FIM "rules"

[Blue Straggler]

Just wanting to clarify something to clear up an argument that is happening merely in my own little head.

Was there a time when free-immersion tended to mean "pull down on the descent but ascend WITHOUT using the rope", and does it now mean "use rope for both ascent and descent"?

I thought for years that it was the former, but I have been advised otherwise. Was it ever like that and if so, when did it change (i.e. under AIDA competition ruling)?

I suppose that if it ever was as I thought, then FIM wouldn't be that much different from CWT once you hit the sink phase.

The question came up when I had an ongoing equalisation problem which meant that all I could do was feet-first free-immersion, a buddy asked why I was making life so difficult for myself by swimming back up with no fins instead of pulling on the rope, stupid

 

[Billextreme]

Free Immersion (FIM)

The freediver dives under water without the use of propulsion equipment, but only by pulling on the rope during descent and ascent. Performances could be done the head first during the descent, or the feet first, depending equalization facilities of each freediver. Some freedivers use mixed solutions.

FIM have always been with the use of the rope/diveline, from the very beginning.

have a nice day

 

[Blue Straggler]

Thanks Bill! Looks like I should be able to increase my FIM depth more easily now