I just read DeeperBlue's preview of OceanWomen. This movie apparently will follow some female freedivers, and it does not say that they will 'try' to break men's records, it says that it will follow them 'as they break men's records in three categories.'
Hopefully the movie will respect the real world records and not invent some record for the purpose of the film. Let's take a look at the current differences between the records:
Constant Weight:
Men 86m (Nitsch)
Women 70m (Streeter)
Difference: 16m
Free Immersion:
Men 90m (Stepanek)
Women 70m (Streeter)
Difference: 20m
Variable Weight:
Men 126m (Genoni) OR 131m (Pelizzari)
Women 105m (Dalkilic)
Difference: 21m or 26m
No-Limits:
Men 162m (Ferreras)
Women 136m (Cruickshank)
Difference: 26m
Unassisted:
Men 47m (Lee)
Women 40m (Dalkilic)
Difference: 7m
So, the unassisted category is close, but for the other categories these OceanWomen would have to break the existing women's records by 17-27m in order to surpass the men's records, and there is a very high chance that the men's records will be significantly increased by the time the women try to break them.
Further, many recent attempts to break the existing women's records have failed. There has been one failed attempt to break the women's constant record (Dalkilic), two failed attempts to break the women's free-immersion record (Andolloh & Cruickshank), one failed attempt to break the women's variable weight record (Streeter), and those failed attempts were only attempting to break the existing record by 2m, 4m, 1m, 1m.
So, what do people think? Will they be successful? And if not, what will happen to the film?
Eric Fattah
BC, Canada
Hopefully the movie will respect the real world records and not invent some record for the purpose of the film. Let's take a look at the current differences between the records:
Constant Weight:
Men 86m (Nitsch)
Women 70m (Streeter)
Difference: 16m
Free Immersion:
Men 90m (Stepanek)
Women 70m (Streeter)
Difference: 20m
Variable Weight:
Men 126m (Genoni) OR 131m (Pelizzari)
Women 105m (Dalkilic)
Difference: 21m or 26m
No-Limits:
Men 162m (Ferreras)
Women 136m (Cruickshank)
Difference: 26m
Unassisted:
Men 47m (Lee)
Women 40m (Dalkilic)
Difference: 7m
So, the unassisted category is close, but for the other categories these OceanWomen would have to break the existing women's records by 17-27m in order to surpass the men's records, and there is a very high chance that the men's records will be significantly increased by the time the women try to break them.
Further, many recent attempts to break the existing women's records have failed. There has been one failed attempt to break the women's constant record (Dalkilic), two failed attempts to break the women's free-immersion record (Andolloh & Cruickshank), one failed attempt to break the women's variable weight record (Streeter), and those failed attempts were only attempting to break the existing record by 2m, 4m, 1m, 1m.
So, what do people think? Will they be successful? And if not, what will happen to the film?
Eric Fattah
BC, Canada