Base Jumping…Underwater?
Wow.
The more more I watch this the more mesmerized and terrified I become.
The fact that this guy not only had to plunge to a depth of 663 feet, he also as to ascend back up to the surface, on one gulp of air.
Or so we’re led to believe.
Taking a look at the Wiki for Dean’s Blue Hole, I don’t see Mr. Nery mentioned. Regardless, this is still an excellent video, and it does packs a punch if you suspend your disbelief for a few minutes.
Doing a bit of digging, I found out that the American record for freediving is currently at 293 feet, and was set while diving at Dean’s Blue Hole. A couple of other freediving records have also been set at this same location.
As beautiful as this video is, freediving remains an extremely dangerous sport, with 100 people on average dying each year while attempting to complete extremely deep dives. This is on par with the number of people dying from fire ant bites (100!) and chickenpox (90) each year. Heck, with roughly 30 people dying each year from skydiving incidents, freediving doesn’t seem like a very safe alternative.
