Tag: Herbert Nitsch
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Freediving World Record-Holder Herbert Nitsch Pushes the Limits of the Human Body | wocomoTRAVEL
The Austrian freediver, Herbert Nitsch, defies the depths of the ocean and goes from one amazing feat to another. He has held the world record for freediving since 2007: – 214 meters! The British director Alexander Abela, who is also a freediver, shadowed him for many months while he trained, and also during international competitions…
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Go Underwater In 360-Degrees With This World Record Holding Freediver
There is nothing like the sense of contentment that comes from outdoor swimming, particularly in warm ocean waters. When you slide completely under the surface, your entire relationship with the world as you know it shifts. All sound is reduced to the white noise of water rushing past your ears. Your limbs appear long and…
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This Record-Setting Freediver Couldn’t Even Be Limited By Decompression Sickness
To put this renegade diver’s accomplishments in perspective, the light in the ocean stops at about 200 meters, or 650 feet. Nitsch set a world record in no limit free diving — one of eight disciplines in the sport — when he descended 253.2 meters (830.7 feet) on June 6, 2012. “You’re on your own…
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‘Pipin’ Ferreras to attempt “no-limits†freedive world record a decade after wife’s death
More than a decade ago, record-setting free diver Francisco “Pipin†Ferreras of North Bay Village lost his wife, Audrey Mestre, when she drowned attempting to exceed his world depth mark in a plunge to 561 feet off the Dominican Republic. […] Ferreras, now 51, retired from competitive diving after his wife’s death. He dissolved his…
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Herbert Nitsch’s final near-death 800ft dive record attempt featured on 60 Minutes
Re-airing throughout March, see for instance Sho Sports In his first interview since the 800-ft. dive that caused brain damage and ended his career, Free Diver Herbert Nitsch Reflects on his injuries and the dive that turned out to be his limit. Herbert Nitsch, known as “The Deepest Man on Earth†for the 32 world…
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Herbert Nitsch recovering after achieving world record depth
Austrian Freediver Herbert Nitsch attempted a 800ft / 244m ‘no limits’ dive today in Santorini, Greece, managing a confirmed target depth and re-ascend up until the planned stop depth of 10m, but then felt unwell and had to be escorted to the surface where he received an oxygen regulator and went down again for a…
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Herbert Nitsch to attempt a world’s deepest ever 800ft (244m) freedive
Austrian airline pilot and extreme freediver Herbert Nitsch went down in history on June 14th 2007, off the Greek island of Spetses, by freediving to a depth of 700 feet (-214m), the deepest ever freedive. Now he wants to go even deeper, down to 800 ft / 244 m between 4 – 6 June 2012…
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Herbert Nitsch preparing for a 800 feet ‘no limits’ freediving world record
Airline pilot and extreme freediver Herbert Nitsch freedived to at depth of 700 feet (-214 m) on June 14th 2007, putting him way ahead of his nearest competitors in the ‘no limits’ category. Now he is preparing for a 800 feet (-214 m) in the summer 2012, in this “torpedo sled” facilitating the descent and…