Well Nadim (
Nesim's brother), Bruce (
bmc), myself made it to the final!
The way they are doing it is a traditional way which comes from the pearl divers, however, the pearl divers did wear goggles and a weight.. today it was no mask, no nose clip, no wetsuit or any kind of neoprene, no weights, the water is 20deg, (cold for us Dubai-ers) and you pull yourself down the rope and stay there, with a scuba diver watching you (his bubbles were a bit off putting). 10 people in at a time, you entered off a floating jetty and swam over to a big red buoy, did your breath up and then went down. The calculate the time from when your whole body is under water until you surface.
I can usually do a 4 - 4,5 min breathhold (static) but today, what with being upside and my nose and sinuses flooded with salt water
i could only do 1,44, Nadim 3,09 (and he was doing 4,5mins just an hour before wearing his wetsuit and mask) and Bruce at 1.47.
so we are all relaxing tonight and hopefully doing better tomorrow!
1st prize - Range Rover
2nd prize - 20000 AED
3rd prize - 15000 AED
3,65 AED = 1 USD
Deeperblue RULES
