Because they’ve got more money than sense.What's confusing me is that James Cameron has apparently been down there 33 times. Some of those trips were over 25 years ago and the technology has presumably advanced considerably in that time. So how have these men ended up in something that looks and sounds so rudimentary? I'm guessing cost was a key factor, but what a huge risk to take. It's an absolutely horrific way to go if they're still alive.
It's very sad, but what the hell anyone wants to pay 200k for a trip in a metal can with one window operated by an xbox controller for is beyond me.
5 People looking into the abyss or taking it in turn to look through a tiny porthole at what? A rusting wreck at the end of the day.
My thoughts are with the people putting themselves on the line searching for them.
What's confusing me is that James Cameron has apparently been down there 33 times. Some of those trips were over 25 years ago and the technology has presumably advanced considerably in that time. So how have these men ended up in something that looks and sounds so rudimentary? I'm guessing cost was a key factor, but what a huge risk to take. It's an absolutely horrific way to go if they're still alive.
Do you remember those temporary shops that used to keep on popping up in Manchester years ago? A couple of blokes on a very loud microphone offering you a bargain if you paid for a box you didn't know what was inside. They told you it was worth a lot more than the money you would hand over and you'd be a fool not to buy one. Then a plant in the audience would "buy" one, open it and it was full of expensive items. The crowd will all then fight to buy one too, the blokes would sell out and the next day the shop and the blokes had disappeared when you went to give the crap back and reclaim your money. This is the same type of process only the thing you potentially risk losing is your life if you fall for the silver tongued patter of a glib salesman without doing your research.
What's confusing me is that James Cameron has apparently been down there 33 times. Some of those trips were over 25 years ago and the technology has presumably advanced considerably in that time. So how have these men ended up in something that looks and sounds so rudimentary? I'm guessing cost was a key factor, but what a huge risk to take. It's an absolutely horrific way to go if they're still alive.
Do you remember those temporary shops that used to keep on popping up in Manchester years ago? A couple of blokes on a very loud microphone offering you a bargain if you paid for a box you didn't know what was inside. They told you it was worth a lot more than the money you would hand over and you'd be a fool not to buy one. Then a plant in the audience would "buy" one, open it and it was full of expensive items. The crowd will all then fight to buy one too, the blokes would sell out and the next day the shop and the blokes had disappeared when you went to give the crap back and reclaim your money. This is the same type of process only the thing you potentially risk losing is your life if you fall for the silver tongued patter of a glib salesman without doing your research.
Vague memories of one of these pop up shops on Market Street years ago. My dad "won" a bin bag of pans and a fluorescent pink radio. Almost directly opposite where HMV was
People do lots of weird things if they can. If they've got the time, the will. And the readies.
No animal on earth would bother to do these things.
Why people would go up the so-called eight-thousanders (the handful of mountains on the planet over 8000 metres) where, basically, the human body is not supposed to be and starts shutting down and moving towards death, is beyond me. You're risking your life at many points, especially on the way down (when your concentration inevitably lessens). I suppose the rush when you reach the summit (if you reach it?) must also be beyond anything I can imagine.
But being in a tin can at the bottom of an enormous pitch black ocean to see a wreck? Personally, I can think of few things more lugubrious. Hey, I love the countryside and walking, but I wouldn't go potholing even for good money. And potholing with a wet suit on and an oxygen tank on my back, making your way through narrow, water-filled tunnels? There is no fucking way…