[HN Gopher] How Deep Can Humans Go?
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How Deep Can Humans Go?
Author : bookofjoe
Score : 11 points
Date : 2024-08-19 15:48 UTC (3 days ago)
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| tusslewake wrote:
| Have seen at least one other of these articles lately, on the
| theoretical limits of some human physical capacity. Here's
| another, on sprinting:
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| https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/interactive/2...
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| A few follow-up questions that occur to me: will an understanding
| of theoretical limits make the actual record breaking seem more
| routine and less interesting? And will many records be broken
| beyond the theoretical limit, making these calculations seem
| rather crude and short-sighted?
| karaterobot wrote:
| > In addition to the challenges posed by these high pressures,
| FDs have no access to oxygen (O2) as they are underwater in a
| hypoxic (no O2) environment.
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| Am I missing something, or is this the most unnecessary statement
| you could possibly make in an article about free diving? I think
| most readers know you can't breathe underwater.
| ziddoap wrote:
| > _Of these, the no-limits category presents FDs with the
| greatest challenge as they descend using a loaded sleigh and
| ascend using an air balloon._
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| I thought that ascending too quickly could lead to issues (if I
| remember House correctly, "the bends")? Or does that only occur
| at greater depths than a freediver would reach? This seems even
| more dangerous than normal freediving, which seems pretty
| dangerous as-is. (I know nothing about diving).
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