For the last couple of days we have shared a rental van with 3 other couples (Rene and Stacy, Terri and Ken, Stacy's parents, and L.A. and Susan) and we were able to watch the free diving competition today at Dean's Blue Hole. As I mentioned the other day, Dean's Blue Hole is the deepest blue hole in the world. It is 202 meters or 663 feet deep. We watched Natalia Molchanova of Russia set a world record with a free dive to 100 meters (over 300 feet). We could only see her descend to about 40 meters before she dropped out of site. Her dive took 3:42 minutes. It was incredible to be able to witness a world record. We also watched while William Trubridge attempted to break a men's record for New Zealand. He did not break the record today but he broke a world record last week by free diving unassisted (without the assistance of fins, using only breaststroke to descend) to 121 meters in 4:12 minutes, absolutely incredible! I was so inspired that I am considering attempting to break my personal best which is approximately 4 meters at 20 seconds!
For more information on this crazy sport check out Vertical Blue's web site:
Vertical Blue
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| Dean's Blue Hole - Beautiful |
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| Natalia with the judge showing a white card signaling a successful dive (WORLD RECORD!) |
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| Natalia and William - both world record holders |
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| Competition Site |
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I found a merman! Check out the fins on that one!
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| Divers making preparations |
2 comments:
Larry and I saw an IMAX of free diving, it is something to see and you are there in person.
Had lunch with Michele and Sonya today, the said "hi"
Excellent topic, fabulous experience. Thanks for sharing it with us! Jon and Renne' aboard svJonNe'
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