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Austrian FreeDiver hits 600 feet in No-Limits

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Stephan Whelan
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Austrian FreeDiver Herbet Nitch has become the first human to reach 600 feet (183m) in the FreeDiving No-Limits Discipline on 28th August.

Completing his dive in 3min 14sec off the waters of South Croatia, Herbert managed to completely explode his existing record of 172m.

No-Limits FreeDiving is the discipline where the freediver descends with the help of a ballast weight and ascends via a method of his choice. No limit is the absolute depth discipline. Going down with a sled, and going back up with a balloon, a diving suit or a vest with inflatable compartments, this discipline is probably the most spectacular FreeDiving discipline made popular by athletes such as Pipin Ferrarras.

About Stephan Whelan

Stephan is the Founder of DeeperBlue.com. His passion for the underwater world started early years with a try-dive in a hotel pool that soon formulated into a passion he pursued in all his spare time. He is a BSAC trained Dive Leader and has completed over 1,500 dives as well as enjoying Freediving (a personal best of 28m Constant Weight and a 4 minute breath-hold).

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