Entre Dos Mares: First Mexican Open Freediving Championships
Posted By Nicolas Danan on 12 October 2005
MT's usually calm spirit was been shaken by the loss of her father a few days before I met her. She was preoccupied, but during our first day in the water she threw small Tibetan paper prayer flags in his memory. Seeing her in the water, I believe she will find the balance in her mind to achieve the record, as she is a consummate athlete.
Last but not least, apnea guru Aharon is shooting for 60 meters in Constant as well, which is nearly a meter for every year he has lived his extraordinary life. I hope I look like him when I'm an "old guy". He likes to call himself that to make young padawans like me feel squishy and out of shape. Aharon if you are reading this, you like to travel? (Editor's Note: That's an inside joke. I don't get it myself !).
There are a lot of different layers to this competition: organization, bringing new athletes to the discipline, records, safety, accommodation and much more. But one must not forget that the engine driving this event is the desire to show a nation and the world that freediving is a safe sport when proper safety protocols are rigorously observed. Oh, and that this passion of ours is a life-changing experience, that too
Thanks to all of you competition organizers, competitors and freediving instructors for taking the time and assuming the responsibility to make these events possible. Thanks to you, Aharon, MT and AIDA Mexico for creating such an event and making the sport grow.
For more info www.freedivers.net/torneo.htm
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