Free Diver Comes Out Of Retirement To Attempt The Same Record-Breaking Dive That Killed His Wife

This seems dangerous.

Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras, a controversial but record-breaking free-diver, is coming out of retirement for one more dive — the same dive that killed his wife in 2002.

Francisco “Pipin” Ferreras, a controversial but record-breaking free-diver, is coming out of retirement for one more dive — the same dive that killed his wife in 2002.

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Audrey Mestre was a student who wrote about Ferreras and then fell in love with him and his insatiable appetite for dangerous dives.

Audrey Mestre was a student who wrote about Ferreras and then fell in love with him and his insatiable appetite for dangerous dives.

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Not only did she join him in free-diving, but she was a natural and they quickly became a couple that was regularly breaking world records.

Not only did she join him in free-diving, but she was a natural and they quickly became a couple that was regularly breaking world records.

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But Ferreras, who was known for questionable safety procedures and a thirst to continually dive deeper and deeper, is blamed by many for his wife's death.

But Ferreras, who was known for questionable safety procedures and a thirst to continually dive deeper and deeper, is blamed by many for his wife's death.

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