On Monday, March 12, 2001 4:18 PM, Steven Catron wrote:

> > You must mean the underwater 'walk-athon'!  (That was wetsuit,
cylinders,
> > two weight belts and ten-tons of lead!) :-)

> Somehow I pictured you in hard-hat dress, trudging along in the
Frankenstein
> boots, perhaps with a Pelican briefcase in one hand!  :-)

> Kidding aside, how long were you down, and how far did you walk?  I tried
> looking for the particulars in the online version of Guinness, but no
luck.

It took place over a measured distance in Sydney Harbour in 1983.  The entry
in the Australian Section of the 1986 Guiness Book of Records - the only one
that I have or have ever bothered to subsequently look at - reads:  "A team
of Pamela Dilworth", the partner of the organiser, "and 5 men walked 82.9
kilometres, 51.5 miles underwater in Sydney Harbour in 48 hours on 2 - 4
September, 1983."  Of the 5 guys, four were serving Navy divers.  Althiough
the idea was to do it in relay style, Pam actually walked the furthest with
me in close second place.  As an enjoyable exercise, I've had better! <BWG>
But it was done for the purpose of buying a doppler machine to study stroke
syndrome research for the hospital where Pam worked.  From memory we raised
enough money to buy one-and-a-half machines - and I lost 14 pounds of weight
in just 48 hours!  :-)

Strike