Herbert Nitsch, The Deepest Man On Earth

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  • čas přidán 5. 11. 2017
  • Austrian Herbert Nitsch is the current freediving world record holder and is a.k.a. "the deepest man on earth." Watch and see what happens when you push yourself to the limit and Climb On.
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  • @justcallmesteve9123
    @justcallmesteve9123 Před 5 lety +3819

    So yall jut gon ignore the fact that this dude could break into a submarine.

    • @danielschechter8130
      @danielschechter8130 Před 4 lety +163

      @HUNter I don't think he can rip open steel with his bare hands.

    • @tammyb7751
      @tammyb7751 Před 4 lety +8

      Hahaha

    • @whosDori
      @whosDori Před 4 lety +120

      Ain't no way a submarine is opening at the depths he is at. Way too much pressure.

    • @Klips005
      @Klips005 Před 4 lety +28

      Plants bomb lol

    • @tenhairyhobos500
      @tenhairyhobos500 Před 4 lety +3

      HUNter yeah cause thats not how it works

  • @antonbean7913
    @antonbean7913 Před 5 lety +4474

    What about SnoopDogg, the highest man on earth?...

    • @Craig2760
      @Craig2760 Před 5 lety +28

      Bean Bo it’s a toss up between Snoop and Willie Nelson.

    • @soulstorm8806
      @soulstorm8806 Před 4 lety +6

      Snoop's not the highest by any means.

    • @dec1lent448
      @dec1lent448 Před 4 lety +50

      @@soulstorm8806 he mean highest like the highest person on earth like high from drugs

    • @AlexA-mg8ut
      @AlexA-mg8ut Před 4 lety +6

      Sorry but there’s 420 likes nobody change that

    • @johnashiru
      @johnashiru Před 4 lety

      @@AlexA-mg8ut almost screwed it up lmao

  • @philboeroe
    @philboeroe Před 6 lety +2584

    I can also dive deeper than a 70 story scyscraper since a 70 story skyscraper can't dive as far as I know

    • @colin240359
      @colin240359 Před 6 lety +75

      Very clever That made me laugh, as corny as that is. I gave it a like lol!!

    • @tactic34wot52
      @tactic34wot52 Před 6 lety +3

      Philipp B I dont know wether your so arogent you dont realize it was just for conaprison or if your just stupid

    • @philboeroe
      @philboeroe Před 6 lety +37

      Zachary mccleary it was a bad joke m8

    • @patriciasevcikova8893
      @patriciasevcikova8893 Před 6 lety +19

      leave Zachary to live his poor life without sense of humour ! I laugh so much :-D

    • @tactic34wot52
      @tactic34wot52 Před 6 lety +1

      Patrícia Ševčíková well im sorry if im tited of seeing arogeny idiots and I do have a sense of human and it is very punny

  • @BenDol90
    @BenDol90 Před 4 lety +811

    "I was asleep, but they thought I blacked out..." what?

    • @xandersotheraccount2356
      @xandersotheraccount2356 Před 4 lety +19

      Ben Dol way too relaxed

    • @krebsebubrek552
      @krebsebubrek552 Před 4 lety +74

      Bruv he went so deep he hit the G spot

    • @HFLehmann22
      @HFLehmann22 Před 4 lety +26

      0:42 "Every dive he has done is the first time a human being has done it"
      Also what??

    • @brennap3310
      @brennap3310 Před 4 lety +30

      Hans Frederik Lehmann he’s doing dives no one else has done before (said right before that time stamp), making each dive he’s doing a first for any human

    • @retardalert9469
      @retardalert9469 Před 4 lety +14

      He was napping bruh

  • @swade9999
    @swade9999 Před 4 lety +1497

    The water is OBVIOUSLY a paid actor.

    • @bigheadyt8981
      @bigheadyt8981 Před 4 lety +21

      swade yes the water is making it too obvious

    • @Merctoonz
      @Merctoonz Před 4 lety +11

      Almost as obvious as Neil and the Moon.

    • @andrewmadigan4988
      @andrewmadigan4988 Před 4 lety +1

      Antonio Beneby You better be joking

    • @edwardguillen4381
      @edwardguillen4381 Před 4 lety +1

      😐😐😐

    • @iamwill1088
      @iamwill1088 Před 4 lety +4

      @@andrewmadigan4988 he's not. The moon was just a cgi. And all our government agreed to make moon explode and make a cgi moon.

  • @dylanberry8679
    @dylanberry8679 Před 5 lety +1767

    Keep it up and within a few generations your offspring will evolve to having gills and fins

  • @gamingwitdavibezzz1056
    @gamingwitdavibezzz1056 Před 4 lety +448

    I don’t know why I’m watching at 4 in the morning

  • @faresgharbi6475
    @faresgharbi6475 Před 5 lety +797

    The legend says he found chuck Norris playing cards with aquaman when he reached the bottom

  • @Jaaz7
    @Jaaz7 Před 4 lety +51

    "the problem is: I felt asleep 26 meters below the surface." Yes I can see how that's a problem.

  • @florinsimion6466
    @florinsimion6466 Před 5 lety +1591

    I use the exact same technique (packing) to get rid of hiccups when I dive too much into my beer.
    I guess is something we athletes do.

    • @Gizziiusa
      @Gizziiusa Před 5 lety +1

      alotta 12 ounce curls too fer ya as well, u athlete. :)

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Před 4 lety +6

      are fudge packers athletes?

    • @joselema85
      @joselema85 Před 4 lety +8

      @@meesalikeu underrated comment of the decade lol

    • @swimdeep189
      @swimdeep189 Před 4 lety

      @@meesalikeu no just you.

    • @yousefismail.7567
      @yousefismail.7567 Před 4 lety +1

      Lol .😂😂😂

  • @ngirabedechal
    @ngirabedechal Před 4 lety +73

    Trained himself to have a controlled blackout and still be aware of the moment.

  • @urmaker
    @urmaker Před 6 lety +1142

    Let's hope he doesn't sneeze or get the hiccups at the bottom.

    • @wallybrown9509
      @wallybrown9509 Před 5 lety +17

      urmaker Sneeze on all that dust at 800ft? LOL

    • @urmaker
      @urmaker Před 5 lety +30

      You can sneeze from your own mucus or even a hair.... lol

    • @codyzeik1937
      @codyzeik1937 Před 5 lety +12

      urmaker you can’t with the pressure. Your body literally feels like it has 100 lbs on all sides

    • @codyzeik1937
      @codyzeik1937 Před 5 lety +5

      urmaker plus he has a mask so he won’t get the urge to sneeze

    • @Razor9638
      @Razor9638 Před 5 lety +33

      @@urmaker he's not breathing... What should trigger a snzeeze then? 😂

  • @cammmsteele6780
    @cammmsteele6780 Před 4 lety +560

    His pick up line: "Bet I can go deeper than your boyfriend"

    • @cartoonyyaya7985
      @cartoonyyaya7985 Před 4 lety +4

      Candice Steele hehe that’s pretty deep

    • @bloodbrothers1779
      @bloodbrothers1779 Před 4 lety +5

      That is not even relevant to this guy's story. Please dont make fun of him its a real talent & serious workout he put on

    • @unolay1680
      @unolay1680 Před 3 lety

      HMMM

    • @momchilandonov
      @momchilandonov Před 3 lety +1

      @@bloodbrothers1779 it's a special ability the rest of the humans don't have. There is no need to put serious workout for that ;).

    • @rainbownugget4044
      @rainbownugget4044 Před 3 lety

      OOOOHHHHH GOTEM

  • @Amphitera
    @Amphitera Před 6 lety +352

    there are a few exceptional people on Earth who can do things no one else can aspire to, no matter what kind of training and effort they put in. He's one of those few for sure.

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 5 lety +2

      That is quite true, it takes a lot of training, not to speak of daring, and quite a few die attempting to set records too!

    • @SheepDog7071
      @SheepDog7071 Před 5 lety +26

      Just about any human can train to do whatever, the problem is not in the training, it is in the mind. Most humans do NOT have the mental strength to even wash their damn car...

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 5 lety +3

      Without the training, the mind could not follow! Some minds cannot even follow WITH training! And then there's those who apparently have a silent death wish! I just don't think too many people really care about a record that is going to be soon forgotten; who spends much time reading the Guinness Book, of Records? Only a few. It's probably not worth the huge chance of dying IF you have a life that's worth living and enjoying!

    • @SheepDog7071
      @SheepDog7071 Před 5 lety

      Without the mind, you can not train, let alone go to train.

    • @Singlehandsniper
      @Singlehandsniper Před 4 lety

      I agree

  • @setokaiba.
    @setokaiba. Před 4 lety +217

    "Hey herbert, what did you find down there"
    Herbert: ........ myself.
    Deeeeeeeeeeeep af

  • @higate_col
    @higate_col Před 4 lety +62

    Herbert could watch this entire video underwater and still have a spare 3 minutes before he needs to resurface

    • @atypical_moto
      @atypical_moto Před 2 lety

      Lol...although actually being engaged in the video might make it hard to hold his breath that long. He has a completely blank mind to be able to hold his breath that long. When he said he fell asleep at 26m, that's because he's literally on the edge of that mental state the whole dive.

    • @GroundationOnly
      @GroundationOnly Před měsícem

      No wonder he fell asleep

  • @Mr.Cucumba
    @Mr.Cucumba Před 2 lety +20

    No matter how deep you go the camera man will always go deeper.

  • @qwertyu5363
    @qwertyu5363 Před 3 lety +57

    I wonder how many times he has seen Adele rolling down there.

    • @tedxbundy91
      @tedxbundy91 Před 2 lety +1

      This comment is underrated😂😂😂😂😂

  • @adeliaforsteri3683
    @adeliaforsteri3683 Před 4 lety +132

    "Breathing is overrated" 😂😂😂😂

    • @chaiboix
      @chaiboix Před 3 lety

      I read this right when I saw this

  • @HowdyDo42
    @HowdyDo42 Před 3 lety +54

    "Okay, you literally almost went braindead, never deprive yourself of oxygen again"
    "Yeah yeah, sure thing doc"

    • @luca_sbll
      @luca_sbll Před 2 lety +3

      I know it’s just a joke, but that wasn’t his problem

  • @dylantrimble633
    @dylantrimble633 Před 4 lety +15

    when he talks about the doctors telling him not to dive ever again... yet he doesn't listen. The amount of passion in his voice when he is describing getting back to the ocean and swimming again... that is real love!!!! awesome.

  • @GuhbsBeats
    @GuhbsBeats Před 5 lety +45

    I can hold my breath comfortably for around 2 minutes and i thought i was good for that

    • @slimjim7411
      @slimjim7411 Před 3 lety +5

      The art of freediving is really just fighting past the "comfortable" part. At around 2 minutes most people want to start breathing again. Then you fight past the urge to breath you enter another sort of flat spot where everything is okay. Then you hit the wall where you will start to struggle again and must get air or black out. People used to hyperventilate because it sorts of extends the point at which you feel the urge to breath. However it actually decreases the total time you can hold your breath, and the point at which you will black out.
      In short basically everything I learned in the 80's about free diving in now wrong. lol

  • @garlandremingtoniii1338
    @garlandremingtoniii1338 Před 2 lety +51

    To date, Herbert has achieved 33 official World Records across all freediving disciplines, and one world record in the traditional Greek discipline of Skandalopetra 107 m (351 ft). He surpassed his own No Limits depth with a dive in June 2012 to 253.2 meters (831 feet), suffering injury in the process.
    Nitsch holds the No-Limits record, the title of "Deepest man on Earth" in which the diver can make use of a weighted sled to descend as far as possible and uses an air-filled balloon to return to the surface. Nitsch set the world record in Spetses, Greece in June 2007 when he descended to 214 m (702 ft), beating his own record of 183 m (600 ft) set the previous year, coached by Marcus Greatwood.
    He also held the world record in the Constant Weight event, which is considered by many to be the classic free-diving discipline: the diver descends next to a line, not using the line and unaided by a sled, and must maintain a constant weight, meaning that no weight can be dropped for the return to the surface.
    Nitsch exceeded the then world record in 2006 when he dived to a depth of 110 m (361 ft), but failure to complete the strict surfacing protocols within the allotted time meant that the dive was disqualified.
    In Hurghada, Egypt, in December 2006 he did a Constant Weight World Record dive of 111 m (364 ft), adding 2 m on top of Guillaume Néry's previous record, this was his first record coached by Marcus Greatwood.

  • @soup7434
    @soup7434 Před 4 lety +296

    *This man can go 830 feet when I can't even go 8 feet.*

    • @PerfectSoldieR96
      @PerfectSoldieR96 Před 4 lety +6

      How much meters it is?

    • @sirmounted8499
      @sirmounted8499 Před 4 lety +18

      @@PerfectSoldieR96
      830 feet = 253 meters
      8 feet = 2.5 meters

    • @PerfectSoldieR96
      @PerfectSoldieR96 Před 4 lety +18

      @@sirmounted8499 why are you still using feet as a way to measure things?

    • @chasetimmer2430
      @chasetimmer2430 Před 4 lety +17

      In the usa that's the way things are. To us. YOUR system is a pain in the ass. Vice Versace for you. Cry us a fuckin river build a bridge and get over it

    • @PerfectSoldieR96
      @PerfectSoldieR96 Před 4 lety +27

      @@chasetimmer2430 that's not very smart of you

  • @thdgcfx
    @thdgcfx Před 3 lety +9

    "I almost died and became disabled but I got back on my feet and back in the water"
    Life is too short to fear death!!

  • @hethethjurjk9208
    @hethethjurjk9208 Před 3 lety +14

    So we gonna ignore how he took a nap in the ocean after setting a world record and lived

  • @slwowpdjfowksdkqpsk
    @slwowpdjfowksdkqpsk Před 6 lety +335

    Maybe he is evolving to be a fish

    • @a121509
      @a121509 Před 6 lety +17

      A dolphin or seal would be more accurate.

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 5 lety +4

      Now that's clever!

    • @lovelyc5923
      @lovelyc5923 Před 5 lety +1

      종로총각의 총각김치 😂

    • @XO-uu8kc
      @XO-uu8kc Před 4 lety +1

      If sea levels rises more and more, it makes sense for humans to adapt to water

    • @eltyo340
      @eltyo340 Před 4 lety

      or devolving

  • @harshvardhan3907
    @harshvardhan3907 Před 4 lety +82

    Imagine after all his lung training, someone offers him a cigarette.

    • @armoris66
      @armoris66 Před 4 lety +16

      He ain't getting a pull on my blunt! One draw and it's gone!

    • @ImNewbeh
      @ImNewbeh Před 4 lety

      @Mr. Holliday if this is true then it's really interesting 👌

    • @vision6499
      @vision6499 Před 3 lety

      @@armoris66 blunt what a fuckin neek man its a joint

    • @Nimbusz
      @Nimbusz Před 3 lety

      Nothing happens..

    • @sn31t33
      @sn31t33 Před 2 lety

      @@vision6499 depending on where you live.

  • @Ban00
    @Ban00 Před rokem +2

    I just came from watching the No Limit Netflix show and googled the current record holder. Simply amazed!

    • @singerspeak1
      @singerspeak1 Před 10 měsíci

      I just came here after watching "The Deepest Breath" on Netflix! I'm fascinated with watching free diving.

  • @lythgoec
    @lythgoec Před 4 lety +32

    "like running with an ankle chain" I scuba specifically to avoid running

  • @sriunnam
    @sriunnam Před 4 lety +138

    He's an atlantian

    • @nivedlaxsea8114
      @nivedlaxsea8114 Před 4 lety +6

      sri ram he has a weird accent for someone from Atlanta

    • @feinegrafik
      @feinegrafik Před 4 lety

      NivedLaxsea
      Isn’t he German ? Pretty sure this accent is German

    • @feinegrafik
      @feinegrafik Před 4 lety

      NivedLaxsea
      I checked it, he is Austrian

    • @lewhitey2544
      @lewhitey2544 Před 4 lety

      He meant Atlantis idiots

    • @danielsitohang7378
      @danielsitohang7378 Před 4 lety

      @@lewhitey2544 wkwkwkw they're so oblivion

  • @IsMaski
    @IsMaski Před 4 lety +20

    Major respect to this man. The love he has for what he does is truly beautiful. Truly a GOAT!

  • @kaeolandon-lane3429
    @kaeolandon-lane3429 Před 4 lety +266

    Just to clear up a few things that this discovery channel-esque video tells you, it is INCREDIBLY hard to get the bends while freediving, and simply doesn’t happen to beginners or even advanced divers. Pros only.
    Herbert Nitsch goes far far deeper than regular divers, hence he needs to have safety stops on his comp and training dives.
    And though he’s an incredible dude, and one of my freediving heros, he’s also not seen as the best freediver in the world. Yes, he has gone waaaay deeper than anyone else just with the air in his lungs, but he does this in a discipline called “No Limits” which means he gets dragged up and down by a metal sled (like an elevator). He’s the best at this discipline but it’s outdated and discontinued because it’s more dangerous and far from “free”diving. The two recognised worlds best freedivers are Alexey Molchanov and William Trubridge. Maybe it’s just Alexey now. They propel themselves down and back up again only with their body (though get to only around 300-400ft).
    I don’t want to shit talk Nitsch, he is one of the greatest. I want to shit talk this misleading sensationalised “documentary”- all the same, I’m glad it’s been made.

    • @durbanpoizn4176
      @durbanpoizn4176 Před 4 lety +28

      Anyone can try hold there breath in a pool as long as they can. Going down deeper and faster is alot more dangerous so give that man a bells.

    • @marilynschmidt6400
      @marilynschmidt6400 Před 4 lety +3

      William Trubridge lives here in Hawkes Bay. Hello and Kia ora from New Zealand

    • @joe-jg4bh
      @joe-jg4bh Před 4 lety +5

      I was under the impression you can't get the bends when free diving because there is no nitrogen buildup. You can only get nitrogen buildup if you breathe from an aqualung. Nitrogen in his body was inhaled at the surface so at surface pressure. Only way this could have happened was if he was breathing from an aqualung underwater or am I wrong?

    • @kaeolandon-lane3429
      @kaeolandon-lane3429 Před 4 lety +12

      ​@@joe-jg4bh Not the case. It's rare, and anyone who isn't an advanced freediver shouldn't need to know, but deep freediving compresses the nitrogen particles more than regular scuba diving. The only difference is that freedivers come up before nitrogen is accumulated in the tissues, and breathe it out. Pressure and time are what makes nitrogen build up in places your body isn't supposed to have gases.
      Imagine a zoo. There's some monkeys (nitrogen) in a cage (lungs) behind bars (cell membrane). They can come in and out of a door at the back (breathing), but they can't get to where you are looking at them (inside the cell). Now imagine that a few friendly zookeepers (pressure) comes along and they get smaller, and sometimes they can fit through the bars in their cage. Now, some of the monkeys are in your space, and that's okay, because these monkeys are great, and the zookeepers are keeping them calm. On a hookah or aqualung, that door at the back of their cage is open, and they keep coming in. While freediving, the door at the back is closed, but there's still a few of these monkeys about.
      Now, you just told all the zookeepers that you want them out of there in a hurry (ascending, losing pressure). They get rid of the monkeys they can, but there's some left. Now there's no one to keep the monkeys calm, and get them back in to their cage now, and they start going nuts, they're really big and angry and they're beating you up (You're on the surface and very sick.)
      That's how decompression sickness, aka the bends, works.

    • @marilynschmidt6400
      @marilynschmidt6400 Před 4 lety

      Why don't you dick heads just ask the horse?

  • @joeystories6946
    @joeystories6946 Před 3 lety +2

    Thanks for the memories Herbert 🙋🐳

  • @WaterlandFilms
    @WaterlandFilms Před 4 lety +5

    Amazing! This video and production will surely invite and motivate more divers to push limits. I love this! Salute to you Herbert!

  • @Ultimagtr650
    @Ultimagtr650 Před 6 lety +39

    Superhuman..That IS impressive!

  • @lgf2443
    @lgf2443 Před 4 lety +15

    guys he's just mastered total concentration. the lost water pillar.

  • @p1nesap
    @p1nesap Před 5 lety +2

    so great to discover things like this on youtube

  • @CDhunt
    @CDhunt Před 5 lety +3

    Amazing! A testament to our world and existence above all measures. Great work to the whole crew as well👏

  • @whynottalklikeapirat
    @whynottalklikeapirat Před 6 lety +129

    It's Johnny Deep.

  • @chiaradina
    @chiaradina Před 4 lety +4

    Oh, the love! Deep respect! 🙏🏼

    • @gyuhff
      @gyuhff Před 4 lety +1

      I like the pun

  • @stevewisniewski5860
    @stevewisniewski5860 Před 3 lety

    Beautiful. Thank you. Be safe.

  • @dontgetmadgetwise4271
    @dontgetmadgetwise4271 Před 5 lety +65

    A high risk activity is called "high risk" for a reason. It will kill you eventually. But there is more to life than simply living out one's years... and this man has truly lived.

    • @genekelly8467
      @genekelly8467 Před 4 lety +4

      One of the more pointless activities..up there with free climbing.

    • @jb47vintage
      @jb47vintage Před 4 lety +4

      Not pointless. It's beautiful. I only go to a depth of 6 feet in the swimming pool but it's beautiful down there. I'd like to stay down there but I don't have gills. I'm 72 and don't plan on pushing the limits. It's fun, that's enough for me.

    • @ograkthemonkeyhunter2743
      @ograkthemonkeyhunter2743 Před 4 lety

      Furthest i can go under is 10 without dying for air

    • @DylanZapf-dm4mh
      @DylanZapf-dm4mh Před 4 lety

      This is not high risk. It’s high consequence, learn to differentiate you swine.

    • @DylanZapf-dm4mh
      @DylanZapf-dm4mh Před 4 lety

      Gene Kelly says the unathletic sad old bitch

  • @dr3dnaut38
    @dr3dnaut38 Před 2 lety +3

    This man can hold his breath longer than I can stay in a relationship.....

  • @CattarinaGuanais
    @CattarinaGuanais Před 4 lety +2

    Loved that. So peaceful

  • @deggers78
    @deggers78 Před 5 lety +2

    What a truly amazing chap, all the best for the future

  • @imbehindyou-4832
    @imbehindyou-4832 Před 4 lety +10

    I'm terrified of depths

  • @backwardsbus8188
    @backwardsbus8188 Před 2 lety +7

    Wow. Aside from being the best free diver, I think this guy is also my doctor, and apparently he is also a police man, a fireman, and an astronaut.

  • @mariaorsic9763
    @mariaorsic9763 Před 4 lety

    One of the most amazing things and persons I have ever seen! So inspirational!!!

  • @jaxn13
    @jaxn13 Před 4 lety +1

    This video inspired me to quit smoking. Of all things.. I want lungs like this man. It's been 7 months smoke free. Lung exercises everyday.

  • @KAIZENFREEDIVING
    @KAIZENFREEDIVING Před 6 lety +21

    The Legend! Great that he recovered after his massive accident...

  • @evanpasche3126
    @evanpasche3126 Před 4 lety +304

    *What about girls who listen to Billie Eilish?*

  • @gregoryallenn
    @gregoryallenn Před 3 lety

    Amazing. So motivating 🕊

  • @netwpl1108
    @netwpl1108 Před 4 lety

    herbert, du bist und bleibst einfach nur faszinierend! alles gute weiterhin.

  • @mercerfamilyadventures4613

    I snorkel regularly at a place with loads of international freedivers the with fancy gear and prep. A local fisherman with two bit of plywood on his feet went down waay deep. Legend!

  • @mentalhealthwarriors5015
    @mentalhealthwarriors5015 Před 4 lety +10

    Truly amazing what the human body is capable of.

  • @CARS63
    @CARS63 Před 9 měsíci

    Thank you. 😊

  • @CarlosSuarez-ro4qs
    @CarlosSuarez-ro4qs Před 5 lety +1

    A+ superhuman you're back in your element that's fantastic. God bless you

  • @brault14
    @brault14 Před 6 lety +72

    I remember two things: you have to have a real knowledge of your body and your mind before you venture so far! I will stay between 15 and 20 meters!

    • @Amphitera
      @Amphitera Před 6 lety +15

      that's the best depth anyway, below it gets murky and cold :P

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 5 lety +1

      Right you are, and one other thing -- be willing to risk your life!! (But the danger is at depths more than 45- 60 feet!)

    • @tlpoutdoorsman
      @tlpoutdoorsman Před 4 lety +2

      @@MJLeger-yj1ww is that true? I've been asking so many free divers about this question how many Dives can you do in a day and how deep can you go where you will have no decompression sickness

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 4 lety +1

      @@tlpoutdoorsman Everyone's tolerance is different. You can dive all day long in water that isn't very deep and you can change tank after tank BUT, it doesn't pay to get tired to the point you will make mistakes, even in shallow water. The depth you can go also depends on your own body. So the answer can be different for different people. As for safety, read the research on SCUBA diving and you will learn the safety limits and features that are necessary. One important thing, learn from a qualified instructor who doesn't take chances and who has an excellent record. Experience and training can make all the difference in the world!

    • @tlpoutdoorsman
      @tlpoutdoorsman Před 4 lety +1

      @@MJLeger-yj1ww thank you

  • @ArcadesKF
    @ArcadesKF Před 6 lety +12

    MAGNIFIQUE

  • @alial-ali1578
    @alial-ali1578 Před 4 lety

    Appreciations

  • @joeystories6946
    @joeystories6946 Před 3 lety +2

    Herbert goes so deep the ocean dives around him. SAINT HERBERT NICSH

  • @JUNIOR43950
    @JUNIOR43950 Před 6 lety +181

    and i go 6m in a pool and start to feel pain in my ears cant imagine 252m.

    • @kemali.5966
      @kemali.5966 Před 6 lety +108

      because you must equalize

    • @mastadon7771
      @mastadon7771 Před 6 lety +11

      Careful, you can easily damage your ears at that depth if you don't equalize. Luckily, equalization is easy!

    • @danielfry8097
      @danielfry8097 Před 6 lety +14

      Yeah. Equalize. You should do it every 1-2 metres usually. Regularity depends on each person but everyone has to do it.

    • @mastadon7771
      @mastadon7771 Před 6 lety +12

      It also depends on how deep you are. The deeper you are, the less frequently you have to equalize.

    • @greekatso
      @greekatso Před 6 lety +8

      How do you equalize?

  • @pjanoo6973
    @pjanoo6973 Před 4 lety +6

    His talents/skills are amazing, I find that his ability to remain calm is more amazing though, Trying to achieve a world record or die, not alot of records like that.

  • @williamhickerson4316
    @williamhickerson4316 Před 4 lety +1

    What an incredible, beautiful man. Cheers to him!

  • @Freediv_e
    @Freediv_e Před 4 lety

    Thank you.

  • @hakaandavor2789
    @hakaandavor2789 Před 3 lety +12

    People are always like, “ReTuRn To MoNkE”
    But we should actually return to fishe

  • @matthewdean1121
    @matthewdean1121 Před 6 lety +4

    legend has it right before you drown a very calm relaxed sensation comes over you.. it's almost the same feeling you get while your sleeping or right before you fall asleep..

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 5 lety +1

      I don't think it's just legend, Matthew, there is some scientific evidence to prove those sensations do occur before you die -- maybe it's your brain telling you to go ahead and die peacefully! (They've asked people who died and were brought back to life with CPR, O2 and electric shock to the heart, and that's what they've reported.) I haven't seen exactly that while working in the ER and I don't really want to see it or test it! We've resuscitated people who have flat-lined, but none have told us about that sensation. I think it may have something to do with HOW you nearly die!

    • @jakerojas5888
      @jakerojas5888 Před 5 lety

      You panic because your whole life , your legacy, your responsibilities flash before you. Once you come to peace with everything you sleep. Death/ sleep will flee from everybody until you've observed all you should.

    • @MJLeger-yj1ww
      @MJLeger-yj1ww Před 5 lety

      Well, that's not necessarily true, however, it's a nice thought of resolution, but it doesn't add up when the young die, who are far from "observing all you should!"

  • @lorenze22
    @lorenze22 Před 6 lety

    thanks, lovely

  • @emilinebelle7811
    @emilinebelle7811 Před 3 lety

    I didn’t know this was possible. Absolutely amazing

  • @MicBergsma
    @MicBergsma Před 5 lety +17

    Amazing

  • @ash4391
    @ash4391 Před 4 lety +71

    But how did he not breath in water when he fell asleep?🙊

  • @bobcharly8641
    @bobcharly8641 Před 5 lety +1

    Inspiration for sure!

  • @jonathansantos2271
    @jonathansantos2271 Před 3 lety

    Thank you for taking the free diving opportunity serious.

  • @CT72779
    @CT72779 Před 4 lety +8

    Most amazing to me is that they say he holds 33 world records in a sport that only has 8 disciplines! What sorcery is this!?

    • @MrCarnutbill67
      @MrCarnutbill67 Před 4 lety

      Christoph Thade
      It also helps that only 9 people do it and 4 of them are dead already.

    • @odometric5946
      @odometric5946 Před 3 lety +1

      They definitely worded it wrong. He broke world records 32 times in 8 official disciplines, most of them his own, but only 1 still stands.

  • @ricpowers1475
    @ricpowers1475 Před 4 lety +3

    Simply amazing human. The one, true Aquaman, if ever there was one.

  • @norixon3956
    @norixon3956 Před 5 lety +1

    respectneds on an high level, people never will reach !! Wahnsinns Leistung Herr Nietsch!!€

  • @olenaj6188
    @olenaj6188 Před 4 lety +2

    I honestly didn't know this is humanly possible. Wow.

  • @chitru1983
    @chitru1983 Před 5 lety +3

    The Badjaos, a sea-people tribe, have been free diving for centuries. They walk on sea floors too. No gears. But this man is just as amazing .

    • @kaibrahim3023
      @kaibrahim3023 Před rokem +1

      Yeah, I always wonder if the Bajaus are properly trained, can they easily break this world record? I once witnessed this a Bajau in Sabah, Borneo helped my brother to recover his gun which he accidentally dropped into the sea at night! A Bajau equipped with a self-made goggle and without the use of any flashlight just dived in and managed to retrieve the gun! It felt like more than 3 minutes to me since we didn't actually time how long he dived!

  • @jamesaschanirby3048
    @jamesaschanirby3048 Před 4 lety +3

    I’m thirteen and I can hold my breath for 2 1/2 minutes and I’m trying to be just like him

  • @spearrhen4606
    @spearrhen4606 Před 6 lety +2

    amazing!!

  • @kazaamhaze0831
    @kazaamhaze0831 Před 3 lety

    I'm living to see that

  • @kristinafisher3801
    @kristinafisher3801 Před 4 lety +70

    9 minutes????? I can barely hold my breath long enough to get my hair wet in the shower without panicking 🤔😢😆💀

    • @armoris66
      @armoris66 Před 4 lety

      😂😂🤣😂🤣

    • @l750z_6
      @l750z_6 Před 3 lety

      You don’t need to hold your breath in the shower

  • @BARON.SAMEDI.
    @BARON.SAMEDI. Před 5 lety +9

    Huge Respect on Herbert !!
    He came back and followed his heart & passion !
    By the way , ...it's interesting to see that there are 53 people who have ZERO clue about all this, and disliked this greater video.
    I would like to have a conversation with them to understand their negative critic's....

    • @zora5823
      @zora5823 Před 4 lety +2

      147 now lol But I agree with You!! And such stupid comments as well, ignorance is killing our society ☠

    • @aidanmcelroy8207
      @aidanmcelroy8207 Před 4 lety +2

      BARON SAMEDI or they just didn’t like the video? Damn chill people can have an opinion...

    • @aidanmcelroy8207
      @aidanmcelroy8207 Před 4 lety +2

      Zora ok boomer

  • @thelessiknowthebetter8509

    This is literally breathtaking👍

  • @jboone3745
    @jboone3745 Před 4 lety

    Wow, totally impressed.

  • @ineedhelp6320
    @ineedhelp6320 Před 4 lety +3

    Watching this gave me asthma

  • @vincmass
    @vincmass Před 3 lety +3

    Quando la natura decide di divertirsi, crea combinazioni genetiche e cellulari che portano alla creazione di esseri unici come Herbert Nitsch. E' stato capace di risalire da 250 metri, ma più di ogni altra cosa di risalire dall'abisso mentale dove era precipitato in seguito al suo incidente. Ogni volta che lo rivedo resto senza parole. Uno spettacolo meraviglioso......

  • @kevinbishop6582
    @kevinbishop6582 Před 2 lety

    I like that he really enjoys what he does and doesn’t mind that it will take years of his life. I hope he heals up eventually.

  • @mathildepaleohealthy8805

    Simply amazing ♥️

  • @zepperron
    @zepperron Před 5 lety +3

    I held my breath for 3:02 while watching this :)

  • @danny6714
    @danny6714 Před 4 lety +6

    14 year olds: This is deep...

  • @elapneista6782
    @elapneista6782 Před 3 lety

    Big man, big friend mi viejo amigo hermano del mar. GRANDE I hope to see you soon

  • @designingkitty
    @designingkitty Před 4 lety +1

    Wow... amazing, first time hearing of and seeing him, good stuff.

  • @cloudyminiii9339
    @cloudyminiii9339 Před 4 lety +5

    *reads title*
    So is he some kind of poetry master or something....

  • @stevenardianto3653
    @stevenardianto3653 Před 5 lety +5

    His lung capacity has more capacity than my matic scooter fuel tank capacity

  • @lsudx479
    @lsudx479 Před 2 lety +1

    Presented by Coors Light...
    "Don't drink and dive."

  • @Nautilus1972
    @Nautilus1972 Před 4 lety +2

    It's a strange obsession. To beat each record you must move closer and closer to certain death.

  • @radiostation6366
    @radiostation6366 Před 6 lety +17

    I wonder what this dudes VO2 max is...

    • @Morcombe201
      @Morcombe201 Před 5 lety +5

      His VO2 max is irrelevant because he is attempting to keep his rate of oxygen metabolism as low as possible. Approaching basal metabolic rate of 3.5ml/kg/min.
      VO2 max is a measure of maximal O2 uptake and is a good indicator of when your muscle cells will shift from oxidative phosphorylation (sustainable) to anaerobic glycolysis (unsustainable) during maximal effort exercise. He is barely exercising at all and working to reduce O2 consumption as much as possible.

    • @mamamia5668
      @mamamia5668 Před 4 lety

      @@Morcombe201 You must actually be an expert, very good response. thank you

  • @Stop_Elitists_Wars
    @Stop_Elitists_Wars Před 4 lety +5

    This dudes mom had a shower installed at home when she realised he was underwater for 9 mins at a time in the bath tub