A freediver was attempting to interrupt the world record for the deepest dive when he blacked out resulting from low oxygen pressure.
Miguel Lozano is knowledgeable freediver and freediving entrepreneur from Barcelona, Spain.
The 43-year-old had attempted the dive twice before — once within the Bahamas and once in Bali, Indonesia.
The goal depth was 125 meters — and prior to now, Lozano had made it to 122 and 123 meters.
Yet Lozano has realized he’s lucky to be alive after this particular attempt in Roatan, Honduras, in May 2018.
“Once I woke up on the platform with an oxygen mask on my face and all of the rescue team on top of me, I first felt dejected, as I knew I didn’t make the record — but in addition [I had] a sense of sheer relief that I had escaped with my life,” he said.
Lozano may be seen within the video losing consciousness.
The freediving team on site was in a position to act immediately — pulling him to the surface and bringing him back by giving him oxygen.
Lozano said his wife was pregnant on the time.
Yet with the time difference, she and his daughter were asleep — and didn’t know what happened to him until they awoke the subsequent morning.
“By the point they’d woken up, I had recovered and been through the checks,” he said.
“I believe it could’ve been harder to have attempted the record in the event that they were there, as it could be added pressure and stress,” he said.
Lozano said when dives like this go mistaken, often the general public tends to guage the divers — claiming they’re adrenaline junkies.
“We will not be adrenaline junkies — actually the alternative,” he said.
“It’s a really therapeutic sport, very mental and really relaxed.”
Lozano said he only remembers this dive on the way in which down — saying this was actually the fourth time he has blacked out in his diving profession.
The freediver looks forward to training again — and perhaps going for the world record over again.
“I’m looking forward to competing again and training myself, after which we’ll take into consideration attempting the world record again,” he said.
