[quote name='ALWAZL8' date='Sep 12 2005, 10:29 AM']Dave, I'm really sorry to hear about the dive.... that sucks major ***! I'll keep my fingers crossed that good things will happen for ya by Friday.



I wanted to go to Tahiti for my honeymoon.... looks awesome there. Didn't get married though (thank goodness!) so that'll have to wait until another time.


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It aint no thang! At least I have the BBQ to look forward to



That and a vacation somewhere.

 

im going to Tahiti next, Hawaii was nice, some parts nicer then others, Waikiki is a waste of time and disgusting in my opinion, I was only there for 1 full day to see Pearl Harbor then I high tailed it out of there to Kauai which was awesome, then to Maui which was seemed just right

 

so youre basically comepeting for how long you can hold your breath under water?

she must be amazing at giving head at pools and beaches.....

 

[quote name='treceb' date='Sep 12 2005, 01:19 PM']so youre basically comepeting for how long you can hold your breath under water?

she must be amazing at giving head at pools and beaches.....


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no you also are diving way down so it makes it really difficult

 

[quote name='treceb' date='Sep 12 2005, 11:19 AM']so youre basically comepeting for how long you can hold your breath under water?

she must be amazing at giving head at pools and beaches.....


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Well that's pretty funny. Holding your breath is one thing but holding it and swimming is something totally different. You can see my last attempt at www.apneablue.com there's a link on first page to 65m World Record Video. Give you an idea of what's going on.

 

[quote name='ApneaBlue' date='Sep 12 2005, 01:50 PM']It aint no thang! At least I have the BBQ to look forward to


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Only a couple more weeks 'til BBQ!!!!!!!!!! Oooooohhhh..... and now YOU can drink with the rest of us!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

err malaysia? orrr austria? try enjoying the swiss alps (sry if its on the list already ) oh yeaa and japan or china!

 

[quote name='ALWAZL8' date='Sep 12 2005, 04:37 PM']Only a couple more weeks 'til BBQ!!!!!!!!!! Oooooohhhh..... and now YOU can drink with the rest of us!!!!!!!!!!!!


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YYYIIIPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!













But I am sorry to hear about the dive

 

[quote name='ApneaBlue' date='Sep 12 2005, 02:35 PM']Well that's pretty funny. Holding your breath is one thing but holding it and swimming is something totally different. You can see my last attempt at www.apneablue.com there's a link on first page to 65m World Record Video. Give you an idea of what's going on.


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ahh. interesting. my comment was based upon animation on your ex-partners site which looked as if the person was being pulled down. hadnt checked out your site yet.



how does water temperature affect the dive?

 

[quote name='treceb' date='Sep 12 2005, 07:42 PM']ahh. interesting. my comment was based upon animation on your ex-partners site which looked as if the person was being pulled down. hadnt checked out your site yet.



how does water temperature affect the dive?


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The colder the water the more pronounced the "diving reflex" is.



Diving in the mediterranea can be good and bad. If you dive when the air temperature is cold then it actually works against you during the preparation for the dive. You end up getting very cold and shivering before a dive only causes you to use excess O2. However, if it's warmer air and cold water, it's better. The transition from the warm air to cold water stimulates the neves on around the face which heightens the diving reflex...While holding your breath in cold water it cause the pulse rate to drop considerably. The heart is a pretty sizeable organ that uses O2 so the less it works, the better it is for you. The preparation for the dive totally oxygenates the system so even with the pluse as low as 20-30bpm you can still survive a dive for few minutes while exerting quite a bit of energy.



A couple months ago I did an experiment for some extreme sports documentary where they basically submerged my face only in ice water....I was wearing a pulse monitor hooked to a computer, in less than 1 minutes and 30 seconds my pulse had dropped from 60bpm to 28bpm...Pretty amazing ****...This is why you hear about those kids falling through ice and drowing but end up being revived after so many hours underwater...



That experiment was done in ice water and I think I could have got my pulse lower if I could take the ice burn on my face. I only lasted 1:30 because it was so painful...



At the surface for the dives it's about 21C and then at the bottom as cold as 14C. The cold combined with the pressure I am guessing the pulse gets into the mid to low 20s per minute.



Here some of the physiological explanations of what happens to the body while diving.



As for the sled you saw my partner riding, it's completely different from what I do. I have been diving in the Unassisted Constant Ballast category for the last 5 years. You can check out an explanation of the categories HERE



Sorry for the long post but I can talk about this forever