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Herbert Nitsch Herbert Nitsch. Herbert Nitsch (born 20 April 1970) is an Austrian freediver who has held world records in all of the eight freediving disciplines recognised by AIDA International. He is the current freediving world record champion and “the deepest man on earth”.
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'I've had years to contemplate this moment, and I won't say there hasn't been dread': James Cameron relives his heart-stopping descent to the deepest part of the ocean in submersible just 43-inches wide Cameron spent about three hours at the bottom of the ocean off the island of Guam, the deepest-known part of any ocean in the world. He shot some 3-D video during the dive, but admitted afterwards it was difficult to see much in the murky depths from his vantage point inside Deepsea Challenger.
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5 Longest Free Dives of All Time Email. 1  As far as extreme sports go, free diving is among the most challenging. Divers push the limits of human evolution by descending hundreds of meters below the surface, fighting massive levels of water pressure and minutes without oxygen.
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The deepest holes in the world The deepest holes in the world. Whether they're man-made mines or natural sinkholes, these massive holes around the world are anything but the pits. 1. Dean’s Blue Hole: Long Island, Bahamas. At more than 650 feet deep, Dean’s Blue Hole is the world’s deepest sinkhole with an entrance below water. Located in a bay near Clarence Town on the Bahamas’ Long Island, its visible diameter is roughly 82–115 feet.
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Free Diving World Record Will Soon Be Pushed to 1,000 Feet, Author Says There’s free diving with weights, free diving without weights, free diving with fins, and so on and so forth. But right now the world record for no limits—a crazy discipline in which guys rig themselves onto machines and the machines take them down to depths very quickly—is 700 feet. In 1949 scientists said the deepest we could possibly dive and survive was a hundred feet.
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5 Longest Free Dives of All Time Francisco 'Pipin' Ferreras, 162 m, January 2000. The Cuban Ferreras began free diving in the 1980s. His rivalry with Italian diver Umberto Pelizzari pushed each to set a series of world records, but Ferreras came out on top, hitting 162 meters in 2000, which was 12 meters deeper than Pelizzari ever reached.
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- Related. 1  James Cameron descends to the bottom of the Mariana Trench Telegraph UK. ' 2 Titanic' director James Cameron dives to Earth's deepest spot Christian Science Monitor. 3  James Cameron dives to deepest ocean point BBC.
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- Solo sub dive is deepest ever. View Images. At noon on Monday, local time, (10 p.m. Sunday ET) James Cameron's vertical torpedo sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench's Challenger Deep—Earth's deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm.
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How Deep Underwater Can a Human Really Travel? The deepest point ever reached by man is 35,858 feet below the surface of the ocean, which happens to be as deep as water gets on earth. To go deeper, you'll have to travel to the bottom of the Challenger Deep, a section of the Mariana Trench under the Pacific Ocean 200 miles southwest of Guam. And you're going to need a shovel. Two expeditions have successfully plumbed the almost-7-mile depths of the Challenger Deep.
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Ocean trench: Take a dive 11,000m down Share this page. Ocean trench: Take a dive 11,000m down. Icy cold, pitch black and with crushing pressures - the deepest part of the ocean is one of the most hostile places on the planet. Only three explorers have made the epic journey there: 11km (seven miles) down to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench. As a new wave of deep-sea exploration begins, take a look at the mysterious world that they will be plunging into.
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- The previous record for the world's deepest dive was 1,044 feet, achieved by a South African scuba diver named Nuno Gomes.
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Longest time breath held voluntarily (female) Longest time breath held voluntarily (female) Share. The longest time to hold the breath underwater is 18 min 32.59 sec and was achieved by Karoline Mariechen Meyer (Brazil) at the Racer Academy swimming pool, Florianopolis, Brazil, on 10 July 2009. Karoline is a professional freediver who trained for four months to try and break the record.
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What Is Deep Diving? Deep Diving Courses. The Advanced Open Water course includes a deep dive to 100 feet / 30 meters. Afterwards divers are able to complete a course in Deep Diving. This specialty course involved four dives of between 60 feet / 18 meters and 140 feet / 40 meters.
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Frequently Asked Questions They can stay submerged for periods of up to 20 minutes. However, they typically stay down for 2-3 minutes between deep dives. The longest recorded dive for the Shark Bay dolphins is 7 minutes.
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How deep is deep? Imagining the MH370 search underwater Only a handful of people have traveled to such staggering depths. One of them is movie director James Cameron, who using a state-of-the-art vessel, dropped 35,000 feet, or about 7 miles, to the deepest place on Earth -- the Challenger Deep in the western Pacific Ocean.
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- The deepest-diving submarine ever. The deepest diving submarine in the world, Dolphin is responsible for many firsts, but is not primarily associated with any specific historic event or time frame during her nearly forty years of service.
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Inside the world's deepest blue hole Inside the world's deepest blue hole. Plummeting to depths of 300m (987ft), researchers say this sinkhole in the South China Sea is the deepest in the world. U.S.
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- A Google Exec Just Skydived 136K Feet, Smashing the World Record. Alan Eustace, Google's Vice President of Search, floating up to the stratosphere in the New Mexico dawn. Google’s search czar just broke the record for highest sky dive ever. As reported by The New York Times, Alan Eustace jumped from a balloon that was 135,890 feet above the Earth.
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What Is Skin Diving? Skin diving, or free diving, is the practice of diving underwater without the use of a portable air supply, as is common with scuba diving. Skin diving can be done with minimal equipment, such as a mask and snorkel, or it may be done with no equipment at all.
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Cuvier's Beaked Whale Sets Records for Longest and Deepest Dive Mar 27, 2014 11:28 AM EDT. If prizes were awarded to deep diving marine mammals, the Cuvier's beaked whale would be the champion, according to a new study, which reports the cetacean has having the longest, deepest dive on record.
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The Worldâs Deepest Pool Is The Biggest Deep End Weâve Ever Seen According to the project's website, Boaretto's goal was  to build the best swimming pool in the world .. While that measurement is a bit subjective, the pool is Guinness World Records-certified as the world's deepest swimming pool for diving. Y-40's name is a reference to its depth, with the -40 denoting that the pool plunges about 40 meters -- or about 131 feet -- at its deepest.
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- The Deepest Indoor Diving Pool in the World. Deep divers are always after a unique experience. But how about one that is an engineering marvel, a recreational hotspot for both newbies and pros, and a great place to meet for lunch, all rolled into one? That could only be Nemo 33, the deepest indoor diving pool in the world. What is diving, you ask, without the natural world around you? At Nemo 33 it is a totally unique journey through pools, caves and deep pits, where you can escape daily stresses, practice your skills or get certified by diving through filtered spring water maintained at a constant and comfy 30 degrees C. (86 F.).
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- <Back to Diving. 1  Discover Grand Cayman's most requested dive, the USS Kittiwake. ​. 2  This is one of Grand Cayman's signature dives that should not be missed. ​. 3  Prepare to be blown away!  The Kittiwake rests in 60’ of water with the shallowest part of the wreck just 15’ below the surface. With such perfect conditions, she’s an ideal location for snorkelers, people diving for the first time and of course those that are fully certified.
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'Near-Space Dive' Sets New Skydive Record, 25 Miles Above Earth Must Reads. 'Near-Space Dive' Sets New Skydive Record, 25 Miles Above Earth. Google vice president Alan Eustace is lifted by a balloon into the stratosphere, in a record-breaking skydive over New Mexico Friday. Google vice president Alan Eustace is lifted by a balloon into the stratosphere, in a record-breaking skydive over New Mexico Friday.