August 5, 2015

A "a free-diving superstar" dives deep and fails to resurface.

Natalia Molchanova, presumed dead.

18 comments:

John henry said...

Stupidity on stilts.

I've been to 130' on SCUBA and looking back that was pretty stupid too.

John Henry

Bob said...

Seems to be a lot of "diver" references in Rock 'n Roll - - Arc of a Diver by Steve Winwood, Diver Down by Van Halen, and Holy Diver by Ronnie James Dio.

RAH said...

Really this is just an example of trying their luck too many times. No matter how good they are the odds catch up

John henry said...

Huma Abedin, Hilary Clinton, deep diving.

Lazlo,

Your job, if you decide to accept it, is to combine these three in a paragraph.

John Henry

Fernandinande said...

the world’s best free diver

No. Men have all the records.

PackerBronco said...

Is being the world's best deep diver like being the world's oldest person? A title that doesn't last too long?

Ignorance is Bliss said...

Natalia Molchanova, presumed dead.

Maybe she's just doing really well. Give her another ten minutes...

traditionalguy said...

The Devil took her up on that dare.

Michael K said...

Cave divers have a similar record of disappearing.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

It bothers me that I came away from that article more annoyed at the style of writing than I did feeling sorry for the woman's death.

mikee said...

All I know about this sport is what I learned watching The Big Blue, starring Jean Reno, way back in the late 1980s.

I recall that it was a damn scary "sport" where the idea was to come as close to dying as possible, without actually, you know, really dying, in order to achieve the deepest free dive. If you decide to die, it is ridiculously easy to do so.

~ Gordon Pasha said...

My Dad, who was in the Navt during WW II - from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender, said "Never turn your back on the f**king ocean."

William said...

As a thrill sport, it's ok, but you haven't really lived until you set your parachute on fire while skydiving.......The article states that as you go deeper the body shuts down. You get to risk your life and don't even get an adrenaline rush. I'll stick to bungee jumping over crocodile infested waters. It's particularly exciting when the crocs jump out of the water and snap at you.

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SomeoneHasToSayIt said...

Women and Darwin, most affected.

Paul said...

Darwin has many options for those who think they can cheat death.

Peter said...

It's actually dangerous to dive 100 feet or more with no equipment (and no 'plan B' if/when something goes wrong)?

Hypothesis: extreme sports are a reaction to the removal of lesser, once-acceptable risks (e.g., diving boards in public swimming pools, jungle gyms in playgrounds) from everyday life.

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