Swimming

[angelberri56]

No: HPFGUIDX 136841

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Cathy Drolet" <cldrolet at s...> wrote:
> Lucy and Stephen Dawson:
> 
> >>Silly question, but when did Harry learn to swim well enough to follow
> Dumbledore on a swim fully clothed through an icy sea??
> 
> CathyD now:
> I wondered that myself.  Not only that, he dragged Dumbledorethrough the icy sea, fully 
clothed to get back out of the cave.  Had to look back to GoF to see if I was right that 
Harry said he couldn't swim more than a couple laps of that pool/tub in the prefect's 
bathroom, he was terrified at the thought of going into the lake.  Dudley had had 
swimming lessons but he didn't.  Must've taken lessons sometime during fifth year, 
don'cha think. ;)  Maybe we're supposed to think that since he swam so well in the lake to 
get Ron that now he's completely confident in his swimming ability!?
> 
 angelberri56 now:
I don't really think that it mattered whether Harry was now confident enough about his 
swimming abilities to take dumbledore across the sea. I seriously doubt Harry was 
thinking about the fact that he couldn't swim well; he was prob a bit distracted by the fact 
that they had to get to this horcrux (which if destroyed is the key to beating voldemort, so 
obviously a crucial thing to retrieve) and when coming back, getting dumbledore back to 
hogwarts. The only thought Harry would have had room in his mind for was that DD was 
very weak and he had to get both of them back to safety.