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For the first 9 months of their lives, humans exist in an aquatic environment very similar to seawater. If a human infant is submerged under water, it instinctively holds its breath for up to 40 seconds while making swimming motions, although we seem to lose this ability as soon as we commence walking. Waking up these reflexes is one of the most important elements of freediving, thus giving humans better abilities to be protected at large depths.
The word Apnea derives from the Greek word a-pnoia literally meaning "without breathing". The origin of this word doesn't have connection to water, but in modern athletic terminology "Apnea" has become a synonym for freediving, i.e. diving on one breath of air, without using equipment that would make it possible to breathe underwater.
From Origin to Modern Times: The Myths
Since 1960, a divisive scientific theory labelled the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis, published by the late Sir Alister Hardy, has circled among scholars. From the 1930's, the Oxfordian Hardy had suspected that humans had primate ancestors more aquatic than previously imagined. He based this on studies of human lack of fur being replaced by a layer of insulating sub skin fat, similar to that of marine mammals rather than modern apes. This theo
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GUILLAUME NERY: FREEDIVING WORLD CHAMPION, EXPLORER, WRITER, SPEAKER.
“In order to keep my energy levels high as I dive deeper and deeper, I strive to cultivate my personal universe, my own private world in which I can take refuge to find strength and inspiration.
When I’m not deep diving, I spend my days high up in the mountains surrounding Nice, which offer me infinite energy.
I owe this love for big open spaces to my parents, who equally helped me develop a taste for personal effort and passed their love for the mountains on to me.
I love travelling around the world, discovering new and faraway countries. My thirst for travel comes from my childhood love for Tintin comics. I didn’t have the opportunity to travel much when I was a child, so freediving became an opportunity to discover hidden corners of our planet.
When my body is still, I let my mind wander… and very often think of the immensity of the Universe, which only reminds me how small and insignificant we are in this big maze.
I also have a passion for photography, and enjoy capturing memories”. GUILLAUME NERY
Guillaume Nery grew up on the Mediterranean coast, in the city of Nice.
As a child, he used to go diving every summer with his mask and fins, accompanied by his father, to di