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This guy can hold his breath WAY longer than you can!

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bignateyk said:
How was he able to descend without any kind of ballast or use of his own force if he had air in his lungs to begin with?

From the video it looks like he just dropped like a rock. If he had air in his lungs he would have naturally floated, and he would have had to swim down, or use ballast. I don't think he did either.
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He has a weight on his back. Also on the youbtube comments for the video he said he used a rope (you can see the rope around 1:41 of the video) and fins at various points, and it was edited out. This video was shot to look cool and be artistic, not reality. This guy has set world records in free diving, but even his constant weight record is only 113 meters, and the bottom of that hole is 202 meters.
 
bignateyk said:
How was he able to descend without any kind of ballast or use of his own force if he had air in his lungs to begin with?

From the video it looks like he just dropped like a rock. If he had air in his lungs he would have naturally floated, and he would have had to swim down, or use ballast. I don't think he did either.
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He's a pretty fit guy, so he probably does not have much natural buoyancy. The air in his lungs and the air trapped in the cells of the wetsuit material then provide his buoyancy.

At the surface, this is countered by the 10lb lead weight on his belt. As he descends, the pressure compresses both the air in the wetsuit and in his lungs and he becomes FAR less buoyant than when he started.

Every 33ft is an additional Atmosphere of pressure. At 66ft, his wetsuit has long since lost all of his buoyancy and his lungs are 1/4 the size of when he started. He would be falling pretty fast at that point and picking up speed.
 
How the hell does he not suffer from Decompression Illness (DCI)?

I saw a documentary about lobster divers in bahamas that suffer permanent disability due to diving beyond 150 ft with an oxygen tank.

This dude goes in and out in a single breath. It's certainly deeper than 150 ft. He would be a paraplegic by now if not dead.
 
Key West said:
How the hell does he not suffer from Decompression Illness (DCI)?

I saw a documentary about lobster divers in bahamas that suffer permanent disability due to diving beyond 150 ft with an oxygen tank.

This dude goes in and out in a single breath. It's certainly deeper than 150 ft. He would be a paraplegic by now if not dead.
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You can't get DCI from your own lungs.
 
Key West said:
How the hell does he not suffer from Decompression Illness (DCI)?

I saw a documentary about lobster divers in bahamas that suffer permanent disability due to diving beyond 150 ft with an oxygen tank.

This dude goes in and out in a single breath. It's certainly deeper than 150 ft. He would be a paraplegic by now if not dead.
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Breathing gas at depth and spending time down there is what can lead to the bends. His time is limited and he is not breathing at all.
 
Key West said:
How the hell does he not suffer from Decompression Illness (DCI)?

I saw a documentary about lobster divers in bahamas that suffer permanent disability due to diving beyond 150 ft with an oxygen tank.

This dude goes in and out in a single breath. It's certainly deeper than 150 ft. He would be a paraplegic by now if not dead.
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He is not breathing at depth. The amount of air in his lungs is constant. He will suffer no ills from decompression because there us no decompression.
 
WA261 said:
i call shens
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No shens. If I really wanted to I could probably free dive to 80 plus feet. But I would be sure to have fins on to ascend.

This guy is amazing no doubt. But you guys are confusing scuba and the risks with free diving. No nitrogen or decompression sickness can happen.

Remind me to post some of my snorkeling videos. Those are probably only 50 feet but the concept us the same.
 
spidey07 said:
No shens. If I really wanted to I could probably free dive to 80 plus feet. But I would be sure to have fins on to ascend.

This guy is amazing no doubt. But you guys are confusing scuba and the risks with free diving. No nitrogen or decompression sickness can happen.

Remind me to post some of my snorkeling videos. Those are probably only 50 feet but the concept us the same.
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The only real dangers for free divers are blackouts due to pushing too far, and then drowning of course. And undertows, riptides and the like.
 
havent been to that hole personally but its not as dark as it looks in the video... videos without artificial lighting look darker than they really are...
 
watched it last night, pretty badass.

i searched google for some pics and youtube for some videos.

that is one place i would like to go to. i'm going to Bahamasa in January but probably to Nassau, not sure how far the long island is from there.
 
GasX said:
This is one of my favorite free diving videos.
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Yeah, I've seen that. Really impressive. Notice how every movement is strong and purposeful. Any kind of quick or aerobic type of activity burns up your oxygen. It's a tip to stay down longer, be calm, smooth and slow.
 
A guy I know is a pro free diver. He was sent out to Dubai to swim in that huge fish tank!

His static breath hold isn't hugely impressive he tells me. He gets about 4-5mins but he's a lot better under water.

Koing
 
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