Bizzy Blue hole preparations
March 24th, 2008 by Sanne
Preparation for the Bizzy Bluehole competition (http://www.freediving.biz/Bizzybluehole/) in Dahab is reaching it’s final steps, although I’m still waiting on a confirmation on certain points.
My Suunto D3 is in the diveshop to get it’s battery replaced and maybe they can fix the cracked button as well. Although the button works, it would be better if it’s working good and I do not have to press multiple buttons to get the same result, hehe :D. So I hope I’ll be able to actually record my depths in Egypt and post them back later on this Blog.
Creating a Lanyard is also on my ToDo-list and I’ve gathered some information on the topic and it seems the rules are strict yet unclear due to interpretation differences. But I’ll just create a lanyard and post it up here for some criticism and alter it by the feedback I receive.
Of course my training schedule will get it’s focus on the depth-related exercises like equalization, breathe-ups, surface/recovery breathe-technique, dry-walks, (dry)statics, etc. So stay tuned for some more blogging on this topic.
March 26th, 2008 at 14:50
Hi Sanne,
I wonder what a lanyard is?
grtz, Elly
March 31st, 2008 at 19:35
It’s a safety cable, which is attached from my wrist to the line. If you take a look at the last picture in this article, you can see the freediver wearing a cable around his upper wrist.
In case of emergency, the counter ballast system ensures that the freediver can be surfaced within a certain time. This counter-ballast system needs the freediver to be attached to the line.