Asian Diver and Scuba Diver Issue No. 5/2014 Volume 134

By Jonathan Bielaski | Phase One df+ with a IQ180 back | Srove lighting with Canon 600ex-rt and Elinchrom Ranger Quadras Research Selina Tan DIVER: WU LI XIN @ Tibetan Plateau @ 0°C 5,100 metres altitude 16 metres depth under ice East Asia DIVER: CHRISTIAN REDL metres altitude 4,693–5,151 metres altitude DIVER: AUSTRALIA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCUBA CLUB metres depth @ 9°C Lake Jindabyne, South Australia @ metres altitude metres altitude 20.4 Oceania 1,900 DIVER: GENNADY MISAN metres @ 1°C Lake Baikal, Russia @ 154 North Asia 460 DIVERS: CLAUDE TULOUMJIAN, STEPAN KOJOYAN, VAHE MELKONYAN, MAMIKON HAKOBYAN AND ANNA TUTUJYAN Depth: 61 metres depth under ice @ –14 to –10°C Gokyo Lakes, Nepal @ South Asia 10–12°C 1,900 46 metres depth @ Lake Sevan, Armenia @ West Asia DIVER: IGOR LIM Lake Issyk Kul, metres altitude 6–17°C 1,608 75 metres depth @ Kazakhstan/Kyrgyzstan @ Central Asia DIVER: WILL GOODMAN Gili Trawangan, Indonesia @ 11 metres altitude metres @ 10°C 290 Southeast Asia It’s all about attitude when technical divers conquer great depths at altitudes unmatched. We ask these daredevils of the blue to take a bow; they have battled extreme conditions and won. FOR THE RECORD DIVING BY NUMBERS 1

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