Good morning. I just heard this morning that the man who made this record (see below) of staying under water for 5 days is going to try to beat it by staying on a 7 day dive. How can he do that???

Lisa

Saturday September 04, 2004 9:24pm

HAMPTON, Tenn. (AP) - A Tennessee man beat 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.

Then 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, Tenn., 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.

"Everybody that came down there to play checkers beat me," Hall said. "I'm giving them up."

During the dive, Hall nibbled on food that was sent down to him, such as apples and candy bars, by temporarily removing his breathing gear. But he relied mostly on water from a pouch-like drinking system used by cyclists and hikers.

Wonder what the water temperature was?!

Can you say dry suit?

Here's another story on him.

http://www.cdnn.info/industry/i040903d/i040903d.html

I just can't imagine doing that. He raised money for the Ronald McDonald House.

Well it had to be shallow... so maybe that helped with the temperature issue, but yes definitely has to be a dry suit. And how do you play checkers underwater? With very heavy checkers I guess ! LOL

Hellooooooo strangers! Where is everybody? I've noticed the number of posts in each thread is not what it used to be. The count has been fairly low lately. I know I've been taking some time off from BT due to a very busy schedule, but what's happened to the rest of y'all? Do you miss me that much?

Hi Kelly, Lisa & Sally!

I heard about that diver your talking about. So, since he's broken the pledge to his wife, what do you think's going to happen on the homefront?

Greta,

I think he is finally getting that garden swimmingpool he has been begging for for years. LOL.

Or his wife is giving him a knife , to go with the waterbed she has ordered.

Sjossss