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Ahmed Gabr breaks record for deepest SCUBA dive at more than 1,000 feet
By Mike Janela
Published 22 September 2014
Many Guinness World Records titles are based on going up - soaring higher and higher for a freefall parachute jump; speeding faster and faster for a land speed car drive; building taller and taller for the tallest manmade structure.
But, just as iconic is breaking a record for going down.
Welcome to the Officially Amazing universe, Ahmed Gabr.
In order to make the record dive, numerous precautions and preparations needed to be taken to ensure Ahmed's safety and success. The special forces officer in the Egyptian Army has spent 17 years as a diving instructor and used the last four training for the attempt. He submitted his original application of intent to Guinness World Records more than a year before his dive.
When the day finally came, Ahmed needed approximately 12 minutes to reach his record depth, which was measured with a specially tagged rope that accompanied him. But, to ensure safe passage back to the surface, it required nearly 15 hours to have Ahmed return back for air after breaking the record, due to the various risks of the water pressure at such depths.
Assisting Guinness World Records adjudicator Talal Omar in making the official measurements were three independent expert witnesses: Vice Dean of Engineering for the Cairo campus of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, professor Ayman Wanas; Professional Association of Diving Instructors course director Mustafa Alsayyad; and Technical Diving International instructor/trainer Ahmed S. Hussein.
Ahmed told the media leading up to the attempt that he was hoping to prove that humans can in fact survive under such conditions as deep sea immersion.
After diving further underwater than any person ever, and resurfacing with a smile on his face, Ahmed proved that not only can someone survive - they can earn a spot in history sure to never be forgotten.
The 60th Anniversary Diamond Edition of the Guinness World Records book is out now! Find out all about it and see record holders like the longest tongue atwww.guinnessworldrecords.com/2015
And for the latest on all things world record, visit Guinness World Records on Facebook,Twitter, Google+ and our brand-new Instagram. Plus check out Guinness World Records on YouTube to subscribe for the latest record-breaking videos!
Ahmed Gabr breaks record for deepest SCUBA dive at more than 1,000 feet | Guinness World Records
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Ahmed Gabr’s passion for diving started at the age of 18 where he spent long hours exploring the depths of Egypt’s charming Red Sea. Following his graduation from the Military Academy in 1994, he joined the armed forces and became an officer which hardly distracted him from his commitment to diving. And after years of hard work he became a scuba diving instructor in 1996.
Inspired by the South African Nuno Gomes who held the official first world record deepest scuba dive on open ciruit in 2005 (318.25 meters) Gabr took the decision to break that record in 2010 and began training for the challenge.
Unfortunately the plan had to be put on hold due to the political situation in Egypt, but he soon resumed in 2012.
Gabr’s training regiment included physical and mental preparedness achieved through activities such as cardiovascular and meditation exercises. Regular diving using deep air and Trimix tanks has him push past the deepest depths of the sea ever reached by man.
In the early hours of September 18, 2014, Gabr, 43, plunged into the depths of the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea, off the coast of Dahab, in Egypt’s South Sinai. He broke Gomes’s world record by diving to 332.35 metres and emerged out of the water in 13 hours 15 minutes were he consumed 92 air tanks. Gabr’s new record has been certified by the Guiness Book of Records in the early hours of September 19, 2014.
Ahmed Gabr
By Mike Janela
Published 22 September 2014
Many Guinness World Records titles are based on going up - soaring higher and higher for a freefall parachute jump; speeding faster and faster for a land speed car drive; building taller and taller for the tallest manmade structure.
But, just as iconic is breaking a record for going down.
Welcome to the Officially Amazing universe, Ahmed Gabr.
In order to make the record dive, numerous precautions and preparations needed to be taken to ensure Ahmed's safety and success. The special forces officer in the Egyptian Army has spent 17 years as a diving instructor and used the last four training for the attempt. He submitted his original application of intent to Guinness World Records more than a year before his dive.
When the day finally came, Ahmed needed approximately 12 minutes to reach his record depth, which was measured with a specially tagged rope that accompanied him. But, to ensure safe passage back to the surface, it required nearly 15 hours to have Ahmed return back for air after breaking the record, due to the various risks of the water pressure at such depths.
Assisting Guinness World Records adjudicator Talal Omar in making the official measurements were three independent expert witnesses: Vice Dean of Engineering for the Cairo campus of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, professor Ayman Wanas; Professional Association of Diving Instructors course director Mustafa Alsayyad; and Technical Diving International instructor/trainer Ahmed S. Hussein.
Ahmed told the media leading up to the attempt that he was hoping to prove that humans can in fact survive under such conditions as deep sea immersion.
After diving further underwater than any person ever, and resurfacing with a smile on his face, Ahmed proved that not only can someone survive - they can earn a spot in history sure to never be forgotten.
The 60th Anniversary Diamond Edition of the Guinness World Records book is out now! Find out all about it and see record holders like the longest tongue atwww.guinnessworldrecords.com/2015
And for the latest on all things world record, visit Guinness World Records on Facebook,Twitter, Google+ and our brand-new Instagram. Plus check out Guinness World Records on YouTube to subscribe for the latest record-breaking videos!
Ahmed Gabr breaks record for deepest SCUBA dive at more than 1,000 feet | Guinness World Records
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Ahmed Gabr’s passion for diving started at the age of 18 where he spent long hours exploring the depths of Egypt’s charming Red Sea. Following his graduation from the Military Academy in 1994, he joined the armed forces and became an officer which hardly distracted him from his commitment to diving. And after years of hard work he became a scuba diving instructor in 1996.
Inspired by the South African Nuno Gomes who held the official first world record deepest scuba dive on open ciruit in 2005 (318.25 meters) Gabr took the decision to break that record in 2010 and began training for the challenge.
Unfortunately the plan had to be put on hold due to the political situation in Egypt, but he soon resumed in 2012.
Gabr’s training regiment included physical and mental preparedness achieved through activities such as cardiovascular and meditation exercises. Regular diving using deep air and Trimix tanks has him push past the deepest depths of the sea ever reached by man.
In the early hours of September 18, 2014, Gabr, 43, plunged into the depths of the crystal clear waters of the Red Sea, off the coast of Dahab, in Egypt’s South Sinai. He broke Gomes’s world record by diving to 332.35 metres and emerged out of the water in 13 hours 15 minutes were he consumed 92 air tanks. Gabr’s new record has been certified by the Guiness Book of Records in the early hours of September 19, 2014.
Ahmed Gabr
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