Ten Minutes Seventeen Seconds Underwater!

Posted by Alex in World Records on November 6, 2007 at 1:36 am


That’s escape artist David Merlini who just broke the world record for longest time spent underwater:

With his hands tied by five sets of police handcuffs, Merlini was locked down with 60 pounds of chains.

He was then padlocked in a metal cage and lowered into a locked transparent tank of water. [...]

Entertainer David Merlini posted a dizzying time of 10 minutes and 17 seconds without a breath while chained and handcuffed under water in a glass tank.

Link – via Discovery with Yeinjee


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8 comments to "Ten Minutes Seventeen Seconds Underwater!"

  1. algonkin
    November 6th, 2007 at 7:40 am

    That's just nuts! Why would anybody want to attempt that. Trick or no trick...it's nuts!

  2. L.B. Jeffries
    November 6th, 2007 at 8:43 am

    Guybrush Threepwood just lost his record.

  3. xan
    November 6th, 2007 at 11:17 am

    I saw some guy do 15 minutes on Regis and Kelly within the last few months. you should check that

  4. Vonskippy
    November 6th, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Lost me at "escape artist" which means it was a SCAM.

    Lose all the theatrics and do the same stunt in a controlled environment and then I might be impressed.

  5. Slappy
    November 6th, 2007 at 3:49 pm

    This is not the record.

  6. ImNoMrNiceGuy
    November 6th, 2007 at 11:19 pm

    On his website it says he was in a "Chinese Water Torture Chamber" and is the first to hold his breath that long "in such conditions".

    Seems pretty reasonable for a record to me.

  7. Alex
    November 7th, 2007 at 2:07 am

    Xan and LB Jeffries FTW!

    Re: records - Tom Sietas is the current world record holder for static apnea at 9 minutes and 8 seconds. I think this is the record broken by David Merlini.

  8. sarahenity
    November 7th, 2007 at 2:24 am

    yeah, but Guybrush Threepwood is clearly even more awesome...


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