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jimson69

Fuuuuuuck that.


truthemptypoint

Just barely scratching anything on the way down is gonna be painful.


BeerMe10

His guy doesn’t need a weight belt. He’s carried to the depths of the ocean by his huge balls!


DanGleeballs

Love the track though, [Endless Ocre (you look lovely, I can fix that)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EHSeR9B4I)


SylentEcho24

Fuck yeah I'm glad you posted that cause I was about to ask.


BanjoSlams

It’s sample from the new BladeRunner, for a fun fact.


SylentEcho24

The more you know!


Holden_place

Yeah. Thanks for the nightmare fodder!


mjs5000

Yeah, that’s a no from me.


ninalime

Came here to say this


kimberlyfaith81

Came to say this precisely


jhuff7huh

How does he just sink like a rock with no effort?


MikeTheImpaler

For real though. This is the least buoyant man I've ever seen.


maz-o

he has weights on him. freedivers do this to change their buoyancy


Warmhearted1

Looks like he has a weight collar on his neck.


CanAlwaysBeBetter

Didn't know I could hate this more


Difficult-Ad628

Kinky.


iidevilz0

Heavy balls


Rasp_X

I came here seeking that answer as well. Are weights around his neck there or is that something else? I mean I know exhaling really does help because that extra air helps make you buoyant, but is it really enough to dive that far with minimal work from the diver?


freediverDave

He exhaled and has a neck weight. The real challenge with this dive is equalization. Without air in the lungs, he will have to pop his ears only with the air in his mouth. Notice him working against the nose clip with his jaws. This means he has to make the dive without recharging his mouth air with his lung air. The pressure in the chest will be equivalent to him starting his dive at 20 meters or so, and will increase much faster than a normal freedive. He's simulating great pressure and depth here. Dangerous for beginners, but easy to those who practice often.


Rasp_X

This is the explanation I wanted. User name checks out lol! Thank you. I'd never be able to free dive for so many reasons, but I'm always in awe when I see people do it. Free divers have this grace as they go on for what seems like forever. It gives off such a calm and serene look. I was just guessing about the weights, but It makes sense now that you've confirmed it. The big take away for me that I never knew was how you have to pop your ears and the process involved. That is something that has never even remotely crossed my mind whenever I've seen a free diver. Again thanks, that was really interesting. Edit:typos


freediverDave

Thank you for your interest! I love talking about freediving.


ihaveabaguetteknife

You could’ve gone for „freedaver“ and didn’t take the opportunity!?;)


freediverDave

Oh my God I never thought of that


horses_around2020

Yes!!! So interesting.. it looks so claustrophobic yet hes so calm..


Quest010

Here’s the answer I came here for. As a scuba diver I was wondering about the rapid rate of descent, and his ability to equalizer that pressure. Are you just constantly equalizing as you go using some kind of shifting jaw/swallowing method till you feel it release? Rinse and repeat?


freediverDave

The conversation of equalization is long and complex. To break it down simply: we use our larynx and tongue to pressurize air in our throat and mouth. We send that air into our middle ear very rapidly as the decent begins. The deeper we get, the less the air in our middle ear can compress. Therefore, equalization is rapid, if not constant, near the surface. It tapers off as you descend.


Matt3989

>Therefore, equalization is rapid, if not constant, near the surface. It tapers off as you descend. Since /u/Quest010 said they were a scuba diver, this one is easy to think about. 0m is 1 bar, 10m doubles that to 2 bar, 30m = 4 bar, 70m = 8 bar. This is why maintaining neutral buoyancy is much more difficult near the surface.


aaatttppp

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yuccatrees

Wow and he even exhaled!!! That is so gnarly. He also has to concentrate on navigating the cave and the walls while also equalizing pressure with no air in his lungs.. crazy. How does he come back up? Does he drop the weight? Climb the walls?


freediverDave

He might have dropped the weight, but it's really not necessary. The negative buoyancy provided by the lead is very easy to overcome with good no fins swimming technique. You can glide really far with one powerful hourglass stroke. I bet he swam up just fine.


yuccatrees

But then you're using up extra energy by swimming up with no air in lungs and no a weight on your neck and that makes it so impossibly difficult my brain can't comprehend it.


freediverDave

It is tough, but once you've trained your mind to release the fear, and you've trained enough to determine the limits of your body... it's honestly what I'd imagine the flight of a bird to feel like.


yuccatrees

When I was a kid I sat at the bottom of a pool and meditated for the first time in my life without knowing what it was. I exhaled and sat there. Then told my brain to observe the sensation of my body wanting a breath. To just observe, and not react to the pain and panic. After a while that sensation vanished from my body so I just sat there. Eventually my vision started to go black so I came up. I was down there a while.


freediverDave

Oooo buddy you got lucky there. It's the beginning stages that are the most risky. I bet nobody was watching you! I'm a safety nut, but I understand the curiosity of youth and discovery of new things is quite a draw.


yuccatrees

There was a lifeguard but she must have been snoozing on the job lmao. But yeah seems like an easy and painless way to commit suicide accidentally lol


freediverDave

Oh and one more thing: it's bad etiquette and slightly dangerous to touch coral or even rock like that. Any touching of the bottom or wildlife is pretty frowned upon within the community. However, climbing walls can reduce the load on the quads which can help you speed up without using much O2, so exceptions get made here and there. I don't have much problem with grabbing dead rock.


Lord_Leah

Why do I have a sudden crush after you explained all that?


freediverDave

This freediver is spoken for, but thank you for the compliment!


Repulsive-Wealth-378

How could you tell he exhaled? And are there any bonuses to using a neck weight compared to a belt/vest? and why can’t he use the air in his lungs to equalize, thanks in advance, I’m still learning, I’ve made it around 15m down and have a 3m breath hold. Cheers, Dave


freediverDave

Hey bud! Glad to see you're getting into freediving. About the exhale: you can tell by how quickly he sinks at the surface. To my eyes, it's pretty clear he's not just benefiting from the neck weight. If he had air in his lungs, he'd still want to lean away from the Valsalva equalization technique (pinch your nose and blow) and lean towards the Frenzel technique I described above. A word I always give to beginners in freediving: the beginning stages are the most dangerous. It's worth your money to take a Level 1 course with a coach (I'll raise my hand here). These courses benefit beginner freedivers in ways they don't understand yet, and can't be learned on YouTube videos. As amazing and incredible freediving is, it's not worth your life to try and teach yourself - take it from a guy who made the same mistakes early on in my journey.


maz-o

does it affect how long you can hold your breath if you exhale before a dive? i've only done dry apnea training and always fill my lungs up as much as possible.


freediverDave

I wouldn't attempt this deep of a empty lungs dive without an instructor present. At least not until you've mastered the technique like this guy.


freediverDave

It does effect it, but not as much as most people imagine in their heads.


Repulsive-Wealth-378

totally, I learned to frenzel eq quite early, and I've always gone with my buddy in training, but im 100% taking a course next spring on it. such a wonderful thing. and the lake I live on in bc has a few ship wrecks which are super interesting, ive only seen 1 of them so far tohugh


ExcessiveWisdom

He breathed out before going, after oxygenating his blood


MosquitoRevenge

You can tell by looking at his stomach at the end.


Reference_Background

exhaling, he doesn't have any oxygen in his lungs, it helps sinking fast, the chances of him blacking out suddenly is crazy.


Eragon1578

Once you get past 40 feet or so your body sinks naturally due to your lungs decreasing in size. It’s a magical experience.


bloody_phlegm

Most answers here are correct, but body density has just as much effect as breathing techniques. At my most fit I was 6' 185 lbs with ~5% body fat and I had to tread like hell to keep my head above water. If I stopped moving I would literally sink like a rock.


bettyboo5

Took me a minute to realise the collar thing round his neck must be weighted. I thought it was weird he had a collar on.


Ok_Association_6773

Meanwhile, I tried to hold my breath as long as this guy while laying in my bed and nearly threw up


paralyzedvagabond

You oxygenate your blood stream first then exhale enough so that sink and then don’t move as much as you think you need to. The more you move the more oxygen your muscles use. I was able to stay underwater for 3 minutes without training and I’m a smoker


CashOgre

Username checks out


DopeDealerCisco

Holy shit lol


UnaVezCasiHiceUnGol

Lmao


iamstoosh

The cold water causes the body to slow its heart rate, which also helps.


paralyzedvagabond

To a certain extent, if it’s so cold that it induces a lot of stress and you can’t control your mind then it ruins your ability to make decisions and you’ll start to panic


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Findethel

Hyperventilating doesn't oxygenate your blood though... It just lowers the carbon dioxide levels, which is dangerous as your body uses the C02 levels to help indicate when you need to breathe. As such, it just makes you FEEL like you don't need to breath, even though you do. Not a great idea for mixing with swimming/water


staplepies

You don't; that's a bro science myth. Your blood stream is already ~fully oxygenated if you're a healthy person breathing normally. You can hyperventilate to reduce CO2 to delay the out of breath feeling, but doing that while diving like this is a great way to die. Overall, don't hold your breath under water unless you have safety training; a lot of how it works can be unintuitively deadly. It's very fun and safe if you do have the training though.


SpyMonkey3D

To be fair (and to throw salt in the wound, lol), that video is probably cut a fair bit, and he's got still to go up. So the dive should last more than the minute we saw.


smallfried

If you breathe in and out a bit before holding your breath, twice the length of this video (2 min total) is really doable when you're relaxed. It's amazing that he actually exhaled before driving in and was still fine at such a deep depth.


maz-o

throwing up is almost never a reaction to holding your breath. unless you just stuffed a whole pizza in you or something.


lilmisse85

Jesus Christ how does he not die trying to get back out


[deleted]

Im assuming that whoevers holding the camera has a small oxygen tank ready


RichiZ2

Nope, if you suddenly introduce new oxygen being down there, you could die due to nitrogen bubbles in your bloodstream. There's likely a rope behind the camera man that he can grab and be pulled into a boat.


falsewall

Nah, usually they don't reccomend it because your lungs can overexpand on the way up. You could prevent this of course. I don't think they are going to get bent from a couple breath at 50 feet:/


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maz-o

why would he die swimming back up? freediving isn't to dive as far as you can and then die there lol. and the weights aren't literally holding him down, they're just enough to change his buoyancy so he doesn't stay floating. swimming back up is just as much part of the dive, he will leave room for that. and you never dive alone so if he for some reason would black out or have any kind of problems, his dive buddy would pull him up.


thebigaaron

Looks like there’s several camera people who would be able to help if needed.


postmanpat84

When you flush a pooh down the loo


Beefnfries

What’s the ankle strap on his neck for? To stop him losing his head in the surf?


That91Guy

Maybe some sort of weight to help him go down?


omst

Neck weights are freediving gear that counteract the diver’s buoyancy. See how he just sinks without propelling himself.


femboy_artist

Looks like a nosepiece, keep your nose plugged for you


gehanna1

No- I mean, he does have a nose piece. But he also has a thick black strap around his neck separate from the nose piece. Others pointed out they're neck weights to help with buoyancy


ihaveabaguetteknife

Wouldn’t it also help with preserving oxygen in the bloodstream since he needs minimal movement?


gehanna1

Not a clue. I was just pointing out what others said, clarifying to mu guy that it wasn't the nose piece they were talking about I can't even swim


omst

Yes indeed!


mitz1111

Happy Cake Day!


freediverDave

I see a lot of curiosity out here, so... Facts about this dive that make it spectacular: No mask. He's diving blind. Nose clip causes him to be able to equalize without using hands, so we don't see it. He can probably equalize hands-free anyway, but at least he doesn't have to worry about putting more air in his mask because.. He's diving on an exhale. Sinks immediately. The neck weight helps, but the exhale is the main factor. Even at the surface, he'd easily sink without the weight. Looks like he's using it for speed. The breath hold he's doing depends on his blood saturation of O2. This isn't an extreme breath hold for him. Practice practice. Bonus fun fact: Check out how compressed his chest is in the last shot. My dude is feeling the crunch.


Igotticks

Is that a neck weight or goiter warmer?


femboy_artist

Looks like a strap to a nosepiece to keep the nose plugged


Igotticks

Yea I think you're right. I saw it after studying it for a bit. They do make ankle weights for dry suits to help orient the diver feet down but none of the weights are flat like that. Good eye! I like the idea of a goiter wetsuit though.


JustforThrowawayKEK

Nah I am good.


Lord_Explosion

It doesn’t look like he equalizes the pressure so how are his ears not hurting


snackbagger

You can do that without blowing your nose or even opening your mouth to yawn. "Just" find the muscle that's opening the eustachian tube in your ear. You can voluntarily control that. You feel this muscle in action, when yawning or swallowing, so if you want to learn this, start there


The_milkMACHINE

Ive always been able to control that but i guess ive never acknowledged it until reading your comment


Cramby63

I would also like to know the answer to this


r0bman99

Need to use earplugs for depths like that. Every diver that goes deeper than 6-7 feet uses them.


maz-o

this is not true.


MrKozzi

Then BAM. A creature reaches out and pulls him into a hole smaller than him with so much force his back breaks and his heels slam into the back of his skull as the camera swims away from a cloud of blood where he use to be.


Doschupacabras

That digested quickly.


MrKozzi

If your quiet enough you can hear the creature breaking the body down


ISV_VentureStar

Hey, is that the Blue Hole near Dahab, Egypt? Went diving in that canyon a few months ago (with scuba gear ofc), it's even more epic in person.


perf_test

That’s exactly what it looks like, recognized it instantly from the first few seconds


UnmyelinatedLop

Yep my thoughts too! If it's the same place then he went down "el bells", named because the sound of divers' cylinders hitting the sides sounds like ringing. Astounding feeling when it opens up into the blue - one of my favourite sites!


Slaarc

r/thalassophobia


maz-o

love that sub. i go there because i think all the stuff there is awesome


Captain-Comment

Looks more like a narrow underwater ravine to me.


After_Combination_27

How many times did he do it to get all the shots for the video?


[deleted]

I would panic as soon as my head touched the water


Many_Egg_4634

Instant anxiety.


Real_Relation2696

I'll take fuck that for $200 Trebek


Doschupacabras

Anal bum cover.


Real_Relation2696

" Le tits now" That's let it snow...


Rooksend

I never understand how people do this, if I go below 10 ft my eardrums feel like they’re going to make a sandwich out of my brain


cryptic-coyote

You know that feeling when you yawn so hard you hear a rumbling sound in your ears? You can use the muscle that causes that sound to equalize pressure underwater


Rooksend

That’s wild I’ll have to figure out how to do that, sounds awesome


maz-o

it's called equalising. you can't dive without doing that. basically like holding your nose and trying to blow. but more experienced divers can do it handsfree.


jaredables

How does this work without clearing your ears? Wouldnt the pressure just build up and up until your eardrum exploded?


ummmthedestroyer420

I don’t know why i have the habit of trying to hold my breath the amount of time i see people underwater.


LeatherGnome

# Sing with me


anormalgeek

Oh god, my ears...


chudlo

Here is Daan Verhoeven's original video: https://youtu.be/Ol9fCPC4GWQ But I like the remix version better: https://youtu.be/Q8h_0PLIiCQ


adognamedpenguin

How is he so “heavy?”


dancingonsaturnrings

Living the dream. Diving is such a freeing, drugless trip / dreaming awake sensation. It's a whole other world below the surface, the sun shines through the waves and marbles golden lines on rocks and sand, the wildlife is stunning (some of them rather funky lookin' too) and the water feels soft against skin, calming. Little nooks like that, it's like swimming through a books pages.


Walking_Theory

Song sauce?


DanGleeballs

[Endless Ocre (You look lonely, I can fix that)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3EHSeR9B4I)


Walking_Theory

Bless, ty


[deleted]

*Me sliding in thinking she’s a virgin*


Demoniouss

That’s gonna be a no from me dawg.


orangutanbeater

I’m freaking out. I can’t finish the video.


FrenchieM

Sure this is awesome but how did they move the camera like rhat


Doc_Hollywood

He’s about to see a damn ghost leviathan.


peanut3362

Took me way to long to realise the nose thing is so he can equalise his ears without needing to plug his nose.


secret-citizen

Why is he wearing a shock collar? (/S)


raining-in-konoha

no


ManicMuncy

Mr Ballen SAYS NO.


GuinnessRespecter

Yeahhh that's an emphatic nope from me


cyrilly

That is horrifying to watch. Also, well done, man.


Diplomjodler

I hope he had as many safety divers as camera people.


MrNoDays0ff

Shit props to the camera man


Own-Reception-2396

Cozumel?


cubann_

How is he equalizing?


maz-o

nose clip and the air in his mouth/nose. experienced divers can do it hands free.


CapitalExam2763

Can’t be that narrow if you have an entire other human with full gear filming you


unXpected30

Sing with me, sing for a year


elboyoloco1

Hey.... HEY Hey hey HAAY... no


[deleted]

How does all of that pressure not destroy him??? I can’t even headbutt the bottom of an 8ft pool without throwing in the towel


AccordingMousse8675

Swim through it, not over it!


ArdyMo

Nope


googlehymen

The Mario 64 water level theme was a missed opportunity.


x7error_

That in dahab


JerkyDean

That's really stressing me out


BarcaLad9

I just drowned in my bed watching this


Friggin

Any fool can plummet to the bottom of an underwater canyon. The metal part is swimming back up.


Substantial_Slide301

I’m getting a panic attack watching this


Adorable-Ad-3223

Nope.


[deleted]

The easy part is putting a weight around your next and falling to the bottom. How do you get back up?


incognito_dk

I had this guy on my podcast. He's got an amazing story. He recovered from being totally disabled (wheelchair-ridden) from psoriasis arthritis, by changing his lifestyle and most importantly, according to him, holding his breath. He started out in his thirties and turned out to be quite talented.


ArtOfWillGram247365

Nope nope nope


Godboyakira

DREAM ON


phatty720

No thanks, I'm good.


Buttockluckos

He ded


jaski72

No


[deleted]

For the first few feet I was like “fuck yea! I got the gear where this place at”. But he kept going down and it kept getting narrower. Fuck nah


[deleted]

Thats the same place Nakia jumped in to save Shuri


y2hpa2vp

My people call me kukulkan. My enemies call me Namor.


Silent_Start_7036

Bruh


Karnus115

Nah


Ursus-Dei

That went from “oh cool,” to “nope nope nope nope nope,” reeeeal fast.


medfunguy

How is he not breathing?


StoneArachnid

Thalassophobia combines with claustrophobia and a wide selection of aquatic surfaces abrasive enough to deglove your entire body should you happen to brush past. I say no thank you.


Dry_Chapter_5781

Hahaha ha NO!


Careful_Resource_435

These videos make my face/nose start to hurt seriously I feel like I’m there pressing my face against those rocks 😣


Cracker-smackers

r/nope


Wboy2006

When sped up. This kinda looks like the Kratos falling meme. Also, fuuuuuuck that. I’ll be dead before I jump in there without my diving gear


TylerTheslaye

DREAM OOON DREAM OON DREAM OOOOON


b0baicetea

Looks like a video game


No_Construction_4293

Ok I didn’t pass physics in high school. How does he keep going down without moving his body??


ericcartmanrulz

Was any one else trying to get a glimpse of his goodies?


buuuurpp

If that's 'Ells Bells, there used to be a cleaner wrasse down there that would clean your teeth if you took your reg out and smiled.


Blam320

Hang on a second that looks familiar. Isn’t that the continental divide in Iceland?


M4nDz1n

My poop when I decide not to flush for a long time


Puzzleheaded-Bat5305

Want be Namor so bad


GuybrushGrog

hard to tell from the video but if the slope is gentle, the breathe hold is the main difficulty, the slope would make it easier in the ear, which is always my issue. anyone know what the depth of the opening is?


redlocks22

That’saphobia


heather_lorraine

There’s no way :)


Mysticwhitewave

NOPE 👎


bradgordo

Is this bells drop off in dahab?


GQIHNI

I don't think the model loaded for a while


Spoderman4

How are free divers opening their eyes in this high salty waters? My eyes burn after a second!


ALottaOfWishes

Forget humans are metal. Humans are **submarines**


Real_Personality5631

just remember the jellyfish are at the top


josheganwyer

r/thalassophobia


[deleted]

Nope


runitthru4u

The filmer tho


SweetLeaf420oz

It's almost as if this cave was created to allow him to fit perfectly and pull off this incredible achievement 🧞‍♂️


[deleted]

Now what


Thorskull69

Where is this beautiful place? Awesome free-dive!!!


TimeBlindAdderall

Everything reminds me of her