Preview: Free Diving
January 11, 2013 6:00 AM
In a growing extreme sport in which divers reach great depths on one breath, records are being broken and doctors are increasingly surprised by feats never thought possible. Bob Simon reports on Sunday, Jan. 13 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
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- To all free divers, try singing the tune "Head and shoulders knees and toes" but replace the words with nose plugs, goggles, signs, and words" (or which ever order is correct). But, do it regularly BEFORE you dive. So your subconscious mind will know it, even if your "conscious" brain does not.
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- so stoked our sport is going to be getting some recognition! hopefully this sparks interest in many new divers to our amazing sport!
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- Interesting phenomena that the body loses buoyancy at 70 feet and sinks on it's on. Of course this means that on the trip back up they have to go against gravity for a large part of the time. Interesting.
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- I am a 10-time Emmy winning producer and film maker who directed a full length documentary on William Trubridge called "Breathe" -- Check it out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/breathe/id573523316 or http://www.amazon.com/breathe-William-Trubridge/product-reviews/B008G836H2/ref=pr_all_summary_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1
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