Quote: (Originally Posted by
jhaaja)
Nice diving! Still I don`t understand why you guys wan`t to bring stuff up from the wreck? Wouldn`t it be nicer to see the same stuff in their origianl positions on following dives?
JH
The stuff would be under tons of steel and tons of sand in a year or two.... the wreck is falling down into a big pile. There are literally *thousands* of portholes on the wreck. Lines of them spaced 3 feet apart from bow to stern. They are not rare... Do as you do there, and leave us to do as we do here. These wrecks have a very short lifetime, in 150 years it will just be a rust smudge on the bottom. Anything taken now just prevents future total loss. Better to take that discussion elsewhere, for now just give a "well done" on a real personal achievement for a safe dive on the big one. Yes, there are deeper, better, and more challenging dives. Yet, there is only *one* Andrea Doria. There *is* something special about it....
Plus, it's good to see Terry's face framed behind that window... tell me he's not actually using a rebreather these days?
Dave