I wanted to mention something cool that we got to experience while in Belize. (I was hoping Courtney would do this post but seems as though he has abandoned his interest in this website and posting so bear with me here with the Scuba diving terms.)
When we went on our night dive in Ambergris Caye, we ran into a scuba diver who was tied down under a boat with a flashlight just sitting there. Curiosity got to us and our leaders (Ted) called up to the boat about what was going on. We simply got the response “trying to break the world record.” Ok, so putting it together we figured he was trying to break the world record for staying underwater the longest? I remember snorkeling directly above him and thinking to myself: How does he eat? How does he use the bathroom? Man that must be boring down there?
Will Goodman from the UK spent 48 hours and 9 minutes and 17 seconds under water – setting the world record for the Longest Open Saltwater Scuba Dive.
It is really cool that we got to experience someone breaking a world record. I think we got some of this on video. I’ll see if I can motivate Courtney to do some work on this topic and the video.