A mom of two from Memphis, Tennessee, has set a brand new Guinness World Report for the quickest time to scuba dive on all seven continents.
Corhonda ‘Hooda Brown‘ Dawson broke the report by greater than eight days, taking 11 days, 19 hours and 23 minutes to finish the dives.
The earlier report, set in December 2024 by Barrington Scott, a former US Marine, was 19 days, 19 hours and 40 minutes.
Dawson started the record-setting try on 1 April at Deception Island in Whaler’s Bay, Antarctica, following up with dives in Arraial do Cabo, Brazil (South America); Cascais, Portugal (Europe); Belyounech, Morocco (Africa), Nasimi Seashore, Dubai (Asia) and Naked Island, Sydney (Australia).
She made the ultimate North American dive on 13 April at Catalina Island out of Los Angeles, California, and was joined by her two daughters for the record-breaking occasion.
She confronted many challenges throughout her journey, together with being compelled to dive in a torrential storm throughout the dive in Brazil.
‘It was a storm. It was very rocky water,’ she mentioned. ‘Quite a lot of divers would have handed on it, however I needed to get it carried out as a result of I had restricted sources, and so I wanted to get each dive carried out.’
Dawson had beforehand earned recognition as the primary African-American girl to dive in every of the world’s oceans, a feat she completed over 5 months throughout 2024.
She mentioned she was impressed to make the world-record-breaking try after Scott – who can also be African-American – set the report in December.
‘After I first began this trek, it was solely about changing into the primary African-American feminine. The primary girl to dive the entire oceans of the world,’ Dawson advised WKRN information.
‘So, after I did it the primary time in November, after which he got here and beat me, after which I had a possibility to return, I used to be like, nicely, you do know I’m from Memphis, proper? So, I used to be like okay, it’s time.’
The report has been verified by Guinness World Information which notes that Corhonda’s world report ‘is about greater than private accomplishment – it’s a name to introduce ocean exploration to folks from city communities with restricted publicity to nature.’
Comply with Corhonda’s adventures on Instagram @hoodabrown
