Scuba Deep Air Record Dive of 155 Mtr in 1999 Mark Andrews Pt 1 by Clayton West
On the 27th July, Mark Andrews PADI, TDI and PSA Instructor dived to 156m/511 ft on air. He did what was said to be impossible. Mark returned to the UK where he concentrated on preparing for the dive. His training included hard fitness workouts daily. No chemicals, such as alcohol, lots of water and anti-toxins would be his set diet. Some where along the way, the idea that eating ice cream after deep dives can help you off-gassing was born. He regularly dove to depths of 107m/321 ft in the cold, dark waters of the UK. these dives would help him with the record dive. He arrived back in Puerto Galera on July 12 for the final stage of his training. I arrived back from Hawaii a couple of days later and we started diving the following day. Mark wanted to do six final very deep air dives before the attempt. We made seven; three of these dives were below 122m/400 ft. All were made on air. The dive was delayed due to bad weather for three days, hence the extra warm up dive. The plan was surprisingly simple, but would require exact timing. We would use the decompression platform that we had used on our series of mixed gas dives. Chuck and I would descend two minutes before Mark and wait for him on the bottom. Daran and Axel would wait at depths between 76m/250 ft and 91m/300 ft. Nobby Beinlich (another of the owners of Captn Greggs) and John Bertenshaw would be at 40m/130 ft. Lucy Burton and Dave Peterson (another owner of Capt?n Greggs) would again help out by acting as medical …