Freediving

16 Jun Freediving and the Subtle Art of ‘Mind F#cking’

Nothing  terrifies a freediver more than round numbers. A 59 metre dive? Not a problem! 60 metres? Oh, that’s deep… Freediving is so often referred to as a sport that is more mental than physical and many athletes develop tricks to manipulate their own minds when they are uneasy about a dive. Freediving instructors have a very similar repertoire of tricks that they use to manipulate, put to ease or in short ‘mind fuck’ their

29 May I don’t dive to look around

In the blue hole in Dahab, Egypt there is a huge cave opening that looks out into the ocean 55 metres down. It’s called ‘the arch.’ Many freedivers use the view to motivate themselves to dive deeper and seeing it is a milestone in the freediving world. I had been in Dahab, diving deeper that 55m for 2 months before I made a point to look at it. Formations like stalactites drip down off the rock, back-dropped by infinite blue water. It was stunning. But