Posted on 09/05/2004 1:43:17 PM PDT by Bobby777
HAMPTON, Tennessee (AP) -- A Tennessee man has beaten his own record for staying underwater with scuba gear after five days in a lake -- complete with recliner, a checkerboard, music and good friends to keep him company.
After emerging from the lake Friday, Jerry Hall cheerfully signed a pledge to his wife never to do it again.
"I had the easy job," Hall said. "It was my dive team that did all the work. I kept them hopping all the time, and they never once complained. Whatever I wanted or needed, they were there for me."
Hall, 39, of Bluff City, Tennessee, already is in the current edition of the Guinness World Book of Records for staying underwater with scuba gear for 71 hours, 39 minutes and 40 seconds.
He surpassed that at 9:56 a.m. Wednesday and didn't leave eastern Tennessee's Watauga Lake until Friday morning with a record time of 120 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds.
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Is his name John Kerry?
What, no beer? Five days without beer????
How deep was he? Did he stay at one depth? Did he need to decompress?
....and then Ted Kennedy finally reported it to the police.
I think Henry Limpet holds the record....
Did he nap?
Where did he poop? In his rubber suit?
Wow!
If he stays on the shallow side of 33 feet he wouldnt need to decompress...
His biggest worry would be cleaning out his wet suit....
And possible fungus infections in his ear or other parts...
imo
LMAO! Good one.
Depth: 13 ft.
No need to decompress.
oh man, I didn't think of that ... I don't want to know ... aye carumba ... Depends(tm)?
I did not read the article. There are some things I do not need to know.
Kinda sad these people had nothing better to do....
That's the first thing I thought of. How did he handle evacuating his...bowels and bladder. I'm not sure I want to know.
I wonder did his body go wrinkly like a prune.
Why?
Well... I guess he just stocked the pond with brown trout.
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