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Here's the Guinness record: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/630558-de...

There's more on the web if you search for her name: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=earle+deepest+dive

The JIM is a hard suit, so depth limits are very different to Scuba: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIM_suit

Correct. The record is for "deepest untethered sea walk", and the JIM suit is generally classified as a submersible, similar to a one-person submarine.

scuba units are usually defined as a breathing apparatus that deliver breathable gas at ambient pressure. The life support system inside a hard suit deliver breathable gas at atmospheric pressure.

Awesome, thank you! I did a similar search to yours but didn’t turn that record up. This was just before bed for me, so I must’ve overlooked her.

That suit looks just like a big daddy from Bioshock!

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