I crossed a small dam solo hiking the Wichita Mountains. Not the one at Kite Trail on the Bison Trail Loop (Lost Lakes) which is wide and dry, but completely off trail since I had to get off trail to avoid bison. It was mossy with very little traction and I almost slipped. Brushed it off as an annoyance since I didn't get wet.

Watched this video a year later and it made me think... how deep was that water, and was it really as calm as it seemed? Yikes.

How about The Strid from the River Wharfe? While your river isn't likely that extreme, crossing unknown water is not on my top list of things to do.

Tom Scott - https://youtu.be/mCSUmwP02T8

The Most Dangerous River in THE WORLD is HOW DEEP?! - https://youtu.be/uJFQXT6PIP8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Wharfe

What on Earth!? I just submitted Kyle Hills video on this early today to HN.

What an eery coincidence. I hope it's not a bad omen that I keep coming across this topic today...

Seems about five others of us also linked his video in this thread :) Guess you’re experiencing the Baader-Meinhof effect, AKA the frequency illusion [1].

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion

It is interesting that Practical Engineering is an often-cited channel on HN. Not surprising, but rather a good indication of its content, quality, and value.