posted on Mar, 9 2010 @ 01:49 PM
The previous record was 16 minutes and 32 seconds, set Feb. 10 by Switzerland’s Peter Colat, according to Guinness World Records.
Before he entered the sphere, Blaine inhaled pure oxygen through a mask to saturate his blood and flush out carbon dioxide. Guinness says up to 30
minutes of so-called “oxygen hyperventilation” is allowed under its guidelines
Less than 2 years ago he went into convulsions during a similar attempt.