Everest summiters set high altitude scuba diving record

Everest and K2 Summiter Ricardo Torres-Nava and his climbing buddy Fernando Lozano just achieved a new world record scuba diving in Chile's Licancabur volcano's lagoon at 5916 meters one of the highest lakes on Earth. They have proof of the new record on eighteen minutes of underwater film and photography.

The Licancabur is a very high mountain and if diving tables are well-known in the ocean, there are no real tables for this altitude. Licancabur is a majestic volcano located near San Pedro de Atacama, in the Chilean-Bolivia border line. It boasts a beautiful salt lake and Inca remains in its crater.

On the summit at the volcanos north edge is the crater and the mysterious lagoon within its walls. Mexican born Torres-Nava is the first Latin American to summit Mount Everest and to complete the double version of the Seven Summits. With an impressive listing of summits reached Torres-Nava also was the head of other scuba diving projects to lagoons at 5000 meters.

Source: www.everestnews.com