Did a little diving Sunday

I am trying out the vimeo site for video hosting. I was never impressed with photobucket for playback quality. I shoot using the GoPro in 1080 so I wanted the best resolution for playback.

I think this gives you a good idea of what it's like down there!


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Awesome!I always wanted to dive, and explore WW2 wrecks but my lungs and body no longer work.When I could swim,I used to snorkel Lake Tahoe and catch monster crawdads!

Bro, that looks coll as hell, but no chance you'd ever get me that close to a shark.

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Originally Posted by Prince Humperdink

Awesome!I always wanted to dive, and explore WW2 wrecks but my lungs and body no longer work.When I could swim,I used to snorkel Lake Tahoe and catch monster crawdads!

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I dove the USS San Diego and the USS Turner. The Turner probably over 50 times. Both are pretty much picked clean now but in the day the San Diego was covered in 30-06 in stripper clips. I still have some somewhere.

Punch,

I have friends that would argue the San Diego being picked clean. The easy stuff has been recovered for sure.

Nice... Did I miss where this was?

Coast of NC.

[QUOTE=cuppednlocked;46336]Punch,

I have friends that would argue the San Diego being picked clean. The easy stuff has been recovered for sure.[/QUOTE

You are right. I was over-simplifying. I started diving the San Diego in the late 70's and the stuff was there for the pickin-just lying on the sand. The easy stuff is gone-like you said. The last time I was on her was the late 80's. Penetration diving with steel 72's was not a big thing for us. We rarely went more than 10 or fifteen feet in. As far as the Turner, there is no penetrating. That is just a pile of rubble. I stand corrected.

It is a much more dangerous dive now from what they tell me. Like the Doria. These guys are serious artifact hunters. Some won't go in the Doria because she is collapsing so badly. Decks are no longer flat and you can easily switch levels without knowing it.

It sounds like you and I might know some of the same people. They have been diving up you way for a long time!

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Originally Posted by cuppednlocked

It is a much more dangerous dive now from what they tell me. Like the Doria. These guys are serious artifact hunters. Some won't go in the Doria because she is collapsing so badly. Decks are no longer flat and you can easily switch levels without knowing it.

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Couldn't you just trail some 550 cord behind you just in case?