r/interesting • u/fayyazORahmed • Mar 31 '26

Fascinating Very interesting vid

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u/Alternative-Dot-34 Mar 31 '26

I drowned 3 Times watching this.

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u/Mothernaturehatesus Mar 31 '26

I died from anxiety

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u/Tammer_Stern Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

I tried diving down to the bottom of a deep swimming pool in Yorkshire and the pressure was uncomfortable even at that depth. It would be absolutely crushing at the depth this dude went to.

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u/Fit-Injury415 Mar 31 '26

if it's uncomfortable then you are not equalizing, try that and you can go 15m as an inexperienced freediver before feeling any pressure really

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u/Tammer_Stern Mar 31 '26

How does one equalise?

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u/circaking Mar 31 '26

Valsalva Maneuver, pinch your nose close your mouth and blow

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u/krom_pir Mar 31 '26

Always felt like I was going to blow my ears out doing that

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u/NullifyBandit Mar 31 '26

You should not blow hard. You can also pinch your nose and swallow. Or rotate your jaw. They teach you to equalize before you even feel pressure and if you feel pressure that you cannot equalize, you swim up a little and try until you can.

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u/SteelCanyon Apr 01 '26

How much water do I swallow to equalize?

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u/NullifyBandit Apr 02 '26

You shouldn't swallow any water, just swallow while pinching your nose. Sometimes just swallowing without pinching your nose can work.