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What is Pipin doing these days???
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Haydn said:
Thankfully I did.
A few months before the accident. I have an autographed poster of her on my wall. Pipin seemed to enjoy the limelight but I didn't get the same impression from Audrey. She seemed to be very subdued and a little tired from all the fuss. I spoke to Carlos Serra who seemed to be a nice enough guy. I saw the "Big Blue" of course but this was my first real introduction to freediving/divers. I couldn't care less to meet 99% of the Hollywood types out there. I've met a lot of people who are to some degree famous in dive circles and even have a few autographs.
The very first thing I encounter when strangers talk to me about freediving is the fear, related to knowing about the death of Pipin's wife. They don't want to talk about anything else and they speak of it in fear.
I saw the video of that incident and it was clear to me that whoever failed to fill the sled tank and whoever failed to check it was responsible for the accident, never mind the failures in overall safety and specific errors during and after the rescue......
When I told my father I was freediving, he said he was "as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs".
Very, very few people I know embrace the idea of deep swimming the way I practice it. To tell them that I join dolphin pods at 80ft is the minimum necessary to get them away from the fear long enough to consider that I am not entirely crazy and there is some benefit. The only thing that helps is the pics...
So with the exception of adrenalin junkies and a few aescetics the current attaction of freediving is that it seems like an elitist and esoteric (and somewhat foolish) practice, like freeclimbing...........
Freediving has an image problem and Pipin didn't help the situation at all.
I saw the video of that incident and it was clear to me that whoever failed to fill the sled tank and whoever failed to check it was responsible for the accident, never mind the failures in overall safety and specific errors during and after the rescue......
When I told my father I was freediving, he said he was "as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs".
Very, very few people I know embrace the idea of deep swimming the way I practice it. To tell them that I join dolphin pods at 80ft is the minimum necessary to get them away from the fear long enough to consider that I am not entirely crazy and there is some benefit. The only thing that helps is the pics...
So with the exception of adrenalin junkies and a few aescetics the current attaction of freediving is that it seems like an elitist and esoteric (and somewhat foolish) practice, like freeclimbing...........
Freediving has an image problem and Pipin didn't help the situation at all.
:mute
Ah yes, ................words from the world's only living heart donor.
I think what I want, and I form my own opinions, but I know that I personally don't reserve the right to judge someone like Pipin and his contributions to freediving.
................and I certainly wouldn't say that his personal tragedy cast a shadow of doubt on the integrity of freediving as a sport, nor do I hold credible the opinions of non-divers as to how safe a sport freediving is for me.
Ah yes, ................words from the world's only living heart donor.
I think what I want, and I form my own opinions, but I know that I personally don't reserve the right to judge someone like Pipin and his contributions to freediving.
................and I certainly wouldn't say that his personal tragedy cast a shadow of doubt on the integrity of freediving as a sport, nor do I hold credible the opinions of non-divers as to how safe a sport freediving is for me.
Alun said:
I'll second that! I believe that Pippin is suffering enough because of his wife's death, we do not have to rub it in! Most of the people in this forum reach Pippin's capabilities in freediving, if you don't like him as a person that's one thing, but you cant take his achievements away! give him a break!
plus Pippin and I were both born on the 19th of January!
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Found this by chance, I don't know if it's been mentioned before. Hmm...
http://item.slide.com/r/1/85/i/xE3e2hQ21T9fKYphx9PKQiViatUTTcUE/
And more:
MySpace.com - Pipin Ferreras - 46 - Male - Miami Beach, Florida - www.myspace.com/pipinseacamerica
In a nut shell, 600ft in 2008...?
http://item.slide.com/r/1/85/i/xE3e2hQ21T9fKYphx9PKQiViatUTTcUE/
And more:
MySpace.com - Pipin Ferreras - 46 - Male - Miami Beach, Florida - www.myspace.com/pipinseacamerica
In a nut shell, 600ft in 2008...?
Definitely interesting. On the other hand, his MySpace page also claims the movie The Dive will be released in 2008 too, which is definitely not the case. It looks like the movie is not yet in production, Cameron works on other movies right now, does not have this one listed on his schedule any more, and IMDB shows the estimated release for The Dive in 2010. So the question is how much the info on Pipin's page is up-to-date and reliable.
Did any of you guys try reading about this tragic event from his safety divers view point ....it make very interesting reading after having read pipin's book..... its controversial and I would be interested to know what you think of it
Did any of you guys try reading about this tragic event from his safety divers view point ....it make very interesting reading after having read pipin's book..... its controversial and I would be interested to know what you think of it
The book gives an interesting perspective. There are several threads about that book. Several posts about the incident deleted. It's a sore subject for many people still.
As for the book in general as I said, it gives an interesting view. It's hard to read, I don't think it was edited. Some of the time line jumps around and things are repeated. There are some items that are not really neccessary. It's like he wrote it as things came to mind. It feels like you're in his mind and he is thinking about everything. I have not read Pipin's version, but from what I hear they are pretty far apart in how key moments went.
Each of the books is interesting. The details recalled by Carlos Serra are pretty amazing, though. He even remembers Paul Kotik sitting at the dinner table during a random press-type deal! And yeah, Chris, it appears the book wasn't edited much at all. The typos and grammatical errors were a bit hard to get over, but the controversial subject matter made them much more palatable. I'd recommend "The Last Attempt" to anyone who has read "The Dive."