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Hi Everybody,
Through the AIDA Belgium email group I got the following link:
Musimu prépare trois records du monde | RTBF SPORT
There is also an audio file available in French on the above site.
Google + me translation of the article:
Musimu prepares three world records.
12/12: Portrait of P. Musimu (Writen by D. Bertrand)
Patrick Musimu, a Belgian-Congolese of 39 years is one of the best freedivers in the world. It is the first man to be dropped below 200 meters. That was in 2005 with a dive in "no limit" at least 209 meters.
The No Limit is the technique down, the body is pulled down by a sled (a weight on a cable) and lifted up by a balloon inflated with gas. In 2010, Patrick Musimu plans to challenge 3 more world records.
Do not tell Patrick Musimu he's an alien, he hates that. Musimu is 1m85 for 81 kg an athletic body. A lung capacity of nine litres and a resistance to lactic acid well above average. Apart from improving his ability to relax his body, he also delved into the martial arts to become mental foolproof. But what is truly unique in this freediver is the technique he has developed for very deep down under water.
" I developed a technique that is not wearing a mask during descent and let my sinus cavities and ears completely inundate by seawater. Already at 10m 1kg of pressure per square centimetre is exerted on the body. So 200m deep there is 21 kg of pressure. If we had air cavities, they would implode at that depth. In filling its cavities with water, they disappear human morphological constraints. "
Inspired by the respiration of aquatic cetaceans, the technique of filling air cavities was initially terribly painful but Musimu Patrick came to accept and manage this pain, never to feel it today. But to descend even lower, Patrick Musimu working on another technique, still experimental today.
" I decided today to work on mimicking some species of seals. I'll have to go without air in the lungs to avoid all risk of decompression. Is my organism able to go without air down to these depths... that is still unknown. No calculation, no algorithm that can affirm that to be completely sure. Of course, I will not descend directly to 200m, it will have to go gradually."
To descend to these depths, Patrick Musimu must practice for a four minutes dive, the calculated time of going to and back from -240 meters, without air in the lungs. [Exhale dive]
To get used to this effort against nature, the freediver from Brussels trains freediving dry and never in the water .... In the gym, he gradually accustoms his body to get used to physical exertion, holding his breath.
"The margins are quite dazzling, experiencing a growth from lasting 25 seconds on a stepper to 2'20". The body has adjusted itself in two - three months time to allow this effort. "
Today, he is preparing for a triple world record. A [No Limit] dive in tandem at least to 140 meters, a [No Limit] record to -240 meters and a return to the origin with an attempt to dive to -150 meters using a traditional technique.
"I will use the technique of former pearl fishermen of the Persian Gulf. No mask, no fins, without brakes, I will have a weight that I will hold on using my foot. At the signal, at the predetermined distance, I will drop the sea anchor [weight] and I will be roped in by people on the boat as quickly as possible. "
Because he believes that his passion apnea is now at the boundary between sport and scientific experimentation, Patrick Musimu will not certify its records by the AIDA, the international federation.
"For me the process of absolute no-limit, there now when I go below 200m, it is exceeding the boundaries of a sport, it is in a quest. This is even more than a conquest, it is a personal quest of research. There are many things that are like working against the stream. That's what fascinates me, rediscovering the body, redefining established concepts. The way of thinking but also [our bodies] functioning. And that's what motivates me in this process."
David Bertrand "
Resume:
Patrick Musimu is going to try for 3 world records:
1: No limits - 240m [On exhale, Sebastien Murat style]
2: Tandem No limits - 140m (minimum)
3: "Traditional Pearl diver No Limits" - 150m
Hi Everybody,
Through the AIDA Belgium email group I got the following link:
Musimu prépare trois records du monde | RTBF SPORT
There is also an audio file available in French on the above site.
Google + me translation of the article:
Musimu prepares three world records.
12/12: Portrait of P. Musimu (Writen by D. Bertrand)
Patrick Musimu, a Belgian-Congolese of 39 years is one of the best freedivers in the world. It is the first man to be dropped below 200 meters. That was in 2005 with a dive in "no limit" at least 209 meters.
The No Limit is the technique down, the body is pulled down by a sled (a weight on a cable) and lifted up by a balloon inflated with gas. In 2010, Patrick Musimu plans to challenge 3 more world records.
Do not tell Patrick Musimu he's an alien, he hates that. Musimu is 1m85 for 81 kg an athletic body. A lung capacity of nine litres and a resistance to lactic acid well above average. Apart from improving his ability to relax his body, he also delved into the martial arts to become mental foolproof. But what is truly unique in this freediver is the technique he has developed for very deep down under water.
" I developed a technique that is not wearing a mask during descent and let my sinus cavities and ears completely inundate by seawater. Already at 10m 1kg of pressure per square centimetre is exerted on the body. So 200m deep there is 21 kg of pressure. If we had air cavities, they would implode at that depth. In filling its cavities with water, they disappear human morphological constraints. "
Inspired by the respiration of aquatic cetaceans, the technique of filling air cavities was initially terribly painful but Musimu Patrick came to accept and manage this pain, never to feel it today. But to descend even lower, Patrick Musimu working on another technique, still experimental today.
" I decided today to work on mimicking some species of seals. I'll have to go without air in the lungs to avoid all risk of decompression. Is my organism able to go without air down to these depths... that is still unknown. No calculation, no algorithm that can affirm that to be completely sure. Of course, I will not descend directly to 200m, it will have to go gradually."
To descend to these depths, Patrick Musimu must practice for a four minutes dive, the calculated time of going to and back from -240 meters, without air in the lungs. [Exhale dive]
To get used to this effort against nature, the freediver from Brussels trains freediving dry and never in the water .... In the gym, he gradually accustoms his body to get used to physical exertion, holding his breath.
"The margins are quite dazzling, experiencing a growth from lasting 25 seconds on a stepper to 2'20". The body has adjusted itself in two - three months time to allow this effort. "
Today, he is preparing for a triple world record. A [No Limit] dive in tandem at least to 140 meters, a [No Limit] record to -240 meters and a return to the origin with an attempt to dive to -150 meters using a traditional technique.
"I will use the technique of former pearl fishermen of the Persian Gulf. No mask, no fins, without brakes, I will have a weight that I will hold on using my foot. At the signal, at the predetermined distance, I will drop the sea anchor [weight] and I will be roped in by people on the boat as quickly as possible. "
Because he believes that his passion apnea is now at the boundary between sport and scientific experimentation, Patrick Musimu will not certify its records by the AIDA, the international federation.
"For me the process of absolute no-limit, there now when I go below 200m, it is exceeding the boundaries of a sport, it is in a quest. This is even more than a conquest, it is a personal quest of research. There are many things that are like working against the stream. That's what fascinates me, rediscovering the body, redefining established concepts. The way of thinking but also [our bodies] functioning. And that's what motivates me in this process."
David Bertrand "
Resume:
Patrick Musimu is going to try for 3 world records:
1: No limits - 240m [On exhale, Sebastien Murat style]
2: Tandem No limits - 140m (minimum)
3: "Traditional Pearl diver No Limits" - 150m
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