A Czech man claimed a remarkable feat of human human endurance after he took a dive beneath Switzerland’s Lake Sils without a wetsuit and emerged from its 50 meters icy depth.
Czech freediver David Vencl dives to 52 metres under the ice of Lake Sils in one breath and wearing only a swimsuit in this picture taken from a video in Sils near St. Moritz, Switzerland. Photograph:(Reuters)
David Vencl, 40, took a plunge to 52.1 meters in a signle breath. The feat follows David’s entry into the Guiness Books of the World Record in 2021 when he swam through the length of a frozen Czech lake.
Vencl dived through a hole in the ice. He then retrieved a sticker from a depth of 50 meters to prove his feat and re-e,rhed through the same. He spat some blood, sat down for a minute and then opened a bottle of champagne, Reuters reported.
A later visit to the hospital confirmed there was nothing serious.
The Swiss plunge in temperatures of between 1 and 4 degrees Celsius took him 1 minute 54 seconds, his promoter Pavel Kalous said, which was a bit slower than expected.
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