A Record in 24 Hours For 25 Dollars
Posted By Deron Verbeck on 19 June 2006
Brett and his customers cheered while the rest of us exchanged high fives. Glennon was now hanging on the descent line at 15 feet and would be there for a little while as a decompression safety stop. I dove down to him shook his hand and mouthed the words “thank you”. He nodded his head and I swam back to the surface. Rob and I swam back to shore first, leaving the rest of the crew out on the line to do a little diving of their own and break down the counterbalance.
After everyone was ashore I thanked them all and offered dinner at my house: lobsters from a night freedive two days before that Will, Matt, Jade and I had been on. Most of the crew came up to the house and there was plenty of food and drinks for all. Looking back at those twenty four hours, things really couldn’t have gone much smoother except, of course, for the seas. I’m honored and thankful to have friends that came together to allow this record to happen. If it not for them this record would not have been possible.
I now hold the U.S. National record for Free Immersion at 61 meters/ 200 feet. If this record withstands the assault of the many other competent freedivers in the U.S., I'll attempt to break my own record again in August in Okinawa, Japan.
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