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Herbert Nitsch (born 20 April 1970) is an Austrian freediver, the current freediving world record champion, and "the deepest man on earth" [1] having dived to a depth of 253.2 meters (831 feet). Nitsch has held 34 world records in all of the eight freediving disciplines recognised by AIDA International and one in the traditional Greek ...
In 1960, Don Walsh and Jacques Piccard were the first two humans to reach Challenger Deep, completing that dive as a team. [4] 52 years later, James Cameron became the first person to solo dive that point. Piccard, Walsh and Cameron remained the only people to reach the Challenger Deep until 2019, when regular dives in DSV Limiting Factor began.
Deep diving has more hazards and greater risk than basic open-water diving. [26] Nitrogen narcosis, the "narks" or "rapture of the deep", starts with feelings of euphoria and over-confidence but then leads to numbness and memory impairment similar to alcohol intoxication.
STORY: This freediver has broken the world record for the deepest diveLocation: Long Island, The Bahamas26-year-old Arnaud Jerald descended to a depth of 393.7 ft in bi-fins The dive took 3 ...
Mr Walsh became the 11th person to make a successful dive to Challenger Deep in June 2020. The 12-hour dive involved a four hour descent, four hours at the bottom and another four back to the ...
Nuno Gomes is a scuba diver who lives in New York City.Born in Lisbon, his family relocated to Pretoria when he was 14 years old. [1] He held two world records in deep diving (independently verified and approved by Guinness World Records), the cave diving record from 1996 to 2019 and the sea water record from 2005 to 2014.
Kathy D. Sullivan describes what it was like to be the only person to both walk in space and reach the earth's deepest point. The First Woman to Dive to the Ocean’s Deepest Point Wore Two Omega ...
Deepsea Challenger (DCV 1) was a 7.3-metre (24 ft) deep-diving submersible designed to reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the deepest-known point on Earth.On 26 March 2012, Canadian film director James Cameron piloted the craft to accomplish this goal in the second crewed dive reaching the Challenger Deep.