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Originally Posted by Soul Deep
I don't, and best practise is to make sure you don't get near that point! Freediving is about having fun, and the calm and peace it gives. Always return before your get that uncomfortable urge to breath; then train to extend that period. That way you never get black out  |
I totally agree! Well, 95%.
I have never BO'ed or done the samba and I hope to hell that I never will!
Hoping is not enough, though. I make conscious choices in every dive session to surface in time, and even well before my limit. Of course you have to get close to your limit to know where it is. Just don't jump into the abyss willingly. I don't understand the ones that do.
Like Soul Deep, I try to extend the comfortable period. But I also try to accept the fact that for me, the urge to breath just IS uncomfortable, but it's something that I can stand for a while without shutting down. So what can I do to deal with it longer mentally, when it finally sets in? It's a balance - don't surface before you need to, but do surface while you're in control.
Of course I am just speaking as a novice here - having never lost it, I don't know what it feels like. And feel free to point your fingers at my purist philosophy when I finally do have my first BO or samba
They are dangerous exactly because you cannot predict when they will come. The factors mentioned all play into it, and the limit will be different on different days. So your question is good, because you focus on how it feels, instead of how to calculate it in general. Being aware of how you feel throughout the dive is probably the only way of avoiding a BO.
Feelings also change, though. When I started doing static training, I felt that a tensing of back and neck muscles signalled the end. Now the signals are different. So monitor yourself closely and be aware of changes, noticing when the changes happen the same way twice. Tylerz' idea of patterns is probably very helpful.
For me, I like to have a buffer, and surface well in time. It feels good to dive within my limits and pushing them in front of me, not crossing them... so far
