 am ^Ah fuck off.

There's no excuse for this lad not being able to swim. and at the age he died at it would be as much his fault as any parents.

R.I.P

Sorry, I agree with Richard here. You probably grew up in an era where the govt actually spent more on public facilities than funding/abetting Saudi-led genocides.

Pretty sure people nowadays have much more limited access to heated pools than Brits did in the 60s/70s.

Bit off to bring up topic of blame and lay it on his parents in a death thread, btw.

Sure you're on the right forum?

YouTube · Post by **General Mackevili** » Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:41 pm

phuketrichard wrote:now there is a gofund me to get his body back to his parents,
https://www.gofundme.com/support-our-be ... ves-family

£2,920 of £5,000 goal
Raised by 127 people in 1 day

i just dont get this, gofund me is being used for anything nowadays...

They just broke £3,000.

GoFundMe really is the new expat insurance.

"Our beloved Steve who lived and worked on Koh Rong unfortunately lost his life unexpected 13th July 2017. He was a pleasure to work with and an amazing young man. Fellow travels will understand how much of a shock this is and why we all need to put together to help his family as much as we can.

Any donation is very much appreciated, and we owe it to his family to help them out in such a tragic time. He would of done anything for anyone of us.

Fly High Steve!"

cptrelentless · Post by **cptrelentless** » Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:07 pm

I don't understand why the don't just let them burn him here and Fedex the pot back. A couple of hundred quid and one jar of Maxwell House. The tropics is not the place where you want to be keeping a corpse lying around.

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