David Blane is somebody that I have seen around the internet, and who I definitely have heard of before, but not somebody that I have ever really looked that much into. One thing that I always wondered about though, was how he pulled off these incredible feats. I mean how he pulled it off not just physically, but mentally as well. Trapping yourself for an entire week with nothing to do, nobody to talk to, and nothing to eat sounds like an incredibly insane idea to me, and I’m pretty sure that this was used as torture at least once throughout history.
It was really interesting to hear him talk about his training, and what he had to go through and put himself through to prepare himself for holding his breath for such a crazy amount of time though. It does make sense though, it’s not like just anyone can hold their breath for something like over 14 minutes underwater. I can hold my breath for like 3 minutes max, and that is pushing it, and that is including the after effects of me feeling incredibly winded. Even his training sounds intense though. Sleeping in that simulated Mount Everest Altitude can’t be comfortable, but he did it anyway.
His determination is something that I really admire. I wonder, how many times does he feel like like quitting when he is trapped with nothing to eat and nothing to think about instead of how hungry he is, or what it will be like when he succeeds I suppose. I wish that he would have talked more about what is going through his head whenever he does one of these challenges, because he must have some pseudo-Buddha zen mode to be able to do stuff like this and not go crazy.