GIRP - Less frustrating than QWOP!

GIRP less frustrating than QWOP. Or is it?
Here you witness Ian playing this complexly frustrating game by pressing shift to pull up his character and pressing the letter on the keyboard that corresponds to the screen. It's harder than it sounds. The aim is to climb from the rising water.

Ian's personal best is 10.2m. The water is almost at his waist.