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Herberts record attempts
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Apparently he got the idea from a Blue Peter 'here's one I made earlier' involving some prit stick, double sided sticky tape, an old margerine container, a couple of bamboo sticks and the insides of four toilet rolls. Tarting it up with glitter and dyed brown string finished off the whole sled rather nicely.
Well, a little sensationalist reporting also within freediving won't hurt, will it?
Ok, it's just what I have heard or read here on the forum. I don't know who's responible for these kind of spectacular false rumors about World Record dives from the terminator. Maybe it was Nitsch himself, trying to amplify the image of himself as the "reach your depth no matter what man"? Anyway, it was one of the great dives in the short history of freediving, improving his own record with 6 meters! I doubt if Martin Stepanek would ever do such a thing, even if he could. As Simon - our brilliant reporter from the Worlds in Bahamas - recently wrote when Nitsch announced a new World Record in CNF - a discipline he did not train for (if we can rely on the rumours):
Ok, it's just what I have heard or read here on the forum. I don't know who's responible for these kind of spectacular false rumors about World Record dives from the terminator. Maybe it was Nitsch himself, trying to amplify the image of himself as the "reach your depth no matter what man"? Anyway, it was one of the great dives in the short history of freediving, improving his own record with 6 meters! I doubt if Martin Stepanek would ever do such a thing, even if he could. As Simon - our brilliant reporter from the Worlds in Bahamas - recently wrote when Nitsch announced a new World Record in CNF - a discipline he did not train for (if we can rely on the rumours):
Congrats to the Flying Fish on 2 new World records !
I watched Herbert's 120m dive, it was very impressive to watch someone bump up the WR by 6m and be so clean on the surface. (Apart from Narcosis)
He definitely did not rupture an eardrum. Getting salt water into you inner ears would normally lead to vertigo, ear infections and often require anti-biotics. He was in the water again a few days later for some fun diving. From conversations with him and others he definitely does tend to ride them. :t
Cheers,
Wal
I watched Herbert's 120m dive, it was very impressive to watch someone bump up the WR by 6m and be so clean on the surface. (Apart from Narcosis)
He definitely did not rupture an eardrum. Getting salt water into you inner ears would normally lead to vertigo, ear infections and often require anti-biotics. He was in the water again a few days later for some fun diving. From conversations with him and others he definitely does tend to ride them. :t
Cheers,
Wal
You got a point. But, that was not his own record and not CW. One could perhaps say that CNF at the time had been overshadowed by CW, and maybe been a bit neglected, beeing without the same status as CW. Stepaneks amazing dive did seem to have been the start for a change in that. I seem to recall that this dive made a huge impression on the hole diving community. And I think it was a point for Stepanek to reach the same depth without fins as Pelizzari's last World Record with fins (1999). He had a quite definite motivation for making this depth (if I am right about it, that is 
Ha, you want crazy things from Martin? Bursted eardrum to reach the target? Here you go: on one of the last team WC, he faught influenza during the competition, and during statics he ruputred an eardrum while caughing underwater, but did not give up, and continued until he fulfilled the target time. I think they are crazy all.
Don't get me wrong about Stepanek. I consider him and Nitsch as the Worlds best freedivers among the men today. They are just very different. But different personalities with different abilities competing for medals and World Records is among the things that makes this sport so interesting and fascinating. What will their next move be?
1) Very close to a World Record (for a very short time) and a Silver in CNF (DQ for SP)
2) Gold medal in CW
3) World Record in VW
4) World Record in FI
5) World Record in CW
All this is achieved within 7 (seven) days! Hats off for Herbert Nitsch! And there may be more. There are 3 more days scheduled for records, but who would wonder if he called it a day now. Huge congratulations.
2) Gold medal in CW
3) World Record in VW
4) World Record in FI
5) World Record in CW
All this is achieved within 7 (seven) days! Hats off for Herbert Nitsch! And there may be more. There are 3 more days scheduled for records, but who would wonder if he called it a day now. Huge congratulations.
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