Tom Sietas Static Wr Attempt

[samdive]

wow - amazing stuff Tom! - (now we just need to get the message out that David Blaine cheated....)

[Erik]

Incredible. '10' is a big step for humans!

[seafalcon]

Some fotos and a small diary of the event at this link Free Diving Institute
Once again congratulations Tom

Tolis

[trux]

Originally Posted by seafalcon

Some fotos and a small diary of the event at this link Free Diving Institute
Once again congratulations Tom

Tolis

Thanks, Tolis! Great reports! I am just not quite sure about the bold claim at the very beginning of the page:

Tom is the first human to break the 10mins barrier

Well, it is true that Tom allegedly did 10 minutes in training already years ago, but so did also some other freedivers (Sam Still, Stéphane Mifsud, perhaps others too), and possibly other humans long before them too (amas, yogis, native divers, ...). So if you speak about the unofficial breaking of the 10 minutes barrier, then the claim is quite speculative.

On the other hand, if you speak about official records, then although the record of Stéphane Mifsud of 10:04 was "just" a national record, it was still a valid performance, and it was longer than 10 minutes. So from official point of view your claim is wrong too, and for the sake of correctness, you should consider rephrasing it. Tom certainly deserves the ovations, but using such incorrect claim only harms his success and the excellent performance.

[seafalcon]

It is already rephrashed.

[Nata]

Good work Tom!

Thank you Tolis for the link.

[TampaBrian]

wow...kinda makes us 4 minute guys want to give up.