A Swim (SKINNY DIP!) in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean 

I'm good at winging it! Being vulnerable is one of the most empowering things a human can do. Cheers!

@@Routesofchange Yep... I'm positively sure that's what the victims of RMS Titanic said as they descended to their permanent residence at 12,500 feet. You've got to be out of your damn mind.

@@Harlem55 it’s not like they had a choice in the matter

Bro u if u can swim then u can swim in anybody of water

Merciless? It's water bro. Did you expect a great white shark to just come out of nowhere?

The unknown within reach.

And it just keeps going down...

Well it would be sad if it wasn't in the middle of the ocean

@Makenzie Hall I have pink water

@@Ivan-gu1cv oddly enough there is no exact middle since the oceans are all connected and not anywhere near a perfect sphere shake either.

Yes because it is far away from humans

It is!

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Me too lol, alot of anxiety.😅

well they are only 100km far away

Can you image how humans in ages past felt about the deep blue? Back in a day where they didn't have computers, Sonar, ROVs, Diving apparatus and techniques, Submarines and Deep Submergence Vehicles etc. They never would've known what's down there, other than the fact it is incredibly deep, and incredibly eerie. No wonder you get tales of things like David Jones locker and the Kraken. Now days we can hit the very bottom of the Mariana Trench.

​@@rustygates3367those legends in way talk about sea creatures (ancient and modern sea creatures.)

Help I have no memory commenting this and I’m cringing at the fact I said “ mad respect “

Whats the problem with saying that? Infact you should be cringing at the fact you said "help"​@@cristiancastro5853

Happy to help! :)

Same i get anxious evem when in a lake lol

You can see a video of people in the navy having to swim over the Mariana Trench which is 7 miles deep to the ground

You havent been around much if this was the bravest thing you’ve ever seen mate

ive seen way braver, no hate to the creator, but hes swimming, ever watched a single firefighter video?

It is!

It feels a bit surreal. It makes sea monsters seem like a very real possibility.

Disorienting to say the least!!!

@@nix324 wdym

@@nix324 Yeah but only at the bottom of the Cayman Trough. The bottomless pit, baby! 2.5 miles straight down!!

@@nix324 lol get off /x/

Thank you! same to you!

what movie was that?

Open water 2

@@damondanieli suck 👎

Open Water 2. Idiots. Not you guys. The people that forgot to lower the ladder.

Forgot to let the ladder down.... Ouch 😳

Thanks. I don’t remember putting too much thought into the music selection. I was just having fun in the moment, but yes, let’s go with what you said. 😁

exactly!

it's also a bit terrifying though...

@@Routesofchange Maybe to us who are a "Jaws" generation hehe 😂

Well I’m sure other waters in different areas is different

Thankfully it's not all plastic! :)

Nice!

yeah it's the best!

Middle of the ocean is like a dessert

Cheers.

Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for the comment.

I have imagined that. This is why I tie a rope around my ankle when I'm alone out there...

Thanks for the love!

I'm sure it was also the fastest you've ever swam!

No Name how did you get back there ?

Facing your fears in a safe space is a good thing to do. :)

@@Routesofchange that isn’t safe tho, something unknown could of eaten you 👀😂

Thanks man. You should check out my series.

@@Routesofchange sure will :)

A few years ago me and my bf took a boat out to a tiny island outcrop off the Balearics. Basically just a vertical column of rock. There was a beautiful cave that we went swimming in. I swam out of the cave and the rock face just fell away vertically down to nothing. I have never been so freaked out. Even thinking about it now makes my toes curl! *shudders* I can smile about it now. ....just

@@hopebgood I can really build a picture in my head from your description, that’s really an event where nightmares are born!

Thanks! It was painted well.

Thanks Durgesh. Lots of love and respect to you from the Ocean!

Not much immediate danger here. No risk of making a mistake and falling to my death.

Just start moving in the right direction with a bit of confidence and persistence and the world has a way of making it happen for you. oh! and be willing to suffer and do things different than most. Cheers

I know swimming, still afraid of deep water. could u help me to trust my self, and be ok with it. And stop panicking. Thanku... Great video😄🙋

@@TwoWheelsCraftthink of a creature pulling you down, pulling you to the dreadful abyss while your are separated from human contact. Im sure your happy now😅

The unknown is one of many people's biggest fears. Death, is perhqps the biggest unknown, and losing your fear of it is one of the most liberating things you can do.

First of all its not fear of being attacked by a shark necessarily but rather the fear of something lurking deep, this massive space below you where anything can lie. There are probably thousands of creatures below him at that point, all too far to see, many that don't even see the light from the sun. Sure you know what a shark is and you its unlikely to encounter in that brief period of time, but when you're there knowledge you got from a book or on the internet is very different than actually being there, not really knowing 100% for sure that there isn't something around, something undiscovered, something unknown that could get you in your moment of exposure. Irrational fear and imagination is also very powerful and this kind of thing can scare the shit out of a lot of people, even if there's nothing around for miles. Bravery is about doing something despite being afraid, the mind is more terrifying than any shark. When I was a kid I used to be deathly afraid of deep swimming pools because my imagination always played on me, that there was something swimming behind or below me when I closed my eyes, to the point where I would jump out the pool and reassure myself it wasn't real. I still feel the same fear when swimming in the ocean, except a pool is a controlled environment where you know for certain there's nothing there, in the open water its much harder to convince yourself that there's nothing to worry about. I actually have seen a black reef shark when scuba diving, the visibility was pretty decent near a small island I was diving near, and I saw it in the distance. It was a really cool experience and I wish it stayed around longer to watch it swim, but it swam off. I weirdly wasn't that afraid, it was exciting. I had my knife in my hand too in case it swam towards me and i was ready, not afraid, more ready for a fight. I'm sure if it was a great white I would have been shiitting myself, but my point is that sharks are scary for sure, the bigger ones especially so, but its the not knowing which is far more terrifying. The only thing that can really beat the unease of swimming in blue water with 12,000 ft of water below you, is a bunch of sharks swimming around you. That's the difference between the unsettling nature of the unknown, terror even if you can't control your emotions, and the actual danger of predators being near you. One is obviously much better than the other, but that doesn't mean swimming like this isn't fear inducing. But really there is an ever present danger that comes with being out in the middle of the ocean like that, especially alone. A sail boat like that, it doesn't take much for a simple trip to end in disaster. There's more than animals to fear about the ocean, and the isolation means help is far away. All this being said, I can't' imagine the abject terror of being in shark infested waters, that's fucking terrifying.

@@brandonporter6223 Thanks for sharing this truly epic comment. It's a fact that we have very little clue as to what lurks in the depths of the ocean. It's amazing how little we know! Cheers!

Sharks DO IN FACT follow boats, ships because they often get a feed. Just an additional point to make. From a previous diving instructor 😌👍😎

​@@Routesofchange "One who fears death never truly lives. One who is not afraid of death never truly dies."

Thank you. I respect you and your fear.

How is that scary if u can swim.u can swim in any body of water

@@jeviasgodasmywitness6753 Not the fact I can swim. IF i was in a boat I would still freak tf out. Its a phobia for a reason. I would feel more at peace being in that tank then over water that deep

@@issurxozofacts bro this scares me and gives shivers knowing that if you cant swim then your done for and how deep it is. Also another scary thing is a current in the middle of the ocean

Not many sharks out there anymore, but I do fear the unknown sea monsters!

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Once you learn it opens up the majority of our planet. :)

I will share some in the future. Thanks

Yeah at the time I don't think I was very afraid, but now that I've read all these comments I am more afraid whenever I go for a swim in deep water. Ha! Happy flying Robert!

@@Routesofchange why are you now afraid? What made you rethink of doing it?

@@johanmontoya5050 I don't know. I still do it but I hesitate more, maybe because there are more sharks where I am now.

That would be lucky.

It does.

I hope you were able to pop it back in. :)

:)

the salt helps you float!

Thanks.

12,000 ft. 😀

@@Routesofchange did it feel different than swimming over say 100 feet deep of water

oh i did!

@@Routesofchange do you have any evidence then?

@@georgecollins2412 I mean I imagined it :)

Shark fin soup has sadly removed much of the shark risk on the ocean.

Most sharks have been killed for sharkfin soup and the chances are slim that one would come out of nowhere in the middle of the ocean and nibble on me. It's probably more likely that you die in a car accident. Our fears are seldom very rational.

A fear many people have is of vast deep water. Even kids are scared a “shark” will get them in the deep side of a swimming pool. Out this deep and far, sharks aren’t really a major concern. You’re in far more danger on the beach, and even on the beach the chances of you coming across a shark are extremely small. Moreover, the chance of you getting bit is a small percentage of the already small percentage of you coming across the shark in the first place. The species you should be concerned about are hundreds to thousands of feet down. A shark encounter would be pretty rare out here and the waters so clear, they more then likely wouldn’t come very close. Sharks are actually pretty smart and can tell that we as humans aren’t a good food source. There’s many documentaries out of Australia where Aussie’s will sail out to the deep and purposely find sharks and then jump into the water with them with no cage. They obviously never bother the person and the person doesn’t bother the shark or entice them with bloody meat like you see with the dudes in the cages. It’s pretty interesting actually. They’ll circle and check you out like dolphins, whales, and other species might, but their instinct kicks in and they see how “skinny” we are. It’s not worth their time. Hints why surfers that get bit are in shallow ‘murky’ water and the shark stops attacking after the first bite or “bump”. We’re just not desirable to most carnivores in the ocean unless the shark is 100% desperate for anything to eat which again, is extremely rare. Sharks follow food. But anyways, it is scary at first because everything you watch vilifies sharks and the deep ocean. Like, some crazy huge Megalodon or the Locc Ness monster is going to come up and swallow you whole. Some people feel like somethings watching them when they swim in the deep ocean and get that “tingly adrenaline”. I didn’t have that feeling, but it was a little nerve racking because it’s SO BIG. But it’s really not that bad when you jump in. You DO realize just how small you are though which is a pretty eye opening experience. It’s weird that outside of the water you don’t feel that way, but when you get in and look down into the water, it’s this feeling of vulnerability and smallness. It makes you appreciate life way more. I encourage everyone to do this once, even if your anxiety is overwhelming (and it’s okay to have that anxiety). But once you do it once, you’ll want to do it a million more times.

Google the video of the Seattle girl who had her whole leg chewed off by a shark. They were in a cruise ship, off the coast of Chile I think, about the same distance from shore as this dude. Half way between Hawaii and San Francisco, is definitely not "no shark territory". That's their main route!

Hola Isaac! Gracias hermano.

@@Routesofchange gracias. 🇲🇽👍🥑🌮

Sorry Matteo. I hope you get up to the mountains or out on the ocean soon. You're not too far from clear skies.

And they get twice as deep!