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Actually,when I am freediving alone (I try and make this a rarity) I use time as my personal limit instead of depth. I try and keep my dives (training dives) between 2:30 and 3:30, regardless of depth.holdingmybreath:
Rick Murchison:
Rick, Sorry about your friend that passed away last year. A life changing event for you it sounds like. Tragedy can have that effect for sure, and I understand your not recommending to anyone else to freedive solo.. and that's a good thing, don't get me wrong, but I'm pretty sure every freediver I know personally dives solo.. solo diving is a fact of life in most areas because you may be the only extreme snorkeler for miles and not diving until you have a buddy would mean not diving at all or very seldom. So, I'm curious about what kinda limits all those solo divers are putting on themselves.. like Freediver using the clock (I try to do that on shallower dives) and me just going to the bottom say for the sake of equalizing under pressure I use depth as a limit. The reason I posted this is because I'm considering pushing my solo limit..(again)...and wanted to see where others were at.Rick Murchison:
So now I and about a gazzillion other freedivers (edit - yeah, I wish there was a gazzillion of us) are stupid?? easy there.. like I've said.. here it's either go it alone or you'll only go on very rare occassions...or never. Did you read the question? How deep do you go when solo? for me it's about 1/2 the distance of my personal deepest depth.. for others maybe it's 1/2 the time of their longest dive. You would have to be stupid to believe that I was taking about pushing to limits of swb. And when you hear of a freediver drowning, I always wonder.. was it because they hyperventilated? packed to much? tried a negative dive? dove beyond their limits for that day. shallow water blackout is not "ever present".. it's present when you push your limits for that day. In that I'd say you may be less then smart if you're pushing your limits alone, but surely not if you are well within your limts. If you're well within your limits.. maybe that's using your head eh?Justin699:
