Jamboree DAY 2: Morning Bliss and Pool-Workout
If you have to wake up for 6:30 AM yoga there are worse places to do so. Mandala Blue’s yoga shala offers a breathtaking view of the ocean, and the sun rising from behind Lombok’s volcano, Mount Rinjani.
Day 2’s open water session with William Trubridge and Freedive Flow on Gili Air focused on improving free immersion (FIM) and constant weight no fins (CNF). Will emphasized that during your base training, you should practice at a comfortable depth in order to concentrate purely on technique. The idea is to cement technique into muscle memory. After learning a new turn technique and implementing yesterday’s feedback, everyone’s dives felt easier and more efficient .
Freedive Flow is the only freediving school on the island with a custom-built two lane, 20m pool. It’s perfect for practising dynamic and no fin swimming. The No Fins workshop started off in the classroom, with video feedback and an explanation of how your dive stroke rhythm should be adapted to changing depth and buoyancy. Then everyone got into the pool for some CO2 tables. Everyone thinks that low Oxygen levels make you want to breathe but it’s actually high CO2 in your blood. CO2 tables helps your body get used to high levels of CO2 so that you can change your discomfort into tolerance.
Afternoon Workshop at the Freedive Flow Pool: Advanced CO2-Tables combined with no-fins efficiency training
During the evening talk, Will turned the spotlight on plastic pollution. This is possibly the most underrated yet most serious threat to our marine ecosystem and planet Earth as a whole. Will spoke about the Pacific Garbage Patch, an actual island of rubbish twice the size of Texas.
Here in Indonesia, plastic bags and straws are used without thought and sadly most of this will end up In the ocean. Plastic absorbs toxins like DDT, break into small pieces that are ingested by fish, crabs, turtles, whales and seabirds. Animals either die as a result of eating plastic, or accumulate toxins moving up the food chain. Studies have shown that fish that eat plastic show stunted growth and are lethargic.
It is up to every tourist to minimize the impact left behind on Gili Air. It is no longer acceptable to use single use plastic. Use alternatives: cloth-bags; re-useable containers and straws. Please join us in saying “NO” to plastic.
Bahasa Indonesian phrases
“No plastic bag.” = “Tidak plastik kantong.”
“No plastic straw.” =“Tidak pakai sedotan.” or “Tidak plastik straw”.
Evening Talk: William giving a speech about Plastic Pollution in the Oceans and what we can do about it.
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