World Record Success

[JStop]

Congratulations

to


Mark Threadgold

for setting the record for the deepest CCR dive for a blind diver at 103m on a dive in the Blue Hole in Dahab, Egypt.

Thanks to the whole dive team, without whom it would not have happened:

Sally Cartwright
Mark Elliott
Ian Hanness
Adrian Shenstone
Nick Barron
John Rudolf
Helen Mutter

Paul Jackman
Project Manager

[Kent Tooling]

Congratulations Mark on your new wold record, also a lot of thanks must go to the support team you have on this record.

John

[Mick F]

Well done Paul, Mark & all the team.

[Jim Shaw]

great respect and congrats to all involved, what an achievment

[JStop]

Originally Posted by Kent Tooling

Congratulations Mark on your new wold record, also a lot of thanks must go to the support team you have on this record.

John

Include all the sponsors in the big thank you:

• Neilsons Active Holidays
• St Dunstans
• O'Three Drysuits
• Delta P Technologies
• Analox Instruments
• Custom Divers
• Ambient Pressure Diving
• Kent Tooling
• DecoChek

And a lot of people who all chipped in to help

[londonsean69]

Right, congratulations etc. but what is the point??

I know this will offend a lot of people but what is the point of this?

We go diving to see things, how does a blind person do this?

I am FULLY in agreement with handicapped people doing as much as they can, and that includes diving, but what is the point in diving if you can´t see what is going on around you??

This is like most world records that are broken by singularly pursuing the goal of breaking them, like the depth records etc.
People do this to make themselves feel important, why go to 330m (or whatever itis now) and spend 20 seconds just to say you are the deepest ever diver??
Why go to 103m, see f*ck all, just to say you are the deepest blind diver ever??

Sorry if this upsets people but this is just my take on stuff

[Mark Powell]

Originally Posted by londonsean69

Right, congratulations etc. but what is the point??

I notice your signature says;
Some men see things as they are and say "Why?"
I dream of things that never were and say "Why not?"

[John Touhig]

Originally Posted by londonsean69

Right, congratulations etc. but what is the point??

Because without people who are prepared to push their boundries we would all still be living in cave's scratching are arse's with animal bones.

[DannyB]

Originally Posted by John Touhig

Because without people who are prepared to push their boundries we would all still be living in cave's scratching are arse's with animal bones.

And that would be bad why?

Danny

[Mark Chase]

Originally Posted by Mark Powell

I notice your signature says;
Some men see things as they are and say "Why?"
I dream of things that never were and say "Why not?"

What he said.


If you actually believed in your own signature rather than just putting it up as a clever tag line then you would understand.

I cant imagine what it would be like to do any dive totally blind but if doing this gave the man a sense of achievement then good for him. I am just as baffled by people who wish to climb mountains or ride motorbikes across the Gobi desert. I think they are slightly mad but I can equate on some level to the need to push them selves.

ATB

Mark Chase