Why do you penetrate wrecks?

[Walter]

To scare the snot out of my wife?

I can picture that. Tell her "hi" for me.

 

[jerryn]

To be a witness to the history, to see what happened and how nature and man collide, to be experience something unique, somthing to ponder and understand during these surface intervals we call work, and on some to pay respects to those who perished in the wreck.

One of the things I really enjoy is describing the inside of a wreck and relating it to the history of the ship and the event that brought her down.

and now back to work, while I day dream about going back into the San Vito (all 11 crew rescued) later this month.

Jerry

 

[MikeFerrara]

No great profound reasons for me...I'm not a big history buff, or an expert on ship construction but it's kind of fun to see what's inside. I look at the outside...and the inside and...it's just a dive.

 

[Mako Mark]

I have an inherent fascination for caves, always have and even wrot a thesis on them..

As a diver there is the challenge, the beauty, going where no one or few hve gone before, but mainly to get away from the thundering crowd of students and coral crushing noobs.

 

[DEEPLOU]

That's where the big lobsters are hiding

 

[mempilot]

To go where only the few will have the opportunity. Once the ship lies at the bottom of the ocean and out of the average mans reach, she becomes a becon of fascination for me. There is something majestic about exploring something that doesn't belong in an environment that is hostile. The challenge, the beauty, the history...

 

[drglnc]

Its just like looking at a car wreck, you know you shouldnt but you can so you do. besides you might hit the mother load, lol

 

[triton94949]

Just a question for curiosity sake.

Given the risks involved in wreck penetration it makes me wonder what motivates people to start with it. I'm not talking about swim-throughs, but real laying-line type penetrations.

So.....what's your motivation?

R..

As with all things in life, it depends on how big the hole is.

 

[triton94949]

i don't do wrecks, but i am starting to do caves... why?

because not going in seems like such a shame when i *could* do it if i tried

You will eventually also do wrecks. $50 bucks.

 

[triton94949]

Well, Steve, that stuff just doesn't turn my crank. Never has.....

Some of the guys I dive with go in and hack that stuff off and take it home to add to their ...(*cough*junk*cough)...collection. What excites me about wrecks are the history and the stories.

R..

No one is going to miss one plate, one cup, and one saucer.