Deep: Freediving, Renegade Science, and What the Ocean Tells Us About Ourselves

By Nestor, James

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9780547985527
Publisher
Eamon Dolan


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Reviewed on May 15, 2014  |  Science and Technology

Competitive freediving is an extreme sport that tests one's limits and fights one's natural instincts. Diving without any scuba gear to depths of up to 300 feet all in one breath can result in resurfacing unconscious, paralyzed, bloody, or dead. The author, a journalist, adventurer and traveler labels it the most dangerous sport on earth. Although practiced for centuries by pearl, coral, and sponge divers, these groups had an economic purpose. A party with whom the author associated in his...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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