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FREAKING AMAZING!!!!!!
- Thread starter ricwilli
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I'm sure that took years of training his body to be able to stay under that long! What I found strange is that I didn't see any bubbles at all. Did he not ever exhale? How did he equalize his ears? 60' is pretty deep to not have to equalize at all.
He didn't even use fins to get him to the bottom quicker either.
That is pretty amazing!
He didn't even use fins to get him to the bottom quicker either.
That is pretty amazing!
If you dive with frequency, your Eustachian tubes stay clear and you therefore do not need to pinch your nose to equalize pressure. When I was diving weekly, I rarely needed to pinch the nose.
I think what is amazing is how negatively buoyant this guy is, unless that gun he is carrying weighs a ton. Try walking on the bottom next time you dive….it’s impossible, unless you load your weight belt (now-a-days, buoyancy compensator). Holding your breath for two minutes isn’t that amazing….Talk to a Navy Seal.
I think what is amazing is how negatively buoyant this guy is, unless that gun he is carrying weighs a ton. Try walking on the bottom next time you dive….it’s impossible, unless you load your weight belt (now-a-days, buoyancy compensator). Holding your breath for two minutes isn’t that amazing….Talk to a Navy Seal.
whats amazing is how he walks like hes running on land across the bottom. ive gone spear fishing before and its nothing like that lol. im sure what helps is the lack of wetsuit and fins as he can curl his toes around rock on the ocean floor ( until he steps on a scorpian fish ;D )
this is what i thought you were sharing until i clicked,
http://www.wimp.com/recordfreedive/
this is what i thought you were sharing until i clicked,
http://www.wimp.com/recordfreedive/
I was going to comment about the buoyancy also. It must have been the weight of the gun, and the fact that he had no wet suit on either.
onefish2fish said:
Well THAT was pretty amazing too!
onefish2fish said:
Wow! Too many things amazing about this one.
How does this guy free-dive with a wetsuit and no weight belt? I would float like a cork in my wetsuit. I couldn’t stay under water if I wanted to without a weight belt.
I no longer have my dive tables (yea, yea, I’m old), but 331 feet, even staying less than a minute, I’d guess you are close to looking at decompressing.
And, how does this guy get past nitrogen narcosis? Some people get hit with this a little below 100 feet….but 331 feet, he’s got to be in la-la land.
Again, another negative buoyant person, and this one is wearing what appears to be a wetsuit.
I did note that he rested and hyperventilated before going down, but this guy can hold his breath.
redfishbluefish said:
i dont think its a wet suit but maybe a skin tight suit?
onefish2fish said:
I went back and looked....it's an Orca wetsuit.
I remember seeing on discovery or nat geo years ago, these island/costal village kids that were taught to swim by the time they could walk. When they turned like 10-12 they worked picking conch, clams, or something off the ocean floor from 20-60 feet down and could hold their breath for 3-4 mins average. The program said they can do it because they've been in the water doing it for so long, almost every day. Just a way of life for them
It is a free diving yet suit. Made very different than other suits...they are meant to fit very very snug and are very streamlined in the water.
Paul,
During scuba...anything below 130 feet puts you into a deco situation. 331 would be a definite deco obligation with many different types of has mixes...but because he is free diving, he is not breathing at depth but just holding in whatever is there...hence why you don't see bubbles. Because he is not breathing at depth that means there is no nitrogen build up.
Paul,
During scuba...anything below 130 feet puts you into a deco situation. 331 would be a definite deco obligation with many different types of has mixes...but because he is free diving, he is not breathing at depth but just holding in whatever is there...hence why you don't see bubbles. Because he is not breathing at depth that means there is no nitrogen build up.
9supratt4 said:
Orca makes wetsuits for tri-athletes…so yes, very thin and tight fitting…but still, its rubber filled with micro bubbles which causes for additional buoyancy
As far as the free dive, he is still breathing “regular” 20/80 air, with the larger number being nitrogen. Regardless of whether you are breathing it out of a bottle on your back, you can still suffer the consequences of either nitrogen narcosis and/or the bends with the air in your lungs (blood stream). Gas under pressure! Boyles, Charles and all my friends have created these crazy laws. Again, he can still suffer narcosis because of the presence of nitrogen under pressure in his blood, and could also still suffer from the bends (dissolved gas in the blood…both oxygen and nitrogen…expanding once you ascend). I’d be more concerned about narcosis…at 331 (that’s 10 atmospheres….10 times the pressure at the surface), you’ve got to be totally out of it.
Paul...you are correct. After some research it is in fact possible to get the bends from free diving, but it is rare. From my research it happens more often if you do many free dives in a row.
I thought that since they are not breathing that it wouldn't effect the nitrogen in the blood as much.
Narcosis...I'm not sure. I haven't been able to find any info on Nitrogen Narcosis and Free Diving.
Also, Paul is correct. Free Diving suits are made with open cell neoprene. Basically air in the cells. Scuba suits are closed neoprene. Free Diving suits are very thin and easier damaged.
I thought that since they are not breathing that it wouldn't effect the nitrogen in the blood as much.
Narcosis...I'm not sure. I haven't been able to find any info on Nitrogen Narcosis and Free Diving.
Also, Paul is correct. Free Diving suits are made with open cell neoprene. Basically air in the cells. Scuba suits are closed neoprene. Free Diving suits are very thin and easier damaged.
I think Paul's Nitrogen Narcosis concern is a legitimate one. The only caveat I can think of is the fact that it was a descend / ascend without any "bottom time" to speak of. I guess it's possible that some nitrogen would expand in the blood stream as he surfaced. At that depth, the pressure is quite considerable even if it's only for a brief moment.
I'm just recently scuba certified, so although I am aware of these issues I'm certainly no expert. But as Paul mentioned, the science behind the laws of pressure indicate that this could be a problem with the gas expanding as he ascended to lower pressure elevations.
I seem to remember the first rule of diving that they taught me... never hold your breath! Free diving at this depth goes against this rule because that's all you can do is hold your breath. I couldn't imagine how you would exhale while making a dive this deep / long.
They most likely had to put him in a chamber immediately after he got back on the boat.
I'm just recently scuba certified, so although I am aware of these issues I'm certainly no expert. But as Paul mentioned, the science behind the laws of pressure indicate that this could be a problem with the gas expanding as he ascended to lower pressure elevations.
I seem to remember the first rule of diving that they taught me... never hold your breath! Free diving at this depth goes against this rule because that's all you can do is hold your breath. I couldn't imagine how you would exhale while making a dive this deep / long.
They most likely had to put him in a chamber immediately after he got back on the boat.