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| Duo make history in 40m disabled diving first | Duo make history in 40m disabled diving first |
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| Salim and Shaun completed the challenge at Um Sid in Egypt | Salim and Shaun completed the challenge at Um Sid in Egypt |
| Two divers from Lancashire are celebrating after making history as the first disabled duo to scuba dive to a depth of 40m (131ft). | Two divers from Lancashire are celebrating after making history as the first disabled duo to scuba dive to a depth of 40m (131ft). |
| Paraplegic Shaun Gash and Mohammed Salim Patel, who is blind, have spent months preparing for the challenge, which they undertook at Um Sid in Egypt. | Paraplegic Shaun Gash and Mohammed Salim Patel, who is blind, have spent months preparing for the challenge, which they undertook at Um Sid in Egypt. |
| Guided by their instructor Curly, the pair spent an hour at the deepest depth any recreational diver is allowed to go. | Guided by their instructor Curly, the pair spent an hour at the deepest depth any recreational diver is allowed to go. |
| "We want to spread the word that diving is for every body, for every ability," Shaun said. | "We want to spread the word that diving is for every body, for every ability," Shaun said. |
| The pair spent an hour at the depth of 40m - the deepest any recreational diver is able to go | The pair spent an hour at the depth of 40m - the deepest any recreational diver is able to go |
| The pair were trained by Curly, an Egyptian diving instructor at Morecambe Area Divers, and it was the first time a blind person and a paraplegic amputee had dived together. | |
| Salim and BBC journalist and adventurer Shaun were able to dive in a cavern and a cave as part of the challenge, which required significant skill and preparation. | |
| “Myself and Salim have had to do the same practical and theoretical training as anybody else," Shaun said. | “Myself and Salim have had to do the same practical and theoretical training as anybody else," Shaun said. |
| "The difference is we’ve got a disability - but we haven't, everybody's got a different ability. | "The difference is we’ve got a disability - but we haven't, everybody's got a different ability. |
| "You’ve got somebody with legs that are powering away and someone with arms that are powering away and together we are like V6 engines." | |
| The diving data has now been sent for official verification | The diving data has now been sent for official verification |
| The diving data has been collected and sent to the Guinness Book of Records for official verification. | |
| “The record has been set,” Salim said. "We did 40m and we were down there for 60 minutes. | |
| “We've done it. We've done it in the Red Sea and it couldn’t have been possible without all of these people.” | “We've done it. We've done it in the Red Sea and it couldn’t have been possible without all of these people.” |
| Instructor Curly said it had been "a big achievement for me and also for every single one working with me". | |
| “It was really great," he said. "My main thing is honestly not the record, my main thing is seeing their faces after each dive.” | |
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