Curly
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Or if he was unable to hold it, wonder if he was wearing a rental suit.
World Record Longest Dive
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Or if he was unable to hold it, wonder if he was wearing a rental suit.
sheck33
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i am SO impressed i am thinking about breaking some sort of endurance record myself......
wow -- tough crowd! ~smile~
Doesn't turn me on any, but can't think of any good reason to jump on anyone for having given it a go.
Strange world.
Doesn't turn me on any, but can't think of any good reason to jump on anyone for having given it a go.
Strange world.
cyklon_300
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for setting the record...you do what you gotta do.
My comment stemmed from the original poster's breathless recounting of how 'incredible' and 'awesome' and whatever other overblown adjectives were used that triggered a big yawn...
There's all kinds of records set every day for less-than-earthshattering events...pogostick riding, phone booth packing, goldfish swallowing, etc etc that just don't qualify for a very large 'wow' rating. This effort was in that category IMO.
But since the feat was diving-related and this is a diving forum, I guess we should all do the wave and high-five each other. We're each scheduled to be famous for 15 min., so I guess it's just this guy's turn.
My comment stemmed from the original poster's breathless recounting of how 'incredible' and 'awesome' and whatever other overblown adjectives were used that triggered a big yawn...
There's all kinds of records set every day for less-than-earthshattering events...pogostick riding, phone booth packing, goldfish swallowing, etc etc that just don't qualify for a very large 'wow' rating. This effort was in that category IMO.
But since the feat was diving-related and this is a diving forum, I guess we should all do the wave and high-five each other. We're each scheduled to be famous for 15 min., so I guess it's just this guy's turn.
While endurance diving isn't my cup of tea I would say it's an impressive feat. This coming from a guy who can't, under any circumstances, pea in his own wetsuit.
I'd love to see a bit more about the particulars. Not just the bathroom issues but his diet and how the support team worked for him.
Did he watch TV? Read a couple of books? Watch Springer????
I'd love to see a bit more about the particulars. Not just the bathroom issues but his diet and how the support team worked for him.
Did he watch TV? Read a couple of books? Watch Springer????
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samsliquidblue
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Jack Stanton weight trained during this year, changed his diet and living habits to fit the form of an athlete prepared to meet the physical challenges that this dive would command. Some of the dives for 12-14 hours would give him time to work out the eating and sleeping issues that faced him. Most of these could be solved by use of equipment for the dive environment. Foods could be eaten from bottles and others just from the zip lock bags. One thing for certain more calories were needed than he projected on a daily basis. His crew was 24 hours a day from day one. We viewed him on a monitor at all times and if not in person especially at night. Jack was encouraged to do everything for himself from coming off his camp site to get tanks of air and returning them to the drop line sites to stimulate him and build body heat. Jack enjoyed a couple of visiting divers that came by to see him and his campsite but for safety sake the majority of the divers were support personel that saw him. Jack stayed in the basic area because of depth and the constant 92 degree water temperatures available to him. The 6 degree differential was the greatest threat to Jack over the entire number of days of submersion. It was over come by the dive gear and exercise such as walking and weight lifting. The most important issues for the crew to over come was the time at night when Jack was asleep. It was the most tense to watch and be with him while he slipped into the sleep modes. We guarded him the heaviest on those hours. Jack wore a pony bottle to safe keep himself also. There were never less than two crew in the day time and at night three always had to be on the boats. Tanks for decompression lay in wait on the boat for any moment and preparations for a chamber had already been taken care of. Jack had one of the best prepared teams to handle this dive here in the south eastern part of the United States.
I wonder what the record would be for the longest continuous dive while standing on your head?
Seriously though, I'm happy for the guy to have accomplished this if it's his personal challenge, or his dream, but be realistic here. Did he really expect the diving community to jump up and down over accomplishing something in such a controlled situation with no real scientific gain to be had? Endurance diving? I'm happy for the guy for doing this if it's his dream, and I'd probably have admired him a bit more if he'd done this for some noble cause such as to bring awareness to protection of the reefs, etc...... but I just don't see any significant gain for anything other than ego here.
Maybe we should have endurance rose growing too? I really think that all this effort could've went to better use for something more worthwhile. I don't see how anything of any real value came from all this.
I really don't believe that this form of endurance-diving will get much status in the diving community. And sorry if I'm not as impressed as you think I should have been.
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Seriously though, I'm happy for the guy to have accomplished this if it's his personal challenge, or his dream, but be realistic here. Did he really expect the diving community to jump up and down over accomplishing something in such a controlled situation with no real scientific gain to be had? Endurance diving? I'm happy for the guy for doing this if it's his dream, and I'd probably have admired him a bit more if he'd done this for some noble cause such as to bring awareness to protection of the reefs, etc...... but I just don't see any significant gain for anything other than ego here.
Maybe we should have endurance rose growing too? I really think that all this effort could've went to better use for something more worthwhile. I don't see how anything of any real value came from all this.
I really don't believe that this form of endurance-diving will get much status in the diving community. And sorry if I'm not as impressed as you think I should have been.
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MyKO
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I think it's a pretty impressive feat.
But I find the freediving (both swimming down and riding that sled thing) records a bit more impressive...
But I find the freediving (both swimming down and riding that sled thing) records a bit more impressive...
H2OHead
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H2Ohead or whatever... and the rest that feel this dive was either not impressive or didn't happen I have this to say...
What gives you the right to knock something that you can't even fathom being able to do.
You dont know me at all and therefore havent a clue about what I can fathom and what I cannot. You mention personal limits and endurance. Now youve forced me to toot my own horn; something I hate to do in public. Im the person that has dragged your kid off of the battlefield while carrying him and his gear. I am the person youll never beat in a breath hold contest. I am the person that sees red white and blue when pain reaches a level that I have to choose to see red white and blue or pass out. You see, I have been trained to do many things that the average person cannot fathom. You sir have probably drastically underestimated how far my personal tolerance and endurance goes.
Its not whether its cool to you or not. It's simply about pushing the boundaries and limits of what we think humans can do and/or endure. Thats why its called an endurance dive.
With that said, is there any chance Ill sit in a lake and have people hand me regs for two weeks? No way. Why? Because its as stupid as the day is long. If you want to impress me, youll lower your respers on command, go into a ventricular rhythm, and penetrate 200,000 feet at 900 depth on a single Al 65 and one of those spare air contraptions.
I saw how exhausted Bill Routh was (supplied the tanks/fills)
Transferring tanks from a shop to a truck to a parking lot to a ramp to a dock to a diver should be just enough to make anyone ill equipped to do so feel a bit green about the gills. Ever done a pickup truck load of tanks in august in Big Pine? Thatll make you break a sweat.
What gives you the right to knock something that you can't even fathom being able to do.
You dont know me at all and therefore havent a clue about what I can fathom and what I cannot. You mention personal limits and endurance. Now youve forced me to toot my own horn; something I hate to do in public. Im the person that has dragged your kid off of the battlefield while carrying him and his gear. I am the person youll never beat in a breath hold contest. I am the person that sees red white and blue when pain reaches a level that I have to choose to see red white and blue or pass out. You see, I have been trained to do many things that the average person cannot fathom. You sir have probably drastically underestimated how far my personal tolerance and endurance goes.
Its not whether its cool to you or not. It's simply about pushing the boundaries and limits of what we think humans can do and/or endure. Thats why its called an endurance dive.
With that said, is there any chance Ill sit in a lake and have people hand me regs for two weeks? No way. Why? Because its as stupid as the day is long. If you want to impress me, youll lower your respers on command, go into a ventricular rhythm, and penetrate 200,000 feet at 900 depth on a single Al 65 and one of those spare air contraptions.
I saw how exhausted Bill Routh was (supplied the tanks/fills)
Transferring tanks from a shop to a truck to a parking lot to a ramp to a dock to a diver should be just enough to make anyone ill equipped to do so feel a bit green about the gills. Ever done a pickup truck load of tanks in august in Big Pine? Thatll make you break a sweat.
Sure, but how the heck did you take care of the bathroom duties. Was there a zipper on the front and back of the wetsuit and was a vacuum system used?
Also, to the nay sayers: What do you think would get you to stand up and say "WOW?"
What about a non stop swim/DPV from Florida to the Bahamas?
No matter what the record, it should only be about personnel satisfaction, who cares what anyone else thinks. I think that for someone to do a nonstop (sure stop to sleep/rest but stay in the water on scuba) swim to the Bahamas would be incredible.
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