Team Vertical Blue
safety freediver
Mike Lott
- Chief Safety Officer
- Safety Freediver
Mike is an Apnea Academy
Instructor and highly
experienced safety freediver.
He has trained extensively
with Wiliam and assisted
in all his record attempts.
safety rebreather diver
Brian Kakuk
- Chief Safety Scuba
- deep safety diver
An ex-navy diver, Brian is
one of the top cave divers
in the world, having set
numerous records for
distance in cave systems
in the Bahamas.
safety scuba diver
Charles Beede
- safety scuba diver
Charlie is a scuba diver,
freediver and resident of
Long Island who often
trains with William in the
Blue Hole
deep safety diver
Paul Heinerth
- deep safety diver
Paul is a master cave diver
and instructor who lives in
Tampa Florida, and dives in
Florida's mysterious springs.
safety scuba diver
Michael Trousdell
- safety scuba diver
A PADI divemaster and close
childhood friend of William,
Mike works as an engineer in
sustainable design in London.
safety freediver
Tyler Zetterstrom
- safety freediver
One of the top Canadian
freedivers, Tyler trained
intensively with William
in Dean's Blue Hole in 2007
freediving photographer
Nic Rowan
- video & photography
A freelance photographer, and
close childhood friend of William,
Nic was responsible for both
surface video footage and
photo-journalism of the
attempt.
freediving photographer
Igor Liberti
- photography
Most of the photos on the
Vertical Blue site were
taken by Igor Liberti, who
photographs exclusively
whilst holding his breath,
and is an Apnea Academy Instructor