This thread was very respectful and many of the comments were very insightful and illuminating. Trollminator/Ginamator shows up and the the thread is quickly taken down to the gutter. Thanks Ginamator! You ruined another thread. Kudos to you!
1. Bungee Jump 2. Rock Climbing (I'll do a rock climbing wall, however) 3. Space Travel courtesy of Richard Branson, Elon Musk or Bezos 4. Go to the top of any large building and look down. 5. Skydiving 6. Hang Gliding 7. Hot Air Balloon trip. 8. My ex-wife. 9. OceanGate Deep Sea exploration with a LogicTech remote.
My view on this is a little tainted in that my father has known the man who "found" the Titanic, Robert Ballard, for almost 50 years now. My father was in the Army and met Mr. Ballard who was in the Navy at a function. They hit it off pretty quickly due to both the military service and both of them being from the midwest.
I was talking about this whole thing yesterday with my father and he said "You know, I remember when Bob (Mr. Ballard) told me in probably 1995 that you can see the Titanic better thru the pictures than you can when you're actually down there."
Now, of course, rich people want to visit it, not for research purposes at all, but to brag to their other rich friends they've been there and to show how much "better" they are than everyone else.
1. Bungee Jump 2. Rock Climbing (I'll do a rock climbing wall, however) 3. Space Travel courtesy of Richard Branson, Elon Musk or Bezos 4. Go to the top of any large building and look down. 5. Skydiving 6. Hang Gliding 7. Hot Air Balloon trip. 8. My ex-wife. 9. OceanGate Deep Sea exploration with a LogicTech remote.
I pretty much agree with everything you said. Bungee jumping in countries where the operators have been drinking. You will never find me free-climbing El Capitan. One of the things I will NEVER do is swimming the entire length of the Amazon. Someone actually did this. There are like a million creatures that can kill you.
My view on this is a little tainted in that my father has known the man who "found" the Titanic, Robert Ballard, for almost 50 years now. My father was in the Army and met Mr. Ballard who was in the Navy at a function. They hit it off pretty quickly due to both the military service and both of them being from the midwest.
I was talking about this whole thing yesterday with my father and he said "You know, I remember when Bob (Mr. Ballard) told me in probably 1995 that you can see the Titanic better thru the pictures than you can when you're actually down there."
Now, of course, rich people want to visit it, not for research purposes at all, but to brag to their other rich friends they've been there and to show how much "better" they are than everyone else.
I remember reading about him in '91 and '92. I was very young but was fascinated by the Titanic at the time. He later found Bismarck.
Paul-Henri Nargeolet (commander of lost submarine) During his explorations of the wreck of the Titanic he brought about 5,500 objects to the surface, including personal items belonging to passengers, like binoculars and letters, said Johann. How is this different from grave robbery?
My view on this is a little tainted in that my father has known the man who "found" the Titanic, Robert Ballard, for almost 50 years now. My father was in the Army and met Mr. Ballard who was in the Navy at a function. They hit it off pretty quickly due to both the military service and both of them being from the midwest.
I was talking about this whole thing yesterday with my father and he said "You know, I remember when Bob (Mr. Ballard) told me in probably 1995 that you can see the Titanic better thru the pictures than you can when you're actually down there."
Now, of course, rich people want to visit it, not for research purposes at all, but to brag to their other rich friends they've been there and to show how much "better" they are than everyone else.
I tend to agree, but I think for many there is something beyond that. That it is an extremely isolated part of the world is a massive thrill on its own. You are down there under the full weight of the ocean in total darkness and separated from death by inches of material. Sure they'll brag about this, but it can be a profound spiritual experience.
Here's a good business idea:
build a similarly crappy tube
charge hundreds of thousands for a few people to get in
drop it only deep enough in the ocean for it to be in darkness
play an underwater recording for 6 hours on the screen to let them think they went all the way down
Bring it back up for them to thank you for the experience
My view on this is a little tainted in that my father has known the man who "found" the Titanic, Robert Ballard, for almost 50 years now. My father was in the Army and met Mr. Ballard who was in the Navy at a function. They hit it off pretty quickly due to both the military service and both of them being from the midwest.
I was talking about this whole thing yesterday with my father and he said "You know, I remember when Bob (Mr. Ballard) told me in probably 1995 that you can see the Titanic better thru the pictures than you can when you're actually down there."
Now, of course, rich people want to visit it, not for research purposes at all, but to brag to their other rich friends they've been there and to show how much "better" they are than everyone else.
I tend to agree, but I think for many there is something beyond that. That it is an extremely isolated part of the world is a massive thrill on its own. You are down there under the full weight of the ocean in total darkness and separated from death by inches of material. Sure they'll brag about this, but it can be a profound spiritual experience.
Here's a good business idea:
build a similarly crappy tube
charge hundreds of thousands for a few people to get in
drop it only deep enough in the ocean for it to be in darkness
play an underwater recording for 6 hours on the screen to let them think they went all the way down
Bring it back up for them to thank you for the experience
This is pretty much the Disney Finding Nemo submarine ride!
The glass platform at the Grand Canyon - no way am I going on that.
Yeah. Screw that thing. I'm not doing that. Also, any trip I take near any body of water outside of the Great Lakes involves me looking on the web to see if crocodiles or sharks are anywhere near it.
There is a reason that nice resort on the beach has a great pool: They want you to use it, you dummy, and not be fish food.
My view on this is a little tainted in that my father has known the man who "found" the Titanic, Robert Ballard, for almost 50 years now. My father was in the Army and met Mr. Ballard who was in the Navy at a function. They hit it off pretty quickly due to both the military service and both of them being from the midwest.
I was talking about this whole thing yesterday with my father and he said "You know, I remember when Bob (Mr. Ballard) told me in probably 1995 that you can see the Titanic better thru the pictures than you can when you're actually down there."
Now, of course, rich people want to visit it, not for research purposes at all, but to brag to their other rich friends they've been there and to show how much "better" they are than everyone else.
No, it’s primarily because they’ve got the spendable income. If it was a few hundred bucks, millions of people would go for it.
1. Bungee Jump 2. Rock Climbing (I'll do a rock climbing wall, however) 3. Space Travel courtesy of Richard Branson, Elon Musk or Bezos 4. Go to the top of any large building and look down. 5. Skydiving 6. Hang Gliding 7. Hot Air Balloon trip. 8. My ex-wife. 9. OceanGate Deep Sea exploration with a LogicTech remote.
I pretty much agree with everything you said. Bungee jumping in countries where the operators have been drinking. You will never find me free-climbing El Capitan. One of the things I will NEVER do is swimming the entire length of the Amazon. Someone actually did this. There are like a million creatures that can kill you.
I won’t even swim in open water without a life jacket except fairly close to land like at a beach or a pond.