static apnea record - 19 minutes 21 seconds

[anders05]

Don't know if anybody else has seen this [taken from the Telegraph]

Swiss freediver breaks world record for holding breath underwater

Peter Colat, a Swiss freediver, has held his breath underwater for 19 minutes and 21 seconds, smashing the world record.

Swiss freediver breaks world record for holding breath underwater - Telegraph


How long would twin 12's last him???????

[jb2cool]

He got pumped up on O2 for the 10minutes prior to this attempt but still a mean feat.

[TheRedDarren]

Thats bonkers!

[Divingminxsy]

Static Apnea ? I think I did this for more than 19 minutes when Dynarob told me how much he'd spent on the rebreather.

[dynarob]

19 minutes - pah - I held my breath a lot longer than that before I told Minxsy I had bought a rebreather

[frosty the snowman]

Static Apnea ? I think I did this for more than 19 minutes when Dynarob told me how much he'd spent on the rebreather.

19 minutes - pah - I held my breath a lot longer than that before I told Minxsy I had bought a rebreather

I bet Minxy wishes you could hold your breath longer than that...

[PeeBee]

Feck me, I've done dives shorter than that

[bubbleless]

He got pumped up on O2 for the 10minutes prior to this attempt but still a mean feat.

You can still only be 100% saturated alright he started with a lung full of o2 not air.

But 19 mins!!!!!

[big si]

thats awsome

[Bantam]

You can still only be 100% saturated alright he started with a lung full of o2 not air.

But 19 mins!!!!!

Wierdly, I've tried this. The theory goes that It usually at least doubles and sometimes triples your breath holding ability. At the time my best breath hold was about 5mins30secs (I was about 19 and mega fit). I hyperventilated for about 10 minutes on 100% O2, which is actually quite hard because your body wants you to stop doing it, and tries to make you pass out, but once you get past that then you get a massive metallic taste in your mouth and your blood feels like it's fizzing. Very strange feeling - you can feel everything pumping round your body.

I then sat at the bottom of the pool for 12 minutes, and only came up because I had enough of watching the hairs swirling around at the bottom of the pool. I hadn't done any relaxation so I was just laid there watching the world go by. I reckon with a bit of training I could have got it up to about 15 minutes.

In fact, you've reminded me - I've got it on VHS video somewhere for posterity!