Fastest time to SCUBA dive in all seven continents
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Feb 26, 2025
Barrington wants to encourage more people from different communities to take up SCUBA diving.
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My name is Baron Tim Scott and I hold the Guinness for record for the fastest time to scuba dive for all several content
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Planning this expedition was the logistical puzzle to say the least. I had to coordinate flights
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dives for dive shops, miniature of visas was in place and of course creating the most efficient route
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And I had to work back with starting from Antarctica since Antarctica had the least flexible dive times
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Because I was racing against the clock, I had only about three to four days in East Country
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so I didn't have much wiggle room for any mishaps. We're getting started. We're about to go diving
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Sydney, Australia was my first dive. I was able to see a stingray, some puddlefish
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First dive, good. My second dive was Phuket Thailand. And the Andaman Sea is always beautiful
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So we had great conditions, great visibility, warm waters, which I love
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And visibility was crazy. Dive number three, Alexandria, Egypt. Let's go, baby
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You just say, diving one of the ruins of the Pharaoh's lighthouse, and one of the ancient wonders of the world was anything less than amazing
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Just amazing to be in the presence of such ancient history. Made it to Malta, I am Ingozo
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Let me just say it was a turning point for my expedition. One, because I crashed so hard
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I didn't consider the physical toll. Expedition would have taken to my body
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because I was going so fast between time zones and diving and packing up and going again
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It was just so much going on within that day but the dive site made up for it My fifth dive was Miami Florida It was one of the most unique dive I done We were diving an underwater cemetery
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My sixth dive was Ushuaia, Argentina, which is also considered the edge of the world because
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of where it's located on the southern tip. The water was freezing cold, and it was surrounded by a kelp forest, which it was my first
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First time diving around the Cape Forest, which was beautiful. Heading to Antarctica, guys
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Oh, this is the last thing of my trip. The last dive was Fern Harbor, which is in Antarctica
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Dabside itself is an old whaling ship that caught fire and sunk in 1915
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Let's do it. Let's do it. Okay, everybody ready? Three, two, one, go
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I view obstacles as more as opportunities for growth. I just love embracing new experiences and broaden my horizons
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I completed this record in 19 days, 19 hours, and 40 minutes
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This is official. We are done. This is amazing. I am freezing
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My name is done. The recognition not only validates the effort and invested, but also serves as inspiration for other
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to pursue their own extraordinary goals. A lot of people grow up thinking these activities aren't for them
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because of the lack of representation and limited access to them. And I'm trying to change that
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More visibility we have, the more we normalize seeing black and brown people
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in the water, in dive shops, and like leading expeditions. If more of us gets involved, the industry as a whole becomes more inclusive
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and welcoming to future generations
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