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SCUBA NEWS
Egyptian DIVER Claims Endurance Record
Egyptian scuba diver Saddam Al-Kilany , 29 , has claimed a new world record for longest saltwater dive , after staying under water for almost six days in Dahab in the northern Red Sea . The claim awaits verification from Guinness World Records ( GWR ). Al-Kilany was said to have spent five years preparing for his record attempt . Submerging on 5 November , he was attended by a medical team supervised by Adel Taher , well-known to scuba divers as director of South Sinai ’ s Hyperbaric Medical Centre . Al-Kilany was monitored on camera throughout his dive , and GWR will have to scrutinize some 143 hours ’ worth of video footage to ensure that all its conditions were met . The diver was reported to have passed the time by exercising , praying , eating and drawing – one of his favorite pastimes is said to be underwater painting . In September he and his Spanish fiancée , fellow-diver Pia Legora , had made headlines in Egypt by holding their engagement ceremony under water . Current world record-holder and the man Al-Kilany ’ s dive was designed to beat by a matter of minutes is Turkish diver Cem Karabay . He recorded a time of 142 hr 42min 42sec in 2016 .
Diventures Magazine November 2020