If you were given the opportunity to ride a submersible to the Marianas Trench

[ichy]

In a heartbeat. I have scuba dived to about 115' (19 fathoms) and wanted to keep going as it was fascinating, but that is pretty much the limit for sport diving.

You could always do technical diving training if you want to go a couple hundred feet down.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Nah. I've probably seen all that you can see from a submersible on the Discovery Channel.

 

[Rubycon]

Why must you always ruin our fun?

Well look at it this way, at those depths there is no light from above at all. All light is what you bring with you so you don't have to worry about that. It's just the 101 other things getting there and getting back you have to be concerned with.

That's OK, I'll stay on the surface and wait. Just let me see what's on those memory cards.

 

[William Gaatjes]

Would you go? I see that several different teams are racing to get there this coming summer. I was thinking to myself there is no way in hell Id ride one of those subs down there. At that depth, the pressure is just under 16000psi!!

Some people are afraid of heights. Im afraid of deep water.

Yes, exploring beats fear !

thinking it through.... 16000 psi.
In a sub marine a 35000 feet below the surface...
No chance of rescue if anything goes wrong...
Survival instincts forcing 100 percent priority over other running processes...

Consciously changing priority again...
Yes, exploring beats fear !