Earlier this month, a Central Florida diver broke the world record for longest saltwater dive by almost five minutes after spending two days under turbulent seas. 45-year-old Allen Sherrod dove in at 10:12 AM Thursday morning December 1st when the sea was flat, but that swiftly changed and conditions deteriorated, meaning he had to spend much of his time kneeling on the sea floor to stabilize himself and prevent seasickness, while clinging to an artificial reef to fend off strong currents. But he broke the now former record of 48 hours, 8 minutes and 7 seconds, now 48 hours and 13 minutes, having only a few ribs broken and hands swollon and skin broken and stuff like that. Via The Palm Beach Post and CBS Miami.
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The Eco Extreme is a rugged iPhone pool deck dock
The Eco Extreme is a rugged all terrain speaker case that works with every mp3 player or cellphone with a headset jack, including the iPhone, iPod Touch, Motorola Droid and Blackberry. Able to withstand being submersed 1 meter in water for up to 30 min, and floatable to minimize that potential problem. Most rugged cases only provide headphone access, but this one’s got a 3W speaker with a simple volume knob on front, for you to share your music with everyone :-)Via appadvice.com
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Aussies to take the underwater ironing world record back from the Dutch
So there is a “Underwater Extreme Ironing” battle going on that many of us haven’t heard of, between Australia and the Netherlands and UK, Poland, New Zealand and probably other countries too. The Netherlands hold the record of 173 scuba divers ironing underwater simulteneusly in March, but now Australia wants the record back, aiming for a whopping 200. Read Diamond Valley Leader.“The latest sport combines the thrills of an outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt,†Mrs Azzopardi said.
“I am aiming for around 200 divers to iron out the record, so to speak, and show those Dutchies what us Aussies are made of.â€
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Garrett Weber-Gale enjoying himself at the Next Restaurant
Food connoisseur Garrett Weber-Gale has been out visiting the Next Restaurant Chicago, ‘explorers of world cuisine’. Looks like a fun ride, with something in a cardboard box, drawing on your plate, meal packed in a WWF thermos, sweet potatoes on fire and ice to be licked off a beater. And it was great, he tweets.
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Woman allergic to water unable to cry or swim
25-year-old Katie Dell suffers from a rare disease called aquagenic urticarial that makes her skin react with pain and rashes if drenched in water. She left her job as a dance trainer because sweat causes her rashes, she has to rush her baths, cannot cry and cannot do the dishes. Living in Britain, it has a great impact on her social life, as she has to frequently cancel her appointments due to rain. I tell you, here in the Faroes, she’d be dead. Via Emirates 24/7
Picture courtesy of onlinewoman, cc by-sa-sa 2.0
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Breakfast with Ed Moses
Nice and simple, via the17thman
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The Tank Bangers – Our Blue
Divers in Egypt have created this remarkable music video (and track) reflecting on the wonders of the underwater world – and how we need to support those who for for its conservation. Warning, quite graphic segment in it, with a live shark having its fins cut off before being thrown into the sea again. Buy it online to support marine conservation work, or donate on www.thetankbangers.org. Via Divernet.
“So here we are. At the finish line. 10 month in the making. 7 minutes long. It has taken hundred of dives and thousands of takes. It has cost us a small fortune and most of our sanity. But it is done. We hope you enjoy it.”
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Cseh watches his loss to Phelps at the 2008 Olympics for energy
When Laszlo Cseh finds himself tired from travel or training, he cues a video of the 200-meter-butterfly final at the 2008 Olympics. Read The New York Times.
“Sometimes when I go to training in the morning and I get tired or I want to sleep more and I feel I need some boost, I watch it,†Cseh said. He added, “I watch it a lot of times.â€
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Dear Jón, you can have that tattoo now !
Very internal joke, so much that he doesn’t even know about it! Got this picture from Jón before the 2011 Duel in the Pool finals this evening, and my first thought was “Jón, don’t get that tattoo!”. Reflecting on the miserable performance of the Europeans, yesterday evening. He told me that it was jet lag and general tiredness, but well, Pál somehow pulled through! :-)