Free diver Alexey Molchanov: The 60 Minutes Interview

[@lmorandini]

For the record: 4:24 the equalization is done on the way down, not the way up; 4:48: disorientation is caused by lack of oxygen, not by water pressure.

[@Ivan989v]

I’m surprised that 60 minutes has so many major factual error’s in this report. Everyone makes mistakes, but brand of such magnitude is not allowed to make rookie mistakes like that. I realize that they might not have an experts on board, but at least they could have shown this piece to Alexey before publishing it. Also, having a lanyard attached to the line won’t really help to “yank up” a freediver back to safety. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

[@lmorandini]

@@Ivan989v “yanking up” an unconscious diver can happen as a last resort measure. In other words: the lanyard is there mainly to avoid an unconscious diver stray off the vertical line, so that is is easier for the safety diver to carry him back to the surface; however, if the depth is too much for the rescue to happen this way, the bottom plate can be pulled up with the unconscious diver tied to it by his/her lanyard (the bottom plate being far larger than the lanyard karabiner).

[@Ivan989v]

@@lmorandini thanks - that’s exactly what I thought. The report gives a faulty idea that in a case of an emergency a freediver can be quickly “yanked up” to safety, which obviously is not how it works.

[@jenhasken]

He has the best smile. Seems like a very happy soul, like his mother was.

[@mattmayo3539]

Being in the water can be one of the most zen like experiences. Swimming freely under water really does feel like flying.

[@nunabusiness9002]

Nothing else matters...its just you ...in a world you know you don't belong in...but feel blessed you get to visit quietly for a couple minutes. Nothing like it

[@georgiaturner5020]

@@nunabusiness9002 8

[@kuromikendall]

The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love your decisions. ♡

[@meritahasani9750]

Wow 60 minutes Australia actually have their comment section open. This guy was amazing!!

[@alana6779]

Amazing Alexey!!! You were born for this!!

[@MaloPiloto]

I used to free dive every now and then for abalone off of the coast of Northern California. Twenty feet was plenty for me! Amazing guy…..

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

What an amazing experience. I learned to swim in the ocean and have been a fairly accomplished snorkeling enthusiast since I was 15. The few times that I've gone deeper than @ 50ft it scared the bejesus out me.

[@nickoreckless8115]

No one cares

[@kelmac1618]

Snorkeling at 50ft down! I didn’t even know people did that! I assumed they scuba.

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

@@kelmac1618 You're exactly right. The few times that I did was only because I was compelled and accompanied by pals in full scuba gear!

[@slickyttv]

@@nickoreckless8115 kinda like no one cares what you doing alone living in ur moms basement 🤷

[@cindytartt4048]

Yup, me too.

[@ricardomorais420]

I'm not the one underwater but I'm breathless just from watching.

[@edwardmartin2157]

What a beautiful soul

[@writerconsidered]

That's the most smiley Russian I have ever seen.

[@ZippyDan]

It feels like he is smiling for a Western audience though. There is something awkward about his smile like watching the Terminator try to smile. I'm not saying he is not genuine, just that I don't trust his smile. Russians generally interpret smileyness differently than the West.

[@Roy-G-Biv]

This is insane, just watching him go that deep gave me anxiety......also, he has such a perfectly round head.

[@r3tr0actiongamer24]

I can’t even hold my breath for 10 seconds when I was playing Marco Polo as a kid

[@YuliaGrushevskaya-bi6he]

Wonderfull son of her great mother!

[@anesthesiabeyond8519]

What a spirit for all of us 👍👍👍

[@mariateresa6134]

Years ago there was a movie called big blue that was about this .

[@cleanandlevel]

my favorite movie. every diver should watch it.

[@downfromtherafters1013]

the key word in this whole interview is good sense

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

umfortunately ,his mother ,amazing Natalia ,disregarded the most important rule in freediving > never freedive alone she did a freedive alone without the guideline and it was in waters with strong underwater currents. thats how she died.

[@dr.physiker9930]

All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

[@alymlon]

@@dr.physiker9930that’s interesting. Where did you take your information from? I’d like to check it out too.

[@thedrytortuga7421]

1988 movie "The Big Blue". If you love free diving, find it, watch it!

[@purselmer5931]

Been a swimmer all my life. Lessons at 3, swim team by 6, full swimming scholarship to college for it, swim 2 miles per day now - well into my 50's. Some of us are just meant to be in the water, it's where I feel at home. It's dry land that messes w/me, lol.

[@kayalcorn9569]

Key word here is "in" the water, not under it. Right on for your swim routine.

[@purselmer5931]

@@kayalcorn9569 That's very true, LOL. I agree. I wouldn't do this sport or underwater cave exploring if my life depended on it.

[@elrickpenn]

... Proud to be a Bahamian ! ...

[@tristenwilliams1943]

A huge portion of “freediving deaths” are actually novice spear fishermen or people diving completely alone.

[@darrickmalloy6909]

I think those kids that dive for pearls are amazing.

[@Wil_Dasovich]

One day…

[@thureintun1687]

one of the kindest Russians I've ever seen

[@sherrytaha9268]

"Because I can, then I will." 😄

[@existentoneness]

The apple didn't fall far from the tree. This explains it. Wow! That is Mom disappeared while doing the same sport.

[@dr.physiker9930]

All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

[@existentoneness]

@@dr.physiker9930 I have had a story of someone who happens to be the best swimmer in Nigeria. At a certain time he went swimming the River Niger, and he was not seen for days. Only for him to show up weeks afterwards saying he was held in another world inside the water all the while. Existence is deep, you would agree. I don't suppose the third reason should ever come up that the son never felt sad about the Mom. That's preposterous because people react to things differently doesn't make them complicit.

[@asmr_angelique637]

Mad Respect to Stephen Keenan the reason why Alexey still gets to dive after saving his life and later Alessias shows what a selfless brave amazing person he was ! Forever lives on through these awesome divers.🩵

[@cdrum5994]

That’s amazing.

[@NicolasneCage]

This video is incredible, Alexey is Clark Kent!

[@VooDoo007-o2h]

Can 60 Minutes please post the clip of the Chinese dissident artist?

[@PaliAha]

I stuck my face (less than half my head) in the sink full of cold water. I lasted more than 24 seconds.

[@Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited]

don't do this alone. already a sink of water is enough to drown in, no joke.

[@gb7800]

Amazing like in the movie the big blue real story and doing Free dive my goal to try one day better than bottles I think !

[@remy7448]

Insane to me normal to him 👌🏻

[@jan-olofharnvall8760]

You must really appreciate being able to draw breath, not taking it for granted like we earthbound surface people do😂

[@aarononeal9830]

60 minutes needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees

[@oldwave6106]

Wonder what he could do using weights to pull him down and an assist coming up.

[@byronbass1370]

He does do it. That’s another competition, the weight is connected to the rope. Your body drops by itself after 20 meters

[@oldwave6106]

@@byronbass1370 Thanks!

[@tristenwilliams1943]

This is called no limits freediving, current record is 214 meters. Probably won’t be broken any time soon, it’s extremely dangerous

[@Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited]

@@tristenwilliams1943 afaik no limits is banned from the records, cause it is too dangerous.

[@mikekirylo6115]

Wish all Russians would be like he’s depicted here. I know what it is like to have a Mother who taught, loves & thrives in the water world!

[@bowerbird7463]

Wish more americans were like they're depicted in a light comedy. The world would be a better place

[@dr.physiker9930]

All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

[@shark7165]

К сожалению на последних соревнованиях получил дисквалификацию иэ эа блэк-аута.Здоровья и удачи в дальнешем

[@raajbundles]

🌊 🏊🏻‍♀️ 🏊🏼

[@okooala]

Wow

[@H.Doc11]

A son of mermaid 🧜‍♀️

[@JayConstantine]

2:55 Wait a minute, why is he wearing a thong?

[@MsSpider26]

hahaha I thought that to but realized a line is attached to it, so it seems to have as purpose

[@Madmun357]

Ask him

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[@lionness62-82]

Makes me think of AM

[@susanmartin3762]

The whale tail fins just seem wrong. You would think you'd get much more speed using 2 long flippers... and not having to use the. " Dolphin" fashion of swimming. Using 2 legs separated legs kicking just makes more sense... I'M NOT DOUBTING this man. He is amazing!!

[@felixsonntag2356]

Freediving is not about speed, but about preserving oxygen, and with using less energy one can get lots of propulsion. Freedivers actually go a little bit deeper with monofins than with bifins.

[@MobileVisions]

Takes less muscle to execute mono fin kick vs two legs kicking opposite. That’s why 100% of these competitions allow it. Conserving oxygen is the no1 task. More oxygen you burn the more CO2 builds… which is the trigger that gives you the urge to breath :)

[@saltyskippa]

Nek minute dudes on water world

[@davidfarrell7373]

RIP Stephen Keenan

[@ashleyc8373]

Molchanov should have mentioned the face that his life was saved by a safety diver.

[@cs108828]

Every time a freediver blacks out and is brought to the surface by the safety team their lives are saved by a safety diver. Much like all competitive freedivers Alexey has had many blackouts in his carreer and I'm sure he understands and credits the safety teams every time.

[@mariaandersen9534]

Maybe he did but they cut it out.

[@TheHarperad]

My god had to calculate what 262 ft is into meters.

[@zapfanzapfan]

If anyone doubted we are an aquatic mammal...

[@fruitcakekun]

you dont need to equalize if you r going up, check your fact

[@margaretpeabody243]

Me and a girlfriend would see how long we could hold our breath, I got up to 3 minutes. We also saw how far we could swim underwater. That's junior high for ya.

[@charlesmorg5677]

You are beautiful

[@Kahayuman]

is free diving part of olyumpics? he can be an olympianm

[@MadMax31577]

Aren't the safety divers usually scuba divers?

[@cs108828]

No. Scuba divers would be unable to help, and put their lives at risk as freedivers. When you breath with scuba underwater you take in air at the pressure of the environment around you - i.e. at 10 meters at 2x atmospheric pressure, at 20m at 3x atmospheric pressure, etc. As soon as you take a breath of pressurized air under water, you can only ascend very slowly, otherwise you risk both lung rapturing and air embolism. Freediving allows you to ascend and descend at any spees without having to worry about the effects of inhaling pressurized air, which is why safety divers have to be freedivers.

[@Kefoo_]

👍

[@wulfrache]

That is NOT THE MACHINE! The machine would never swim with his shirt on.

[@to4502]

Will the next interview be with athletes from North Korea?

[@nikosvault]

that would be amazing.

[@MegaCharns]

u are a grub!

[@PavelAVasilevich]

Calm down bro...

[@to4502]

@@PavelAVasilevich go back to russia not bro

[@griffini19]

60 min needs to do better research Lots of poor info.. As you ascend your lungs and the air inside your body expands. You do not need to equalize your ears on ascent but on decent. Come on 60 min. Do better.

[@katemikh2288]

One word - Russian ❤, we go to the end, because we can, and must.

[@belizeunderthesea4299]

he is from Russia

[@darrickmalloy6909]

I think the last 2 things or rules are petty. If you can get out of that water under your own motor should be enough.

[@rwstavros]

I would like to know if he has Denovisian genes

[@jaysnowden2]

The pressure blows fluids out of your hips. Many will need hip replacements.

[@keinosmith874]

🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸

[@boykotalev2066]

Brilliant man But French boy said is more romantic 🙃😅 than 👧

[@billgatesleavingyamomshous8177]

That’s gonna be a no for me dawg!

[@debibelden906]

Tonight jacob

[@efghiabcd2611]

not into this sport at all.

[@anthonyhuerta8780]

The 1 DEATH a husband KILLED his wife

[@jonbonesmahomes7472]

pippin

[@anthonyhuerta8780]

@@jonbonesmahomes7472 EXACTLY

[@Verena.Fleissner.Unlimited]

no the death of Audrey Mestre was not during a competition. I think what they mean is the death of Nicholas mevoli during the vertcial blue in 2013 or so...

[@RaeBattleRapsMood]

Nope, cannot swim.

[@dant1594]

I didn't know Wicked Weasel made wet suits.................

[@SazaYT]

uP tO 39 sToRiEs TaLl

[@teg8279]

🇺🇦

[@mikerob2134]

It’s the thong

[@davidfinland00007]

Why do people do this to themselves 🤦‍♂️

[@allyedowd]

Nope.

[@PhoenixFit2024]

There literally is a tribe of deep see fisherman who do this and have been doing it for centuries. The pros went up against them and got destroyed. They left that part out.

[@mnstrs2r]

Not true, but happy to be proven wrong.

[@mirrored464]

All genetics 2x lung size average and more oxygen blood cells

[@byronbass1370]

Negative. Study Anatomy kid. Anybody can stretch and build up there lungs. Its called Packing. Read about it, youd be surprised

[@jaywho7264]

its a world record ????? because the people who does this on a daily basis DIVING FOR FOOD are poor and cant afford to " COMPETE" AND GO TO THE BAHAMAS . PLEASE.

[@PhoenixFit2024]

This is very true. I saw a tv spot a few years back with local fisherman divers who have done this for hundreds of years. They destroyed these pros, and the sport in general…so the pros just kinda ignore those folks now.

[@mirrored464]

They dont dive as deep as him

[@haleyholeman9955]

People that dive for food don’t go as frivolously deep as top free divers. There’s not much down there to eat.

[@PhoenixFit2024]

@@haleyholeman9955 But they have been doing it for centuries and genetically they are superior to these types of activities. They have brought some of these men to regional competitions and without any training whatsoever they beat the “pros”.

[@mirrored464]

@@PhoenixFit2024 they go 30 meters not 100

[@dr.physiker9930]

All his victory belongs to his mother, since she taught him to this technique, she was not only the best free diver but a sceintist, she developed a unique diving technique and was finishing her habilitation thesis, after ph d., there were a lot of jealous people around. I think she was killed bcs of financial interest, advertisement money, she was hindering other people from becoming a winner, bcs she had always won, The 2nd version: her research for military divers which got interest from military, the foreign agencies did not want that she will finish the work. 3rd: very suspicious behaviour of her son, he never was sad, showing a grief about his mother loss, she was taking away the whole fame from him, he was there when she dissappeared. So, she could not get drown in a see, almost impossible, she was the best, very cautios.

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