[dba-Tech] OT - Guiness World Record Search

Arthur,

15 minutes would perhaps be realistic with meditation techniques used to
slow down the body's metabolism.  I know that yoga people can slow down
their breathing but a huge factor by slowing down their heartbeat.  I would
search under meditation / metabolism.  That kind of thing.

Without doing that, I'm guessing the longest that a normal well conditioned
person can hold their breath is somewhere around 4 minutes.  I do know there
are contests (in which people occasionally die) to see who can dive the
deepest without air packs, the key being being in good shape and ability to
hold your breath for long periods of time.  However in these cases (AFAIK)
the divers are not attempting to slow down their metabolism.

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_693561.html

for a free dive record story - 160 meters / 3 minutes 35 seconds

John W. Colby
www.colbyconsulting.com

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It may be that this is one of the records that Guiness has dropped -
sensibly, like overeating records - exactly because of the brain damage
thing in this case.

I have some dim recollection of hearing of South Sea Island pearl divers, or
some such, routinely eclipsing my own puny three minutes (long ago).

Go on, challenge her!

John


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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Arthur Fuller
> Sent: 20 September 2003 01:45
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> Cc: Andrew Parnell; Rick Griffin; Peter Brawley
> Subject: [dba-Tech] Guiness World Record Search
>
>
> In a discussion today I cited a "fact" that I recalled from
> an unremembered source, that claimed that the world record
> for longest time underwater without breathing apparatus (and
> survival) was 23 minutes. My friend said she could beat that
> easily. I think both my recollection of the record and her
> claim are preposterous. I visited the Guiness site and was
> amazed at how awkward this engine is. I tried a dozen things
> to find this record, and couldn't come up with the right
> combination of words.
>
> I would like to know 2 records:
>
> 1. Longest time anyone has held his breath (and survived,
> with or without brain damage).
>
> 2. Longest time anyone has remained underwater without
> breathing apparatus (same provisos).
>
> Any URLs or search engine clause improvements to suggest? I tried:
>
> underwater records
> longest time underwater (bad choice, it returned submarine
> voyages etc.) etc.
>
> and found nothing.
>
> This conversation took place with a woman who claims to be
> able to remain underwater without apparatus for 15 minutes. I
> countered with a best estimate of 2 minutes. (In fact, since
> she's an occasional smoker, my realistic estimate is 1
> minute, but she's gorgeous so I flattered her :-)
>
> Arthur
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