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Offline Maik

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A single breath
« on: Saturday, 02 November, 2019 @ 10:16:48 »
Freediving - no self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) - HMS Perseus. Account on oceanographicmagazine.com: A single breath / Abridged version of video below: Operation Perseus




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« Reply #1 on: Sunday, 03 November, 2019 @ 10:33:14 »
Quite incredible that anyone could free dive 50 metres. If I dive 3 metres to retrieve an anchor, I  can feel the extra pressure, let alone 50 metres! They didn't believe John Capes had done it and he only made a one way journey and had a breathing device.