There’s a Swedish saying of “having too much water above one’s head”. Unfortunately it’s one of my favourite mistakes. I had one good first try at taking the world record. Made 131m down, but not all the way up. Then I had some hard training in being patient. For five days in a row I […]
Before, I’ve always considered myself a bit of a loner. Since I cannot freedive alone, I’ve changed during the years. Diving deep is a team effort. But several times during the training and attempts, when the whole team was gathered I looked around with wonder and quietly wondered what everyone was doing here, and why. […]
It might seem easy. You just hold your breath and plunge as deep as you possibly can. Return successfully to the surface, and if it’s deep enough you will have a world record. I wish. Training for, and organizing it is really more like a high altitude climbing expedition. About as many people, equipment, training […]