[Haydn]

I remember Steve Truglia on his first freedive course with Aharon & MT. He was told to do a 20m dive. Steve decided instead to turn when he felt uncomfortable and went deeper. On his return (I was his safety) his eyes were popping out of his head and his expression told me he had gone too deep. He struggled to get back to the surface despite a 5 min static. So, he had all the confidence but lacked the balanced effort. On the surface he excitedly pronounced 28.5m. His deepest dive....but it was a rubbish dive. Anyway, within a year he became the deepest Brit and made 74m no limits, at a time when the UK constant weight record was 55m. The thing is, comparisons of ability between the disciplines dont work. Neither comparing your ability at one discipline with another persons. When I set the first UK Dynamic record at 139m, it goes back about 4 years now, in Amiens (at only my second attempt at a max) it was further than many World Record holders performance at that time. Look at Fred Buyle, Pierre Frolla, Tanya Streeter and others: at that time they were undisputed depth specialists, but could not perform Dynamic anywhere near the performance level their World Class status in other disciplines sugested they might be capable of doing.

So, a person who has been snorkelling since 6 years old will be able to dive deeper than a person who cant swim. Even if that person who cant swim, is a world class athlete in another discipline and can hold their breath for 5 minutes at their first attempt. And if you cant swim, it eventually doesnt matter, remember Alun George couldnt swim a few years ago, but is now the UKs deepest person.