Umberto Pelizzari will be in Punta Campanella on June 29th. The legendary Lombard freediver will hold a compensation course in the waters of the Park. The initiative is organized by Capri Free Diving in collaboration with the Marine Protected Area. Pelizzari himself announced it on his social channels with a video in which he defines Punta Campanella as “a wonderful place”.
The internship will be held between Marina della Lobra, where there will be theoretical lessons, Punta della Campanella and Ieranto, with water tests that Pelizzari will follow personally. The Amp Punta Campanella intends to encourage this activity, possibly also with a buoy reserved for those who practice free diving.
Umberto Pelizzari was a freediving champion in the 90s, obtaining records in all specialties of the discipline, the only one to do so. His first world record was set in 1990, when he reached minus 67 meters in constant weight. Then followed by many other businesses. In 1999 he reached 150 meters below sea level, a limit that had never been reached by man at the time. The epic challenge with the Cuban Pipin, with world records broken, was reminiscent of that of the 70s and 80s between the Frenchman Mayol and the legendary Enzo Maiorca who, right in the waters around Vervece, today zone A of the Amp Punta Campanella, achieved the historic variable weight diving record 50 years ago, reaching a depth of 87 meters in 1974.
After completing his competitive activity in 2001, Pelizzari dedicated himself to teaching and disseminating freediving and the marine environment. Today he is a popular television host, researcher and teacher of freediving techniques, underwater and hyperbaric medicine.
At the following link is the video with which Pelizzari himself announces the internship in the Sorrento peninsula: https://youtube.com/shorts/vaMLyWVhZFA?si=M_Ab1HfcISnSCzXI
