Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search

Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by hkchad on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @11:22AM (#36405325)

Personally I do it because it's the closest I will ever get to feeling like a space explorer. You are neutrally buoyant (weightless) completely relying on your equipment for survival and able to see places IN the earth very few people will ever experience, plus I love a challenge. When most people think of cave diving they imagine really small holes and limited visibility. Sure, that can be it if you want or you can visit places like this,

https://youtu.be/TTICP6m-FyY?t=594

^ THAT is why I do it. Also I spent about 2 years in initial training and continue to train every time I dive. Our goal is to drive the risk to 0 which isn't reality but I feel less safe driving to some of the caves than I do diving them.

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by Vecr on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @02:23PM (#36408321)

I guess you might be saying that, but it's probably not actually true. "I feel less safe driving to some of the caves than I do diving them" see https://www.dg-aviation.de/en/library/safety-comes-first and https://chessintheair.com/the-risk-of-dying-doing-what-we-lo...

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Re:Titanic tourist sub goes missing sparking search by hkchad on Tuesday June 20, 2023 @06:26PM (#36411568)

So the places we drive to are pretty remote and not in 'safe' spots. So I could sit at the hotel/resort and have no issues or get out on the road to the dive site. Every trip has had a story, not all good ones, but every dive has been worth it.

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