One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits

One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits

by Adam Skolnick
One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits

One Breath: Freediving, Death, and the Quest to Shatter Human Limits

by Adam Skolnick

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Overview

One Breath is a gripping and powerful exploration of the strange and fascinating sport of freediving, and of the tragic, untimely death of America's greatest freediver

Competitive freediving-a sport built on diving as deep as possible on a single breath-tests the limits of human ability in the most hostile environment on earth. The unique and eclectic breed of individuals who freedive at the highest level regularly dive hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface, reaching such depths that their organs compress, light disappears, and one mistake could kill them.

Even among freedivers, few have ever gone as deep as Nicholas Mevoli. A handsome young American with an unmatched talent for the sport, Nick was among freediving's brightest stars. He was also an extraordinary individual, one who rebelled against the vapid and commoditized society around him by relentlessly questing for something more meaningful and authentic, whatever the risks. So when Nick Mevoli arrived at Vertical Blue in 2013, the world's premier freediving competition, he was widely expected to challenge records and continue his meteoric rise to stardom.

Instead, before the end of that fateful competition Nick Mevoli had died, a victim of the sport that had made him a star, and the very future of free diving was called into question. With unparalleled access and masterfully crafted prose, One Breath tells his unforgettable story, and of the sport which shaped and ultimately destroyed him.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780553447484
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication date: 01/12/2016
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 1,040,716
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Adam Skolnick has written for the New York Times, Outside, ESPN.com, BBC.com, Salon.com, Men's Health, Wired, and Travel + Leisure, among others. As an international journalist, he has visited 45 countries and authored or co-authored 25 Lonely Planet guidebooks.

Table of Contents

1 Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas, November 17, 2013 1

2 Water Child 18

3 What is Freediving? 30

4 Punk-Ass Vegans 45

5 Caribbean Cup 2014, Roatan, Honduras 61

6 Revolution 70

7 Caribbean Cup 2014, Roatan, Honduras 87

8 Brooklyn Rising 100

9 Caribbean Cup 2014, Roatan, Honduras 113

10 Dive Yourself Free 132

11 Deja Blue 150

12 Dive Bum Chronicles 170

13 Sardinia, Italy: 2014 Aida Team World Championship 187

14 Kerry Hollowell Investigates 212

15 One-Hundred-Meter Man 226

16 Bloody Water 242

17 Nick's Last Days 257

18 Nick Mevoli's Last Dive 273

19 Vertical Blue 2014, Long Island, Bahamas 286

Epilogue 304

Acknowledgments 309

Index 313

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