boardsurfr said..
He probably switched the watch on before carrying his gear down to the water for a hundred meters or so. Clipping that off may well leave him with 1000 km in 24 hours. But if he'd submit it to get an official record, they'd certainly clip it down to less than 1000, using rather questionable statistics. But regardless of all that, it's an amazing record.
Why would anyone use "rather questionable statistics" to take away a record from someone?
The guys who oversee records do it as volunteers as I recall. Why would anyone take on that job just to take records away from people on questionable statistics, and if they are questionable why wouldn't someone challenge them and win?
