{"id":132796,"date":"2016-01-05T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=132796"},"modified":"2016-01-05T17:36:08","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T15:36:08","slug":"crazy-underwate-cycling-below-the-ice-of-lake-baikal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/05\/crazy-underwate-cycling-below-the-ice-of-lake-baikal\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy Underwater Cycling Below the Ice of Lake Baikal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you are more of a casual rider and consider winter cycling an entertainment for a few lunatics, than you\u2019ll be shaking your head when you see how these daredevils from Russia hold their breath and endure temperatures of one degree Celsius so they can cycle under the ice of lake Baikal.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The free divers made their way underwater by diving into a hole in the ice to take part in the extreme sport in the world&#8217;s largest freshwater lake.<\/p>\n<p>They held their breath underwater for 90 seconds beneath the thick sheet of ice &#8211; around 50cm &#8211; on Lake Baikal in southern Siberia, Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Businessman Andrey Sidorov, 43, who took the photos of the unusual sport, said it was the first time anyone had cycled in this way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30031\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0266947066-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"profimedia-0266947066\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There might be a reason for that, right?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30030\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0266947086-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"profimedia-0266947086\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you ever seen such madmen?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-30033\" src=\"http:\/\/beta.welovecycling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0266947055-600x900.jpg\" alt=\"profimedia-0266947055\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our backs shiver just from looking at this.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are more of a casual rider and consider winter cycling an entertainment for a few lunatics, than you\u2019ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":132797,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328,334],"tags":[],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-132796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoor-mountain","category-socialising-and-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - 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