![]() | Mike Lott- Chief Safety Officer - Safety Freediver Mike is an Apnea AcademyInstructor and highlyexperienced safety freediver.He has trained extensivelywith Wiliam and assistedin all his record attempts. | ![]() | Brian Kakuk - Chief Safety Scuba - deep safety diver An ex-navy diver, Brian isone of the top cave diversin the world, having setnumerous records fordistance in cave systemsin the Bahamas. |
![]() | Charles Beede - safety scuba diver Charlie is a scuba diver,freediver and resident ofLong Island who oftentrains with William in theBlue Hole | ![]() | Paul Heinerth - deep safety diver Paul is a master cave diverand instructor who lives inTampa Florida, and dives inFlorida's mysterious springs. |
![]() | Michael Trousdell - safety scuba diver A PADI divemaster and closechildhood friend of William,Mike works as an engineer insustainable design in London. | ![]() | Tyler Zetterstrom - safety freediver One of the top Canadianfreedivers, Tyler trainedintensively with Williamin Dean's Blue Hole in 2007 |
| Nic Rowan - video & photography A freelance photographer, andclose childhood friend of William, Nic was responsible for bothsurface video footage andphoto-journalism of theattempt. | | Igor Liberti- photography Most of the photos on theVertical Blue site weretaken by Igor Liberti, whophotographs exclusivelywhilst holding his breath,and is an Apnea Academy Instructor |
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Team Vertical Blue







