120m Freediving World Record in Free Immersion, 25th April 2010

[jaywack11]

that bitch cant do it without the rope.

[Devilsjester99]

wouldn't your ears hurt

[PROFreediverBlaine]

@Devilsjester99 Yes they would if you dont clear your ears....If you dont clear your ears your looking at at trip to your ear doctor..It has happened hundreds of times to me..I always go down to 80 Feet in our nearbly Lake...Do you Freedive?

[TheGlobalOtto]

@nitschherbert have you ever had a SWB or samba? thanks.

[thegtaisbest]

i can dive only 5 m xD and she can 120 WTF

[eathefrog]

Isn't William Trubridge, a New Zealander, the holder of 12 World records for deepwter free diving though ?

[pilotmoby]

you are a legend!

[manitulation]

Boo. Free Immersion is lame. CNF is the shit.

[wishofrain]

Herbert, at 3:21 did you lose the black card? looks like another diver went down to pick it up and give it back to you before reaching the surface or maybe you took two of them at the botttom? At the end, when breathing oxygen, it looks like you have another black card, is it that way?

warm regards from Chile!!

[metelfann3]

Not to be rude but william trubridge could go that deep or deeper using the rope you should use no rope but again you can go way deeper than me unless you want to consider a submarine to count

[604josh]

Are you allowed to touch the rope???

[moonsmilelucide]

he's using the rope to pull him up

[nitschherbert]

i'm drinking a mix of rehydration and aspirin. it is purely to counteract decompression sickness. Afterwards I breath 100% Oxygen under water for the same reason.

Thank you all for your support!

Herbert

[wishofrain]

@nitschherbert thank you for taking the time to answer and for giving me hours of amazement, since i saw your first video "intro", i've been dreaming about diving the way you do so i started going to the swimming pool for about 4 months and i have reached 4 minutes in static and 50 mts dnf without a teacher(because here in Chile there's no people practicing apnea as a sport) but i always ask the lifeguard to watch me. So please keep posting your videos!!

[Tarzan07330]

@nitschherbert why would you get decompression sickness if you are not breathing any air during the dive? i thought that only happened with scuba, because you are constantly breathing more nitrogen...

[Skydivingkittens]

@nitschherbert Man, you Austrians are beast at both on top of mountains and below the ocean!

[peanutmaster1231]

@nitschherbert Is decompression sickness the same as the bends? Because I thought you could only get the bends if you were scuba diving, and not free diving.

[RidonculousRinoseruz]

@peanutmaster1231 The bends is the formation of nitrogen bubbles in your bloodstream due to rapid changes in pressure; it occurs when you rise too quickly, regardless of what method you are using to dive.

[GuilherminSKT]

nossa excelente !!!!

[aaronlynton]

thats my guess... to prevent dehydration. which would most likely negatively effect your bottom time

[wishofrain]

what's he drinking? just orange juice or some kind of formula? i would be breathing instead!!

[italianbroker1]

@wishofrain Pedialyte? maybe for cramps and whatnot...not sure

[wishofrain]

@italianbroker1 you almost got it, thank you for your answer, read the one that herbert himself has wrote

[criswellwj]

What is he doing after its official? tied to a rock and using a regulator(*)? Is this some kind of decompression practice? I'm rather unfamiliar with the terminologies of the sport.

[Chizo5791]

@TheBen642There are different disciplines in the sport, one where you have to dive with no aid at all or one where you can dive with the aid of flippers and so on

[TheBen642]

Is there any rules about using the guide rope to pull yourself along?

[Seasterberg]

Were does this take place at ?

[s0fakingpro]

@Seasterberg Deans Blue Hole, Bahamas

[ABCManymacy123]

Whats the clip on the nose

[IRONMAN2570]

@ABCManymacy123 so he can equalize to the pressure to the deep water without having to use his hands to plug his nose.

[borki0]

@IRONMAN2570

Also, if there is no nose plug, the high pressure would force water up his nostrils (water: high pressure, air in sinuses and nose: low pressure. Fluids and gases move from areas of high concentration/pressure to low concentration/pressure) and most probably drown him.

[picco141]

what was that that he drunk at the end?

[ACproductionvideos]

Discipline

FIM (free immersion)

•open water discipline

•diving with the aid of a rope for propulsion

•dive as deep as possible by pulling the rope

•tag (small plate or card) will be brought on the surface from the announced depth

•propulsion devices are not allowed

[mn6132836]

cheating with rope

[Samurailord]

@mn6132836 How can it be cheating when it's free immersion. You need to learn about the various disciplines before trying to insult such a great free diver. Show some respect!

[D503z]

Can anyone tell me - what is he doing on 4:24? Is that some kind of an after exercise?

[ArcGM]

@D503z Probably he inhales pure oxygen to reduce nitroogen level from blood. He is very shallow because oxygen is toxic in presure over 1.6 atm.

[D503z]

@ArcGM

So, residual nitrogen can also be a problem in free diving, not only in scuba?

[ArcGM]

@D503z WWhen you are scuba you are breathing air that has pressure equal water pressure. When you are freediving mechanism is similar except fact that you are not breathing. But diver has air in lungs with pressure that is only a little bit less than water's pressure. Freediving is relatively short, but diver has a lot of nitrogen in lungs on quite big deep. When you add additional warmup dives before attempt the risk is increasing, so take a few minutes with O2 is a good idea.

[D503z]

@ArcGM

Ah, I see. Thanks!

[ariancito28]

MAD RESPECT for this guy he is just in a league of his own untouchable i grew up where pipin waa from and i've dived and spearfish n this guy is unbelivable but wouldn't this fall under constant weight since he used the neck collar also can somebody tell me the purpose of the coke bottle on his no limit record of 214 meters

[FreediverFerris]

@ariancito28

'wouldn't this fall under constant weight since he used the neck collar'

nope - in Constant weight you are not allowed to use the rope for propulsion. You would either fin down or breast stroke next to the line. Only time you can touch the rope is at the turn and at the surface.

[FreediverFerris]

@ariancito28

'somebody tell me the purpose of the coke bottle'

apart from blatant advertising the bottle is used for equalisation - he takes his last breath at the surface, dives to i think about 25-30m then unloads air into the bottle. When he needs to equalise, he sips from the bottle and uses that air to balance the pressure build up.

[FreediverFerris]

@ariancito28

'somebody tell me the purpose of the coke bottle'

Why - basically because its really rather hard to bring air from your lungs up to use for equalisation after about 30m (there are ways but the further you go the harder it is) so the bottle makes this whole process easier.

[FreediverFerris]

@ariancito28

'somebody tell me the purpose of the coke bottle'

Is it cheating - no, not according to the rules its still the air he took with him at the surface from his last breath (the bottle was full of water at the surface i.e. no air in it) its just that its outside his body

[streetpartying]

@slingkinglee Sorry about @GeSStapo, America doesn't like him anymore than you guys do...

[TheNerfninja]

what is on his neck

[fania94]

@TheNerfninja weights



[bogowww]

Amazing...

[ugoindown44]

Look at him drinking his gasoline at the end. Proof that he's a robot.

[wishofrain]

@ugoindown44 jajjaa you found the truth about him!!!

[liamhills]

HE'S OKAY!!!

[GsusChrist12]

most awkward reaction to an achievement ever...

[TMBlackCat]

@GsusChrist12

lolol yes xDD i thought about that too xD

[faithfullyblind]

why is this diver allowed to pull on the rope?

None of the other free dives that I've watched today allow for the diver to use the rope.

[Tarzan07330]

@faithfullyblind there are different types of freediving. there are records for freedives with fins, without fins, using weighted sleds for the descent and using air balloons for ascents, using a sled on descent and only pulling rope on ascent. all kinds of different types

[Freediverful]

Wiskey

[MarreLirre]

What did he drink?

[Tarzan07330]

@MarreLirre i would assume something containing plenty of electrolytes to help re-cooperate. but that's just a guess.

[mistyken]

wow...there's no one following him on the way down? what if he screw up on the way?...

[chris45rpm]

I like fish and chips.

And cheese. You can't get good cheese in America.

[kidkayaker14]

what does he drink after finishing his dive?

[pmcmasterfunk21]

@kidkayaker14 urine

[yoyis551]

awesome



[jajido69]

Este TIO es un fenómeno

¿ hasta donde quiere llegar ?

[kwilsvault]

unreal

[stoyashot]

did he pop his eardrums on this one? I mean 120m you cant clear that deep right? You dont have any air left to clear with right?

[nigahiga001010]

What is the rubber tube around your neck? Thanks

[BIOMARIO999]

@nigahiga001010

Just a neck weight. A bicycle inner tube filled with lead marbles.

[BIOMARIO999]

@nigahiga001010 Just a neck weight belt. A bicycle inner tube filled with lead marbles.

[phoenixausdemschnee]

There are different disciplines in freediving, Free Immersion allows the athlete to use the rope.

Right before the dive he is packing, not swallowing air, he just presses more air into his lungs.

[Demrush]

I wouldn't consider this free diving, grabbing and using the rope to descend is an unfair advantage over people who actually swim down there.

[jeremyanywhere]

@Demrush you are ignorant. Try using Google

[martyr2005]

@Demrush its free diving as he doit with his surface breat, whatever you like this modality or not, is another legal modality with different records of the CNF that you are referring, by the way i supose you say this cause of the great william , mr trubridge does this modality too , actually yesterday trainging for the progect hector he did 119 meter, both modalitys are free diving so , respect for any freediving modality, (btw my prefered one is CNFby far and william is the hero)

[malingergyorgy]

What was he inhaleing after the dive, and what for?

What thikness has his divesuit?

How much neckweight did he apply?

What did he drunk?

Ich bin sehr dankbar für Inre Antworte!

[0rreborre]

Right before he dives he does something with his mouth, it looks like he's swallowing air but what does he do?

[randomkid34]

@0rreborre

I think he's chewing gum so that his lungs don't constrict. But then again I'm shooting spitballs hear.

[0hmish]

when he gets up his coach says "breath".. lol

[GeSStapo]

Free should be without a rope...

The guy looks like a cocky asshole...

[Zecheer]

@GeSStapo : The cocky asshole here is you. Free diving means without air tanks, and the armpulled rope technique is called Free Immersion.

Congrats Herbert for this amazing record.

[slingkinglee]

@GeSStapo

you idiot of a yank dick , no wonder the world hates the yanks with comments like yours , prick ,

[GeSStapo]

@slingkinglee . Pardon me, I just went to puke. The sight of your yellow crooked teeth is too much to bear..... Is that from the food at English restaurants? Oh wait I forgot there is no English restaurants. Your idea of a good meal is a warm pint and boiled lamb... or maybe some soggy fish wrapped in newspaper...Kiss the feet of the Yanks punk or else you would be speaking German by now....fucking limey, this webiste is American, bow to the flag and the people they represent! ...

[slingkinglee]

@GeSStapo

Oh and you speak ??? Oh ENGLISH, Don't forget yer roots hicky......

[faithfullyblind]

@GeSStapo oh my....lol

[faithfullyblind]

@slingkinglee Funny isn't it with a comment like that that he would name himself after the German secret police during the Nazi regime?

lol

[spiritbringer]

gratz keep it up man .... you are supernatural

[dfsgghmtdfhj]

i'ts amazing xD

[Kitesonic74]

Congratz! & RESPEKT!

[calamari81]

impressive!

[rikimoutain]

you da man herbert! amazing! congrats again!

wie lange dekomprimierst du nach so einem dive?

[roflKartofflel]

@rikimoutain gar nicht weil er nur Oberflächenluft eingeatmet hat. Deko ist nur beim Gerätetauchen notwendig, da hier mit zunehmender Tiefe der Partialdruck des eingeatmeten Gases steigt. Aufgrund des steigenden Partialdruckes wird Stickstoff im Blut gelöst -> Deko nötig

[rikimoutain]

@roflKartofflel

du hast zwar theoretisch recht, in der praxis schauts aber anders aus... das ist zb. auch der grund warum da herbert bei seinem 214m no limit tauchgang beim aufstieg auch noch eine dekopause eingelegt hat, bevor er an die oberfläche kam... es gibt genügend deko-unfälle beim freitauchen