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(Video) Announcer: 10 seconds.

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Five, four, three, two, one.

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Official top.

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Plus one, two, three, four, five

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six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

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Guillaume Néry, France.

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Constant weight, 123 meters,

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three minutes and 25 seconds.

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National record attempt.

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70 meters.

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[123 meters]

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(Applause)

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(Video) Judge: White card.[br]Guillaume Néry! National record!

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Guillaume Néry: Thank you.

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(Applause)

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Thank you very much,[br]thanks for the warm welcome.

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That dive you just watched is a journey --

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a journey between two breaths.

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A journey that takes place[br]between two breaths --

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the last one before diving into the water,

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and the first one,[br]coming back to the surface.

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That dive is a journey[br]to the very limits of human possibility,

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a journey into the unknown.

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But it's also, and above all,[br]an inner journey,

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where a number of things happen,

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physiologically as well as mentally.

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And that's why I'm here today,

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to share my journey with you[br]and to take you along with me.

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So, we start with the last breath.

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(Breathing in)

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(Breathing out)

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As you noticed, that last breath[br]in is slow, deep and intense.

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It ends with a special technique[br]called the carp,

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which allows me to store one to two[br]extra liters of air in my lungs

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by compressing it.

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When I leave the surface,[br]I have about 10 liters of air in my lungs.

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As soon as I leave the surface[br]the first mechanism kicks in:

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the diving reflex.

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The first thing the diving reflex does[br]is make your heart rate drop.

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My heart beat will drop[br]from about 60-70 per minute

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to about 30-40 beats per minute

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in a matter of seconds;[br]almost immediately.

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Next, the diving reflex causes[br]peripheral vasoconstriction,

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which means that the blood flow[br]will leave the body's extremities

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to feed the most important organs:

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the lungs, the heart and the brain.

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This mechanism is innate.

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I cannot control it.

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If you go underwater,[br]even if you've never done it before,

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you'll experience the exact same effects.

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All human beings[br]share this characteristic.

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And what's extraordinary

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is that we share this instinct[br]with marine mammals --

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all marine mammals:[br]dolphins, whales, sea lions, etc.

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When they dive deep into the ocean,[br]these mechanisms become activated,

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but to a greater extent.

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And, of course, it works[br]much better for them.

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It's absolutely fascinating.

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Right as I leave the surface,

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nature gives me a push[br]in the right direction,

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allowing me to descend with confidence.

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So as I dive deeper into the blue,

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the pressure slowly starts[br]to squeeze my lungs.

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And since it's the amount of air[br]in my lungs that makes me float,

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the farther down I go,[br]the more pressure there is on my lungs,

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the less air they contain[br]and the easier it is for my body to fall.

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And at one point,[br]around 35 or 40 meters down,

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I don't even need to swim.

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My body is dense and heavy enough[br]to fall into the depths by itself,

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and I enter what's called[br]the free fall phase.

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The free fall phase[br]is the best part of the dive.

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It's the reason I still dive.

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Because it feels like[br]you're being pulled down

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and you don't need to do anything.

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I can go from 35 meters to 123 meters[br]without making a single movement.

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I let myself be pulled by the depths,

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and it feels like I'm flying underwater.

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It's truly an amazing feeling --[br]an extraordinary feeling of freedom.

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And so I slowly continue[br]sliding to the bottom.

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40 meters down,

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50 meters down,

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and between 50 and 60 meters,[br]a second physiological response kicks in.

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My lungs reach residual volume,

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below which they're not supposed[br]to be compressed, in theory.

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And this second response[br]is called blood shift,

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or "pulmonary erection" in French.

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I prefer "blood shift."

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(Laughter)

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So blood shift -- how does it work?

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The capillaries in the lungs[br]become engorged with blood --

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which is caused by the suction --

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so the lungs can harden

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and protect the whole chest cavity[br]from being crushed.

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It prevents the two walls[br]of the lungs from collapsing,

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from sticking together and caving in.

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Thanks to this phenomenon,[br]which we also share with marine mammals,

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I'm able to continue with my dive.

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60, 70 meters down,[br]I keep falling, faster and faster,

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because the pressure is crushing[br]my body more and more.

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Below 80 meters,

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the pressure becomes a lot stronger,

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and I start to feel it physically.

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I really start to feel the suffocation.

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You can see what it looks like --[br]not pretty at all.

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The diaphragm is completely collapsed,[br]the rib cage is squeezed in,

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and mentally, there is something[br]going on as well.

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You may be thinking,[br]"This doesn't look enjoyable.

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How do you do it?"

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If I relied on my earthly reflexes --

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what do we do above water[br]when there's a problem?

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We resist, we go against it.

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We fight.

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Underwater, that doesn't work.

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If you try that underwater,[br]you might tear your lungs,

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spit up blood, develop an edema

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and you'll have to stop diving[br]for a good amount of time.

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So what you need to do, mentally,[br]is to tell yourself

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that nature and the elements[br]are stronger than you.

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And so I let the water crush me.

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I accept the pressure and go with it.

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At this point, my body[br]receives this information,

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and my lungs start relaxing.

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I relinquish all control,[br]and relax completely.

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The pressure starts crushing me,[br]and it doesn't feel bad at all.

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I even feel like[br]I'm in a cocoon, protected.

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And the dive continues.

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80, 85 meters down,

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90,

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100.

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100 meters -- the magic number.

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In every sport, it's a magic number.

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For swimmers and athletes[br]and also for us, free divers,

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it's a number everyone dreams of.

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Everyone wishes one day[br]to be able to get to 100 meters.

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And it's a symbolic number for us,

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because in the 1970s,[br]doctors and physiologists did their math,

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and predicted that the human body[br]would not be able to go below 100 meters.

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Below that, they said,[br]the human body would implode.

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And then the Frenchman, Jacques Mayol --

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you all know him as the hero[br]in "The Big Blue" --

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came along and dived down to 100 meters.

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He even reached 105 meters.

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At that time, he was doing "no limits."

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He'd use weights to descend faster[br]and come back up with a balloon,

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just like in the movie.

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Today, we go down 200 meters[br]in no limit free diving.

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I can do 123 meters[br]by simply using muscle strength.

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And in a way, it's all thanks to him,[br]because he challenged known facts,

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and with a sweep of his hand,[br]got rid of the theoretical beliefs

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and all the mental limits[br]that we like to impose on ourselves.

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He showed us that the human body[br]has an infinite ability to adapt.

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So I carry on with my dive.

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105, 110, 115.

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The bottom is getting closer.

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120,

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123 meters.

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I'm at the bottom.

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And now, I'd like to ask you to join me[br]and put yourself in my place.

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Close your eyes.

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Imagine you get to 123 meters.

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The surface is far, far away.

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You're alone.

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There's hardly any light.

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It's cold --

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freezing cold.

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The pressure is crushing you completely --

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13 times stronger than on the surface.

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And I know what you're thinking:

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"This is horrible.

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What the hell am I doing here?

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He's insane."

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But no.

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That's not what I think[br]when I'm down there.

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When I'm at the bottom, I feel good.

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I get this extraordinary[br]feeling of well-being.

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Maybe it's because I've completely[br]released all tensions

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and let myself go.

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I feel great, without the need to breathe.

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Although, you'd agree,[br]I should be worried.

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I feel like a tiny dot,[br]a little drop of water,

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floating in the middle of the ocean.

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And each time, I picture the same image.

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[The Pale Blue Dot]

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It's that small dot[br]the arrow is pointing to.

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Do you know what it is?

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It's planet Earth.

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Planet Earth, photographed[br]by the Voyager probe,

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from 4 billion kilometers away.

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And it shows that our home[br]is that small dot over there,

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floating in the middle of nothing.

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That's how I feel

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when I'm at the bottom, at 123 meters.

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I feel like a small dot,

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a speck of dust, stardust,

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floating in the middle of the cosmos,

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in the middle of nothing,[br]in the immensity of space.

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It's a fascinating sensation,

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because when I look up, down,[br]left, right, in front, behind,

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I see the same thing:[br]the infinite deep blue.

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Nowhere else on Earth[br]you can experience this --

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looking all around you,[br]and seeing the same thing.

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It's extraordinary.

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And at that moment,

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I still get that feeling each time,[br]building up inside of me --

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the feeling of humility.

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Looking at this picture,[br]I feel very humble --

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just like when I'm all the way[br]down at the bottom --

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because I'm nothing,

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I'm a little speck of nothingness[br]lost in all of time and space.

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And it still is absolutely fascinating.

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I decide to go back to the surface,[br]because this is not where I belong.

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I belong up there, on the surface.

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So I start heading back up.

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I get something of a shock

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at the very moment when I decide to go up.

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First, because it takes a huge effort[br]to tear yourself away from the bottom.

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It pulled you down on the way in,

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and will do the same on the way up.

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You have to swim twice as hard.

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Then, I'm hit with another[br]phenomenon: the bends.

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I don't know if you've heard of that.

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It's also called decompression sickness.

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It's something that happens[br]to scuba divers,

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but it can happen to free divers.

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It's caused by nitrogen[br]dissolving in the blood,

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which causes confusion

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between the conscious[br]and unconscious mind.

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A flurry of thoughts goes spinning[br]through your head.

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You can't control them,[br]and you shouldn't try to --

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you have to let it happen.

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The more you try to control it,[br]the harder it is to manage.

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Then, a third thing happens:

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the desire to breathe.

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I'm not a fish, I'm a human being,

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and the desire to breathe[br]reminds me of that fact.

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Around 60, 70 meters,

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you start to feel the need to breathe.

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And with everything else that's going on,

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you can very easily lose your ground

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and start to panic.

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When that happens, you think,[br]"Where's the surface?

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I want to go up. I want to breathe now."

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You should not do that.

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Never look up to the surface --

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not with your eyes, or your mind.

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You should never[br]picture yourself up there.

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You have to stay in the present.

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I look at the rope right in front of me,[br]leading me back to the surface.

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And I focus on that,[br]on the present moment.

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Because if I think[br]about the surface, I panic.

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And if I panic, it's over.

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Time goes faster this way.

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And at 30 meters: deliverance.

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I'm not alone any more.

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The safety divers,[br]my guardian angels, join me.

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They leave the surface,[br]we meet at 30 meters,

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and they escort me[br]for the final few meters,

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where potential problems could arise.

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Every time I see them, I think to myself,

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"It's thanks to you."

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It's thanks to them,[br]my team, that I'm here.

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It brings back the sense of humility.

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Without my team, without all[br]the people around me,

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the adventure into the deep[br]would be impossible.

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A journey into the deep[br]is above all a group effort.

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So I'm happy to finish[br]my journey with them,

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because I wouldn't be here[br]if it weren't for them.

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20 meters, 10 meters,

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my lungs slowly return[br]to their normal volume.

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Buoyancy pushes me up to the surface.

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Five meters below the surface,[br]I start to breathe out,

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so that as soon as I get[br]to the surface all I do is breathe in.

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And so I arrive at the surface.

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(Breathing in)

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Air floods into my lungs.

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It's like being born again, a relief.

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It feels good.

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Though the journey was extraordinary,

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I do need to feel those small[br]oxygen molecules fueling my body.

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It's an extraordinary sensation,[br]but at the same time it's traumatizing.

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It's a shock to the system,[br]as you can you imagine.

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I go from complete darkness[br]to the light of day,

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from the near-silence of the depths[br]to the commotion up top.

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In terms of touch, I go from the soft,[br]velvety feeling of the water,

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to air rubbing across my face.

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In terms of smell,

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there is air rushing into my lungs.

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And in return, my lungs open up.

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They were completely squashed[br]just 90 seconds ago,

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and now, they've opened up again.

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So all of this affects[br]quite a lot of things.

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I need a few seconds to come back,

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and to feel "all there" again.

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But that needs to happen quickly,

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because the judges are there[br]to verify my performance;

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I need to show them[br]I'm in perfect physical condition.

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You saw in the video,[br]I was doing a so-called exit protocol.

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Once at the surface, I have 15 seconds[br]to take off my nose clip,

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give this signal and say[br](English) "I am OK."

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Plus, you need to be bilingual.

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(Laughter)

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On top of everything --

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that's not very nice.

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Once the protocol is completed,[br]the judges show me a white card,

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and that's when the joy starts.

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I can finally celebrate[br]what has just happened.

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So, the journey I've just described to you

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is a more extreme version of free diving.

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Luckily, it's far from just that.

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For the past few years,

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I've been trying to show[br]another side of free diving,

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because the media mainly talks[br]about competitions and records.

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But free diving is more than just that.

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It's about being at ease in the water.

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It's extremely beautiful,[br]very poetic and artistic.

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So my wife and I decided to film it

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and try to show another side of it,

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mostly to make people want[br]to go into the water.

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Let me show you some images[br]to finish my story.

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It's a mix of beautiful underwater photos.

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(Music)

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I'd like you to know that if one day[br]you try to stop breathing,

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you'll realize that[br]when you stop breathing,

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you stop thinking, too.

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It calms your mind.

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Today, in the 21st century,[br]we're under so much pressure.

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Our minds are overworked,[br]we think at a million miles an hour,

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we're always stressed.

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Being able to free dive[br]lets you, just for a moment,

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relax your mind.

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Holding your breath underwater

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means giving yourself the chance[br]to experience weightlessness.

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It means being underwater, floating,

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with your body completely relaxed,[br]letting go of all your tensions.

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This is our plight in the 21st century:

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our backs hurt, our necks hurt,[br]everything hurts,

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because we're stressed[br]and tense all the time.

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But when you're in the water,

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you let yourself float,[br]as if you were in space.

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You let yourself go completely.

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It's an extraordinary feeling.

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You can finally get in touch[br]with your body, mind and spirit.

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Everything feels better, all at once.

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Learning how to free dive is also[br]about learning to breathe correctly.

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We breathe with our first breath[br]at birth, up until our last one.

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Breathing gives rhythm to our lives.

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Learning how to breathe better[br]is learning how to live better.

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Holding your breath in the sea,[br]not necessarily at 100 meters,

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but maybe at two or three,

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putting on your goggles,[br]a pair of flippers,

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means you can go see another world,

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another universe, completely magical.

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You can see little fish, seaweed,[br]the flora and fauna,

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you can watch it all discreetly,

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sliding underwater, looking around,[br]and coming back to the surface,

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leaving no trace.

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It's an amazing feeling[br]to become one with nature like that.

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And if I may say one more thing,

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holding your breath, being in the water,[br]finding this underwater world --

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it's all about connecting with yourself.

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You heard me talk a lot[br]about the body's memory

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that dates back millions of years,[br]to our marine origins.

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The day you get back into the water,

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when you hold your breath[br]for a few seconds,

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you will reconnect with those origins.

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And I guarantee

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it's absolute magic.

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I encourage you to try it out.

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Thank you.

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(Applause)