Hey Madison, yeah thanks. The tone of the video reflect how I felt the week after it happened (i felt like a dumbass). So , I actually took the video down, because my attitude has since changed a bit. But then put the video back, as i thought, "what the hell" maybe somebody can learn something from it.
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, glad you were able to live another day and share the story, I know it will make me think twice when I try to push limits
Hey Man - Recently subscribed as I'm just getting into freediving and trying to learn as much as I can before taking formal training. While going through your videos I found this one - First of all thank you for unselfishly and humbly sharing your close call, I am glad you're ok mate!! I'm a firefighter and instructor and teach rescue and survival techniques to firefighters. I tell you this as we constantly share lessons learned from close calls that we experience at fires so our fellow FFs can learn from them and hopefully avoid getting injured or worse from similar situations. I completely understand the feeling of embarrassment as I've been there, but you shouldn't be ashamed of what occurred as it could have happened to anyone in the unanticipated conditions you encountered - By sharing what you learned from the event you may just save someone else's life and I applaud you for that!! Please keep posting as you are an excellent teacher!
Good on you for openly talking about this... Blackouts are always something people get very embarrassed about, but you openly talking about is great education for others. Blackouts & Lung Squeezes are something that should always be avoidable, but you analyse and learn from your experience Really well... Hopefully others take your advice.
Thanks for sharing your blackout story. It reaffirms some of my own rules like going back up if something goes wrong, and staying calm (not freaking out) even if something goes wrong, and if you think you can't make it back, then drop the weight belt. That quarry, in general, sounds uncomfortable given the low visibility.
I should have done the "rolling turn" turn, which is the most basic of the freediving turns (curl head of heels and up). And used the momentum of the turn to immediately swim up. NOT check my depth, decide to check out my surroundings, check out the bottom, have a mini freak-out, and then try start swimming up.
So, you are great freediver and this kind of thing sometimes happens, but what we can do is know our limits, and never dive alone. Thanks for sharing this experience, it was very useful and it's gonna avoid another black out with your subscriber
Don't ever take this video down. I have just started freediving a couple months ago and i looked at my watch too and i freaked out too cos i have never done 20m before and i was gasping for air, lucky i didn't blacked out,... You are the one who got me into freediving, Thank You Buddy
deep water blackouts often occur near the surface following a breath-hold dive of over ten metres and typically involve free-divers practicing dynamic apnoea depth diving. The immediate cause of deep water blackout is the rapid drop in the partial pressure of oxygen in the lungs on ascent (latent hypoxia). That is why free divers are supposed to ascent slowy for the last 5 meters when approaching the surface and get escorted by saftey divers for the last 15 meters. It can happen to anyone anytime, it is not your fault! Just make sure to have always a reliable buddy with you to watch you! Great videos by the way!
Thanks for sharing your experience. I am a freediver too and like you I think it is very important to share also our mistakes, especially our mistakes to avoid them in the future. To remain near the wire I use a lanyard for every dive below 25 m. With that tool you are sure that even sinking you stay near the wire and your buddy(s) can more easily rescue you.
Claudio Pratesi I sometimes use it - but the lanyard itself is scary to me, I seem to worry more when I use it, because Ive seen it getting stuck many times. Espcially in this area, where there is alot of junk debris on the bottom of the quarry. But you are right... thanks for your comment, all the best with your diving.
Dude you're an amazing diver don't get down on yourself. I'm sure you've learned from your experience. I'm attempting 75 today and I'm feeling very calm, but blackouts happen. Even to the best.
I normally dive around 15 meters, some times 20, here in Brazil, but the afraid to pass through a black out doesn't let me dive deeper. However I practice almost every day dry static/dynamic apnea, and I improved my performace using your method:" breath up", that really works, my time dive increased to 1:40 min in 10-15 meter, my target is dive 25 meters well, by the way, using your method to dry static, I've got 4:32 min holding my breath, as you requested to inform to you who reach, here it is
Glad everything turned out ok because you obeyed the cardinal rule... never dive alone. I know you learned a lot about what happen and I have feeling you won't try that again. Just a quick recommendation. I noticed that you took the AIDA Level 3 with has a maximum depth of 24m (limit of the class). There is a whole other bag of issues that one has to deal with once you pass 20m ( as you experienced). I highly recommend you take another course to properly educator yourself on what can happened, how to prevent occurrences and how to properly execute vital techniques that prevent injury. I am a Instructor Trainer for FII. I have trained with and am a very good friend with Martin Stepanek. I've learned a lot from him. We dive quite regularly and also develop curriculum together for FII. Again, it's not criticism, just advice to keep you going strong! Good luck!
Hi Dean I would like to ask you a question about how you can increase your breath holding. Me and my friend have been freediving and spear fishing for a small period of time something like 2 years we both have 2:303:00 min breath hold outside the water but inside the water we find it really difficult to go under 20 meters. So could you give us any advise about this matter since you are a much more experienced freediver. Keep up uploading videos!!! Thanks
U should never be ashamed unless you blatantly do wrong to another. Its a mark of a good team to be able to hold each other up while one is exploring to the depths.
Thank you so much for this video!! In no way did it lessen my respect for you, quite the opposite - it is brave to share your own mistakes instead of trying to look perfect and flawless. And it's an important lesson to us all. I see you as a really good freediver, and this shows me than even the best make mistakes and so we have to always be on our guard, however high we think of our skills. Thank you again and wish you luck with your next dives. The world would be sadder without you ;-)
Thanks for sharing, Dean. But please, stop beating yourself up over this. You're a better, and stronger, diver as a result of this, and you've helped educate a lot of people with this video. Cheers!
How are you bro ? Hope you get well soon and full recovery after your ear surgery. You are a humble person. I love most of your video. And i just had posterus sinus bleeding problem, a month ago, caused by failed equalizing just at 4meter depth.
3rd:like william trubridge said bfore go to 101 for first time, we must not go to round numbrs, like -35, -40 etc, if you dive to -36 , yo can priorice to go to -40, -40 is just another number like -39 or 38. in order to prevent also sambas and BO, when i am about -10, i stop kicking, and let my body go, and when i reach the surface, i do two big breaths, and at 3rd, i inspire deeply, and blow the air with my mouth and nose close, in order to increse partial pressure of O2, and recover faster.
There is nothing to implode - it doesn't work that way. Even in a scuba diving there is a term of emergency ascent and we are talking here about only one extra breath on some low depth.
As a fairly new freediver I really appreciate all of your videos, but especially this one. I was wondering what it felt like as you approached blacking out. Do you think the blackout was maybe triggered by the lung squeeze? Thanks again for all the advice. -Ryan
Welp I made it to 25 and the headache returned, this time even worse than before. It put me down for the entire day I felt awful. To say that I know how you feel in this vid is an understatement.
I watched your video talking about this incident about a year ago. It's a very good lesson that you shared with us all and it must have stayed in my mind. Owing to an incident that happened to me some months ago I think it was of great benefit, although the circumstances were slightly different. I have since made a video showing what happened to me. Collision with Rocky Protrusion whilst Freediving! I was doing a series of progressively deeper dives in a freshwater site and was getting footage for another video on my channel which I subsequently called 'Freshwater Freediving'. Anyway what ended up happening is that diving activities were cut short owing to me accidentally hitting my head on a protruding rocky outcrop. I actually captured the incident on my GoPro camera as it happened to be on at the time and was pointing upwards but I didn't put it in the original video. What happened is that you can clearly see 2 rocky teeth like protrusions above me from opposite sides of the dive site I was diving. I saw the one on the right which I avoided as it was just infront of me and moved back to avoid it. In doing so I swam straight into the other one which was just outside my peripheral vision and gave myself a fair whack on the head. It was at this point that I clearly remembered your video when you talked about your experience and I just kept reminding myself to stay calm and keep my pulse rate as low as possible so as not to cause any other issues on the remainder of the ascent. When I got to the surface we realised I had a fair cut to the head so it was off to hospital to get stitched up and that was the end of diving activities for the weekend. Some good lessons here and some stuff that I have since passed on to others (as it's a site that lots of local freedivers have dived and I've reminded them just to be mindful of some of the topography). In particular I want to thank you for sharing your experience which may have helped me as it helped me to think clearly and try to stay calm and try not to use too much O2 up even when something goes wrong.
i hope that help you for the next time, blood in your lungs it´s caused sometimes when you go deeper than before, think that bloodshift mechanism starts at about -35.-40m, probably your body is not used to this pressure yet, and the pressure in your lungs became negative, wich can break some artery. many people gets stuck at -40 because of the pressure, and bloodshift, and spit blood, but it´s normal. sometimes a variable weight dive to this deep helps
Hey Dean, I know that you have the AIDA 2 certificate, why not do the AIDA 3 or 4 certificate? I know that the AIDA 4 will help you get to 32m confidentially so couldn't that help you? Also, will you ever go back to the quarry and try this again? if so, will you bring some sort of light source for the last 10m or so?
Hi Dean. You say that you shouldn't have turned and descended down looking at your watch. What is the proper technique? Or what was so wrong with your approach?
it´s great to analyce what happened after a BO, it must not be embarrasing, many times we look for our limits, and when we reach them can hapen things like that. here we see the importane of dive with someone. i think i can say two things i wouldn´t have done in your case: 1st: less weight; start freefalling at -15 for -40 it´s to soon, must put out at least 1 kg for start at about -20. 2nd: when you stop freefalling, just go to the surface, don´t wactch the computer, and continue descending
this only exist for suba, i think it's called BCD. in freedivin, you don't carry heavy equipement or maybe you're talking about "no-limits" acent baloon.
dont be so hard on your self. seems to me you did the right thing by having a safety diver/buddy. i had a buddy do a similar thing and black out/ samba. i did what i was trained to do and it wasnt a big deal.
I know it's great to push the limits as human beings but free diving is one of the main causes of divers "inexperienced: dying. I'm glad you had people around you to help you and support you when you were doing this.
I was wondering why do not use some small tank just for use in emergency situation. I don't know would it be a proble with decompresion if you take just one extra breath underwather ? Any other reason why not to use one (except the one that this is agains free diving rules..)
its dangerous, if you inhale air under pressure of the water the air is also compressed so what happens isthat the air expands in your lungs and it can lead to rupture of your lungs, you learn that in the most basic courses of freediving and scuba diving
because he coudn't see what's below him, and his legs might be caught in debris or cords no trained diver go down like this. it's a slow way to dive deep, and it's dangerous
Emil Schjerven Brenden It depends on the freedivers flexibility. I am not flexible at all. For me personally, from around 23 meters I can start feeling the squeeze quite heavy.. from 25m, you need be more more careful, and form 30 meters onwards any incorrect movement, sudden movement, etc could result in lung squeeze.
Emil Schjerven Brenden Get in shape, yoga, lung exercises, Strengthen your heart, lower your blood pressure, and improve your circulation, etc. Freediving is a sport, like any, the fitter you are, the less strain on your body, and the easier it is.
+Emil Schjerven Brenden I had a squeeze at 18 meters before. My dive was very uncomfortable. I forced equalization, my abs were contracted and the current was very strong that I had to panickly grab the line. Lung stretching and complete relaxation is the key to prevent lung squeezes.
just 2 quick questions! how should you turn and dive down and up when freediving? and are there groups that freedive together kind of like a club cause my friend is not that into freediving as i am. I am a beginner freediver and want to learn the proper and most safe way of freediving!
can you exlain the lung squeeze a bit more? did i nderstand you correctly: if you turn your head sth shifts in your body and makes a lung squeeze more likely??
Could you have removed the belt when you panicked to help get you to the surface faster ? Maybe add some sort of clip to the belt so you leave it on the rope and not lose it while you ascend ? Or lose it if you have to because the belt is replaceable, you aren't.
I did some training on my own without an instructor, and with clear visibility I can reach 10m without any problems. If you attempt any training, make SURE that your diving buddy can also reach this depth comfortably as he may need to drag you back up.
Thanks for sharing brother - there's no need to feel ashamed like you've damaged your pride. You're a champion for sharing your story. Thank you.
Hey Madison, yeah thanks. The tone of the video reflect how I felt the week after it happened (i felt like a dumbass). So , I actually took the video down, because my attitude has since changed a bit. But then put the video back, as i thought, "what the hell" maybe somebody can learn something from it.
We definitely did!
what doesn't kill you makes you stronger, glad you were able to live another day and share the story, I know it will make me think twice when I try to push limits
Hey Man - Recently subscribed as I'm just getting into freediving and trying to learn as much as I can before taking formal training. While going through your videos I found this one - First of all thank you for unselfishly and humbly sharing your close call, I am glad you're ok mate!! I'm a firefighter and instructor and teach rescue and survival techniques to firefighters. I tell you this as we constantly share lessons learned from close calls that we experience at fires so our fellow FFs can learn from them and hopefully avoid getting injured or worse from similar situations. I completely understand the feeling of embarrassment as I've been there, but you shouldn't be ashamed of what occurred as it could have happened to anyone in the unanticipated conditions you encountered - By sharing what you learned from the event you may just save someone else's life and I applaud you for that!! Please keep posting as you are an excellent teacher!
Don't be embarrassed. Stuff like that happens all the time, but glad you're okay. :)
Terrifying to hear your story, but lots to think about and learn from, thank you. I’ll be sharing this with my dive buddies.
Good on you for openly talking about this... Blackouts are always something people get very embarrassed about, but you openly talking about is great education for others.
Blackouts & Lung Squeezes are something that should always be avoidable, but you analyse and learn from your experience Really well... Hopefully others take your advice.
Thanks for sharing your blackout story. It reaffirms some of my own rules like going back up if something goes wrong, and staying calm (not freaking out) even if something goes wrong, and if you think you can't make it back, then drop the weight belt. That quarry, in general, sounds uncomfortable given the low visibility.
If you are 11+ even the dropping of the belt doesn't saving u
I should have done the "rolling turn" turn, which is the most basic of the freediving turns (curl head of heels and up). And used the momentum of the turn to immediately swim up. NOT check my depth, decide to check out my surroundings, check out the bottom, have a mini freak-out, and then try start swimming up.
Thanx for sharing so we all can learn from each others mistakes .safe diving
So, you are great freediver and this kind of thing sometimes happens, but what we can do is know our limits, and never dive alone.
Thanks for sharing this experience, it was very useful and it's gonna avoid another black out with your subscriber
Thank you dean for sharing your experience
Thanks for sharing! Now we can all learn from your experience!
Thanks bro. Good luck on your dive :) let me know how it goes.
Don't ever take this video down. I have just started freediving a couple months ago and i looked at my watch too and i freaked out too cos i have never done 20m before and i was gasping for air, lucky i didn't blacked out,... You are the one who got me into freediving, Thank You Buddy
deep water blackouts often occur near the surface following a breath-hold dive of over ten metres and typically involve free-divers practicing dynamic apnoea depth diving. The immediate cause of deep water blackout is the rapid drop in the partial pressure of oxygen in the lungs on ascent (latent hypoxia). That is why free divers are supposed to ascent slowy for the last 5 meters when approaching the surface and get escorted by saftey divers for the last 15 meters. It can happen to anyone anytime, it is not your fault! Just make sure to have always a reliable buddy with you to watch you! Great videos by the way!
Thank you man for sharing something so emotional and private!
Dude don't be so hard on yourself!everyone has a limit and makes mistakes!!love the vids!!
That's why you always buddy up! Lesson learned and awesome to see you talking about it.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I am a freediver too and like you I think it is very important to share also our mistakes, especially our mistakes to avoid them in the future. To remain near the wire I use a lanyard for every dive below 25 m. With that tool you are sure that even sinking you stay near the wire and your buddy(s) can more easily rescue you.
Claudio Pratesi I sometimes use it - but the lanyard itself is scary to me, I seem to worry more when I use it, because Ive seen it getting stuck many times. Espcially in this area, where there is alot of junk debris on the bottom of the quarry. But you are right... thanks for your comment, all the best with your diving.
Thank you for your story. This has helped me explain underwater blackout to my kids who are new to their swimming pool. Cheers mate !
Thats scary as man. Cheers for being a lad and not letting it hold you back!
Thanks for sharing your experience buddy, hope it never happens again.
Thanks for sharing! It is always good to learn from other peoples' experiences. Really glad that you are ok!
Dude you're an amazing diver don't get down on yourself. I'm sure you've learned from your experience. I'm attempting 75 today and I'm feeling very calm, but blackouts happen. Even to the best.
thank you for sharing.
Hey Nilo, I have AIDA 3. I did it in January 2013. As for the quarry, I don't think I will dive it ever again.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
thanks for sharing such important experience
I normally dive around 15 meters, some times 20, here in Brazil, but the afraid to pass through a black out doesn't let me dive deeper. However I practice almost every day dry static/dynamic apnea, and I improved my performace using your method:" breath up", that really works, my time dive increased to 1:40 min in 10-15 meter, my target is dive 25 meters well, by the way, using your method to dry static, I've got 4:32 min holding my breath, as you requested to inform to you who reach, here it is
Glad your alive, know how lucky you are... Be thankful
Glad everything turned out ok because you obeyed the cardinal rule... never dive alone. I know you learned a lot about what happen and I have feeling you won't try that again. Just a quick recommendation. I noticed that you took the AIDA Level 3 with has a maximum depth of 24m (limit of the class). There is a whole other bag of issues that one has to deal with once you pass 20m ( as you experienced). I highly recommend you take another course to properly educator yourself on what can happened, how to prevent occurrences and how to properly execute vital techniques that prevent injury. I am a Instructor Trainer for FII. I have trained with and am a very good friend with Martin Stepanek. I've learned a lot from him. We dive quite regularly and also develop curriculum together for FII. Again, it's not criticism, just advice to keep you going strong! Good luck!
take it easy Dean , everyone makes a mistake , you can say ...........happens
thanks for sharing
You gave a very good discription of the situation, thanks for the very helpful info. and tips.
Hi Dean I would like to ask you a question about how you can increase your breath holding. Me and my friend have been freediving and spear fishing for a small period of time something like 2 years we both have 2:30 3:00 min breath hold outside the water but inside the water we find it really difficult to go under 20 meters. So could you give us any advise about this matter since you are a much more experienced freediver.
Keep up uploading videos!!! Thanks
U should never be ashamed unless you blatantly do wrong to another. Its a mark of a good team to be able to hold each other up while one is exploring to the depths.
Thank you so much for this video!! In no way did it lessen my respect for you, quite the opposite - it is brave to share your own mistakes instead of trying to look perfect and flawless. And it's an important lesson to us all. I see you as a really good freediver, and this shows me than even the best make mistakes and so we have to always be on our guard, however high we think of our skills. Thank you again and wish you luck with your next dives. The world would be sadder without you ;-)
Thanks for sharing, Dean. But please, stop beating yourself up over this. You're a better, and stronger, diver as a result of this, and you've helped educate a lot of people with this video. Cheers!
Damn... Glad you`re alive. Hope you get better soon
Thank you for sharing your near-death experience. Reminds us not to do silly things down there and gamble with our lives.
thanks for sharing ur experince .......i hope i can learn from it
How are you bro ? Hope you get well soon and full recovery after your ear surgery. You are a humble person. I love most of your video.
And i just had posterus sinus bleeding problem, a month ago, caused by failed equalizing just at 4meter depth.
Thanks for sharing
Happy that you were okay. Thank you for sharing. It's good advice that I will keep in mind thanks Dean. Kelly Lane :)
Thx for sharing ur story.
Thank you for sharing!
3rd:like william trubridge said bfore go to 101 for first time, we must not go to round numbrs, like -35, -40 etc, if you dive to -36 , yo can priorice to go to -40, -40 is just another number like -39 or 38.
in order to prevent also sambas and BO, when i am about -10, i stop kicking, and let my body go, and when i reach the surface, i do two big breaths, and at 3rd, i inspire deeply, and blow the air with my mouth and nose close, in order to increse partial pressure of O2, and recover faster.
Thank you man that was generous.....
Thanks for sharing .. i hope you never experience black out ever again ..
There is nothing to implode - it doesn't work that way. Even in a scuba diving there is a term of emergency ascent and we are talking here about only one extra breath on some low depth.
Thank you for sharing. I appreciate it greatly.
Very scary and very informative, thanks for sharing your story.
Good reminder to never go alone
I wake up now , I did same your mistakes but without back out
Thanks I must stop doing this
Thanks brother
Thanks for sharing your experience ! This is a great video !
Thankz a lot man for shareing with us, Big respect to ya´
Thanks for your Information
Don't be hard on yourself you haven't lost any awesomeness... anyway, sometimes I crave for a blackout!
As a fairly new freediver I really appreciate all of your videos, but especially this one. I was wondering what it felt like as you approached blacking out. Do you think the blackout was maybe triggered by the lung squeeze?
Thanks again for all the advice.
-Ryan
Very important video, glad you're ok..
Welp I made it to 25 and the headache returned, this time even worse than before. It put me down for the entire day I felt awful. To say that I know how you feel in this vid is an understatement.
Much appreciated thanks for this useful info
did a similar stupid thing at the bottom of my dive and had a consequence LMC the surface.
Great video and story.
I watched your video talking about this incident about a year ago. It's a very good lesson that you shared with us all and it must have stayed in my mind. Owing to an incident that happened to me some months ago I think it was of great benefit, although the circumstances were slightly different. I have since made a video showing what happened to me.
Collision with Rocky Protrusion whilst Freediving!
I was doing a series of progressively deeper dives in a freshwater site and was getting footage for another video on my channel which I subsequently called 'Freshwater Freediving'. Anyway what ended up happening is that diving activities were cut short owing to me accidentally hitting my head on a protruding rocky outcrop. I actually captured the incident on my GoPro camera as it happened to be on at the time and was pointing upwards but I didn't put it in the original video. What happened is that you can clearly see 2 rocky teeth like protrusions above me from opposite sides of the dive site I was diving. I saw the one on the right which I avoided as it was just infront of me and moved back to avoid it. In doing so I swam straight into the other one which was just outside my peripheral vision and gave myself a fair whack on the head. It was at this point that I clearly remembered your video when you talked about your experience and I just kept reminding myself to stay calm and keep my pulse rate as low as possible so as not to cause any other issues on the remainder of the ascent. When I got to the surface we realised I had a fair cut to the head so it was off to hospital to get stitched up and that was the end of diving activities for the weekend. Some good lessons here and some stuff that I have since passed on to others (as it's a site that lots of local freedivers have dived and I've reminded them just to be mindful of some of the topography). In particular I want to thank you for sharing your experience which may have helped me as it helped me to think clearly and try to stay calm and try not to use too much O2 up even when something goes wrong.
Wow, sounds like she was lucky to survive that one.
Thanks for sharing, glad you're okay. Shouldn't a person drop their weights if they have doubts about being able to reach the surface.
i hope that help you for the next time, blood in your lungs it´s caused sometimes when you go deeper than before, think that bloodshift mechanism starts at about -35.-40m, probably your body is not used to this pressure yet, and the pressure in your lungs became negative, wich can break some artery. many people gets stuck at -40 because of the pressure, and bloodshift, and spit blood, but it´s normal. sometimes a variable weight dive to this deep helps
Hey Dean, I know that you have the AIDA 2 certificate, why not do the AIDA 3 or 4 certificate? I know that the AIDA 4 will help you get to 32m confidentially so couldn't that help you? Also, will you ever go back to the quarry and try this again? if so, will you bring some sort of light source for the last 10m or so?
Please can you make a video on what to do if someone blacks out
Hi Dean. You say that you shouldn't have turned and descended down looking at your watch. What is the proper technique? Or what was so wrong with your approach?
it´s great to analyce what happened after a BO, it must not be embarrasing, many times we look for our limits, and when we reach them can hapen things like that. here we see the importane of dive with someone. i think i can say two things i wouldn´t have done in your case:
1st: less weight; start freefalling at -15 for -40 it´s to soon, must put out at least 1 kg for start at about -20.
2nd: when you stop freefalling, just go to the surface, don´t wactch the computer, and continue descending
There shuld be a belt when you press a button it blows up and you float up
In case you don't know there is a vest that automatically brings you up. Freediving safety vest I think
this only exist for suba, i think it's called BCD.
in freedivin, you don't carry heavy equipement
or maybe you're talking about "no-limits" acent baloon.
Look up at Hyde Wingman....I wear one when I freedive. It inflates but adds almost no extra buoyancy when deflated.
dont be so hard on your self. seems to me you did the right thing by having a safety diver/buddy. i had a buddy do a similar thing and black out/ samba. i did what i was trained to do and it wasnt a big deal.
Thank god u r alive ...
not even if you manage to get to 40m some place else or has it become your forbidden diving place?
I feel bad for asking this but had you recorded this drive or another dive in that place?
I know it's great to push the limits as human beings but free diving is one of the main causes of divers "inexperienced: dying. I'm glad you had people around you to help you and support you when you were doing this.
I was wondering why do not use some small tank just for use in emergency situation. I don't know would it be a proble with decompresion if you take just one extra breath underwather ? Any other reason why not to use one (except the one that this is agains free diving rules..)
its dangerous, if you inhale air under pressure of the water the air is also compressed so what happens isthat the air expands in your lungs and it can lead to rupture of your lungs, you learn that in the most basic courses of freediving and scuba diving
Would you suggest that divers know cpr?
Yeah, at the higher certification levels in both freediving and scuba you need to have certificate called a PADI EFR (emergency first response).
Freediver HD Alright.
can you explain more why its bad to lower yourself down after turning back upright?
because he coudn't see what's below him, and his legs might be caught in debris or cords
no trained diver go down like this.
it's a slow way to dive deep, and it's dangerous
How deep should be the Max depth to prevent a lung Squize?
Emil Schjerven Brenden It depends on the freedivers flexibility. I am not flexible at all. For me personally, from around 23 meters I can start feeling the squeeze quite heavy.. from 25m, you need be more more careful, and form 30 meters onwards any incorrect movement, sudden movement, etc could result in lung squeeze.
Emil Schjerven Brenden Get in shape, yoga, lung exercises, Strengthen your heart, lower your blood pressure, and improve your circulation, etc.
Freediving is a sport, like any, the fitter you are, the less strain on your body, and the easier it is.
+Emil Schjerven Brenden I had a squeeze at 18 meters before. My dive was very uncomfortable. I forced equalization, my abs were contracted and the current was very strong that I had to panickly grab the line.
Lung stretching and complete relaxation is the key to prevent lung squeezes.
Спасибо за твои видео
Have you ever fallen asleep while doing static apena
What watches are your favorite? What would you suggest for a beginner diver?
Thanks.
what quarry was this ? was it in the cape...
Dear god this sounds terrifying
just 2 quick questions! how should you turn and dive down and up when freediving? and are there groups that freedive together kind of like a club cause my friend is not that into freediving as i am. I am a beginner freediver and want to learn the proper and most safe way of freediving!
Sounds scary!
can you exlain the lung squeeze a bit more? did i nderstand you correctly: if you turn your head sth shifts in your body and makes a lung squeeze more likely??
@Dylan Nguyen only in scuba diving bud!
Could you have removed the belt when you panicked to help get you to the surface faster ? Maybe add some sort of clip to the belt so you leave it on the rope and not lose it while you ascend ? Or lose it if you have to because the belt is replaceable, you aren't.
if ou get the chance to write back can you explain to me what and how you get a lung squeeze thanks
ok thanks
الحمد لله إنك بخير انا احبك يا دحين think God your safe
What would you recommend for a beginner depth wise.
I did some training on my own without an instructor, and with clear visibility I can reach 10m without any problems.
If you attempt any training, make SURE that your diving buddy can also reach this depth comfortably as he may need to drag you back up.
what are the waters like where you want to train?
Damn thats nutts.
Sweet vids, these are all you?
That sounds like a horrible experience...
Dont be to hard to you. Its all part of the job. All the best!
Lol, true; you learn from your mistakes :)
Don't worry stuff happens