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Step 1
Practice diving from a high board at a local pool. These may be available at universities or schools, the YMCA, or Boy and Girl Clubs. Work on your form until it is flawless. You need to be able to dive out far enough from the cliffs before beginning the dive.
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Step 2
Stay in good shape. Your training should consist of running, lifting weights, swimming,and even doing acrobatics on a trampoline.
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Step 3
Eat well. According to one of the cliff divers interviewed by Kevin Sullivan, the diver avoids red meat, and maintains a low-fat diet.
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Step 4
Work on diving from a greater height. Find cliffs near you to practice diving from. Find them by asking at sporting stores or online. Gradually increase your height by diving from higher and higher positions.
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Step 5
Dive from cliffs into the ocean and work on your timing. Cliff divers in Acapulco have to time their dives with the surf so they catch the deepest water. There is very little margin of error.
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Step 6
Travel to Acapulco and observe the cliff divers. Ask lots of questions.
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Step 7
Learn to watch the tide. The divers have to learn when the best time to dive. If they choose incorrectly, the water is too shallow and the divers risk death.
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Step 8
Start diving from one of the lower cliffs, and gradually work your way up to the higher ones. After time, you will be one of the cliff divers of Acapulco.
Comments
Cliffdiving2000 said
on 12/5/2007 How old must to be to Acapulco from the highest point to jump? My nephew is 13 years old. He is very brave and in switzerland has jumped from 20 m (Dive). Can he in Acapulco dived from the highest point? That he would like to do.
(Chris / Germany. bungy@arcor.de)