Entre Dos Mares: First Mexican Open Freediving Championships
Posted By Nicolas Danan on 12 October 2005
The First Mexican Open Freediving Championships !
Three disciplines: Constant, Static and Free Immersion. El primo ! And, as always, when doing something for the first time, lots of excess energy is expended and tension quickly builds up around putting the puzzle pieces together.
“It is the last time I organize and compete at the same time!” Aharon vows after a long day running around in La Paz getting things moving. That day we got back to the house late, and all of us were pretty tired from the heat. MT got on the phone to talk to a local network for TV coverage of the event while Aharon and I stepped through the safety review. “Three boats total, one for the journalists and TV, one for transporting the competitors back and forth from the barge, and one evac boat for emergency purposes", so ran Aharon's checklist. "We have agreed with the Navy and Coast Guard to establish an evacuation/safety corridor where no other boats will be allowed passage or anchorage during the whole competition.” Aharon Solomons knows a thing or two about planning and executing complex operational logistics, and it shows.
The barge. The barge is known in Cabo San Lucas as “Pipin’s Barge”, as it is the one he used on his records. Safety is important in this competition, as in any other, but the very mention of Pipin’s name reinforces the importance that must be paid to every detail. Aharon and MT are very well aware of the responsibilities that come with the organization of such a competition.
MT hangs up and smiles: TV is coming and another sponsor is about to join.
She's exhultant: “Fifteen participants so far including us!”. She stops and recites the event factoids from her bottomless memory:“Luis Turrent is going for 55m in constant, Alejandro Lemus for 50m”.
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