The Suunto X6 HR : An Urban Home Companion
Posted By Nicolas Danan on 12 June 2006
Oh, no - 6:00am not one minute before or after - Heidi the dog wakes me up. Food time. She's trained, and has mastered the black arts of Doctor Pavlov. I roll over to the other side of the bed to try and ignore her. She immediately goes around the bed to lick my face. “Just forget about it!” , I tell myself as I work my way through the darkness to the kitchen. I automagically open the canned food and pour the contents in Heidi’s bowl.
I've agreed to dog-sit in New York for Fabien Cousteau while he's off in some exotic locale with his father, shooting a special for PBS. Good timing for me as I have some business to conduct in Manhattan and a free place to stay, which is a pretty major thing for a freelance nomad like me.
I'm not much of a city boy, but New York is an exhilarating experience. New York is an Mp3 filled Ipod shuffling songs from around the Universe at an irresistible rhythm. The instant I step out onto 56th Street I feel like a moth drawn to the light. All my senses come alive.
Rhythm, to me, is the basis of freediving. Biorhythm, monofin cycle , equalization rhythm, 1,2,3 inhale…1,2,3 Hold breath, count. Before I left Santa Fe I trained with Aharon Solomons, and so had committed to work on my breath hold table and my apnea walks. Lauren Zimmerman at Suunto USA had generously lent me a Suunto X6 HR (Heart Rate) computer for testing. My training, and testing of the X6 began when I stepped out of the apartment building door on the way to the subway station. The heart beat monitor was on, chrono and concentration in sync.
I'm going to train for freediving in the New York City subway system.
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