CHALLENGE IN THE ABYSS 2004

 

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27.04.2004

At 11:25am Carlos Coste descended to -135 meters by sled and returned under his own power in 4:36. BREAKING THE world record IN variable weight.

THE dive was clean at the surface and the athlete gave the OK signal within 20 seconds of surfacing.

Video documentation on the sled, bottom plate and surface are all in order.

He received first OK from judges Perry Gladstone and Gran Graves after 20 sec. Judges checked all videos and TOOK doping test.

Carlos made this performance A third time in 1 week.

24.10.2004

Carlos Costa got the 135m varible weight record, but the official topside camera man stopped his camera at 3m mins, rather than 4mins. Therefore CARLOS HAS TO REDO THE DIVE.

19.09.2004

DUE TO DELAYS IN OTHER PROJECTS, AQUATEC - INNERSPACE OPERATIONS LTD. CANNOT PARTICIPATE AT CARLOS COSTE'S ATTEMPT.

16.09.2004

TRAINING AND PREPARATION FOR WORLD RECORD DIVES CONTINUE.

02.09.2004

CARLOS IS HOSPITALISED FOR APPENDIX OPERATION.

19.08.2004

CARLOS COSTE REACHED -122 METERS IN VARIABLE WEIGHT APNEA.

10.08.2004

AQUATEC - INNERSPACE OPERATIONS LTD. IS CONTRACTED FOR THE UNDERWATER MANAGEMENT.

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