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Free Diving Gone Wrong - The Tragic Audrey Mestre Accident (2002)

Free Diving Gone Wrong - The Tragic Audrey Mestre Accident (2002)5 jul8 min

Audrey Mestre's tragic final dive (2002). In October 2002, elite freediver Audrey Mestre set out to reclaim the a world record in one of the world's most dangerous disciplines - No Limits freediving. Descending more than 560 feet on a single breath, everything depended on a carefully engineered ascent system. When that system failed, a record attempt became a tragedy that forever changed the freediving community.

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Music: The Descent Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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