Over 15Kg ?!?! Well.... you look great!! Good job to you!!
I love free diving!
I'm not sure of what kind of aquatic life you've got in the lake there, but free diving is a really GREAT way to get up close to it!
Is that a weight collar, or necklace, you're wearing? If so, I've not seen anything like that before - but it makes sense..
Full suit with hood - that's some cold water, no doubt! How thick is the suit you're wearing? And how much weight to you have to wear to keep you just neutrally - to slightly negatively buoyant?
Do please be mindful of the dangers of breath hold diving (shallow water blackout, etc...), and take necessary precautions; and lastly, ENJOY!!
Thanks for posting up yet another great video!
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I have the immense good fortune to live near Frank Bittner who also dives this lake. His Constant Weight PB is 80meters.... 80m. And without training he does a 6 minute static... like. WHAT?!
But he seems to like diving with me....and I just drink it allll in.
Amazing...
The landscape goes straight down 100 meters from where we were..
5mm open cell wetsuits. thick neoprene socks. 4kg plus 1kg in the neck lead.... A little heavy but, boy I love the drop zone, and I am a good swimmer... So I have a 4:45 static but I never stay under water that long. More like 2 mins.... but that is a long time holding your breath underwater. And you can relax because you have trained this and you are so so inside your buffers.... Easy cruising along some ancient mountainside....in a slight descent if you angle your body, or dart straight down.... as deep as you like....
the water is glassy and cold but there are very few animals. It is the light fall and the amazing rock formations, and the textures of the dark water itself. The way it reflects light, or doesn't, how it moves underwater, its subltes shades and undercurrents. And you dance her dance of luxuries, until it is time to let her go. And tread towards the light.