This guy freaks me out completely.
He is Guillaume Néry, a 3-time world record holder for free-diving. He has been the ultimate freediver in 2002, 2004, and 2006. The current record is held by Herbert Nitsch at 124 meters deep. Oh well, whatever floats their boat.
This water facility on the other hand is in Brussels, and its claim to fame comprises a huge waterhole with a maximum depth of 108 feet (33 meters). It has underwater caves too, plus 2.5 million liters of spring water, and a couple of shallow-depth platforms.
It even has a drinking joint just beyond the walls of this waterhole, where hydrophobic visitors can scare their wits while keeping themselves dry and sipping their favorite Martini or Molotov.
well i really dont know about free-diving, but even diving at 10meters below sea level unassisted, people lose consciousness if they stay for more than 40 seconds. oxygen toxicity occurs at depths of 75 meters or more, while nitrogen narcosis occurs at depths over 40-60 meters. tell me then, how on Earth are they able to do a 124meter free-dive? *puzzled*
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