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120 days: German man sets world record for living under water

29-01-2025 12:39 PM


Ammon News - A German aerospace engineer has celebrated setting a world record for the longest time living under water without depressurisation – 120 days in a submerged capsule off the coast of Panama.

Rudiger Koch, 59, emerged from his 30 sq metre home under the sea on Friday in the presence of Guinness World Records adjudicator Susana Reyes.

She confirmed that Koch had beaten the record previously held by American Joseph Dituri, who spent 100 days living in an underwater lodge in a Florida lagoon.

“It was a great adventure and now it’s over there’s almost a sense of regret actually. I enjoyed my time here very much,” Koch said after leaving the capsule 11 metres under the sea.

“It is beautiful when things calm down and it gets dark and the sea is glowing,” he said of the view through the portholes.

“It is impossible to describe, you have to experience that yourself.” The Guardian




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