Wow. She was 53.
While I don’t think I’d be good at (or survive) a lot of extreme sports, I might actually be willing to try a bunch of them (bungee, wingsuit, etc). But free diving? Hell no! That’s mad scarey!
Now she's fish food. So much can change in a single day.
Do stupid stuff .... get appropriate results!!!
When I was around 16 I would try to see how long I could hold my breath. I eventually got up to 3 minutes but can’t imagine one doing so much longer.
I would hyperventilate until I was nearly ready to pass out. I would take one last deep breath and begin timing.
That's absurd. I'm a healthy man and I timed my capacity. At 1:30, I started feeling it. At around 2:00, I was getting uncomfortable. At 2:17, I wasn't fading out or seeing spots, but couldn't stand it anymore.
When I was a teenager I could hold my breath underwater for a little more than two minutes. That was after hyperventilating for a minute or so.
I could only make it to 2:10 if I (a) found something on the bottom to hold on to so I could stay still and not use any energy, and (b) close my eyes.
I found that I could stay down an extra ten or fifteen seconds with my eyes closed than with them open.
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”
I free dove 50’ once when I was a teen. From the bottom the top is just a very small circle of light. No fins and on the swim back up I thought my lungs would burst.