[Sergiu]

Fair enough to push limits if you have the luxury of professional supervision, yet it comes down to one's goals. I suspect for some of those first time freedivers, pushing limits "as deep as possible" was the the ultimate goal and it should not be.

You seem to be the competitive type, it's all good to be, but others just want to have fun while in the safety zone, with or without supervision. Then again, if you stay around on DB for long enough reading amazing stuff, one ends up benchmarking yourself to top class divers and tend to forget that most of the people on this planet will never pass 2-3m down on breath hold!