The 20th World Record of Freediver Herbert Nitsch
No Limit Freediving to 702 ft (214 m)
Book excerpt: No Limit diving had captured my soul.
Diving into the deep felt amazing. Absolutely amazing.
It is hard to describe that feeling, mainly because it is such an introspective pursuit, entirely devoid of adrenaline.
This kind of deep diving has nothing to do with enjoying the scenery or getting a rush from excitement. Exactly the opposite.
With an intrinsic awareness of pushing your limits, you are at the same time on the edge of your capacity to think.
It is as if you are in between something that is seemingly out of reach and, at the same time, is completely surrounding you.
When you touch it, it is magic in the making.
I know the runner’s high from practicing endurance sports, and my perception in the deep gave me an equal feeling of awe, but from a different angle.
It was awe in a universe of total calm, serene nothingness, and complete stillness.
You’re brought to a place so profound that your spirit is as deep inside yourself as your body is in the sea.
After that amazing experience, you can’t stop thinking about it when you realize you can go deeper still. You want to know how far you can stretch that horizon within and outside of you to reach even further.
After 600 feet, I had already decided I wanted to go to 700 feet, and I wasn’t planning on getting there in small increments.
After 600 feet, I had already decided I wanted to go to 700 feet, and I wasn’t planning on getting there in small increments.
That would take too many dives and too much time.
More dives also meant more cost.
[Chapter 18: No Limit | 700 feet]
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BREATHING IS OVERRATED, an autobiography about human potential, a pioneering spirit, and the deepest dive on a single breath - Herbert Nitsch
[Chapter 18: No Limit | 700 feet]
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BREATHING IS OVERRATED, an autobiography about human potential, a pioneering spirit, and the deepest dive on a single breath - Herbert Nitsch
