Well maybe David Cameron too, with the Tories' minimum alcohol pricing madness, but I was thinking of this nutter
James Cameron begins Mariana Trench deep-sea dive
Would anyone here have the insane deathwish to stooge about in a cramped metal box in the pitch dark with over 35,000 feet of water bearing down on you? The idea scares the hell out of me, I don't mind admitting. If the craft conks out, they'll be as fecked as if they were marooned on Mars (unless maybe they have emergency floatation tanks - gotta hope so)
James Cameron begins Mariana Trench deep-sea dive
Would anyone here have the insane deathwish to stooge about in a cramped metal box in the pitch dark with over 35,000 feet of water bearing down on you? The idea scares the hell out of me, I don't mind admitting. If the craft conks out, they'll be as fecked as if they were marooned on Mars (unless maybe they have emergency floatation tanks - gotta hope so)
Film director James Cameron has begun an attempt to become the first person in 50 years to visit the deepest part of the ocean.
Cameron is travelling 11km (7 miles) down to the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, where he hopes to spend six hours exploring and filming.
He is making the dive in a specially designed and cramped one-man submarine, the Deepsea Challenger.
The journey has been delayed several times by bad weather.
A manned descent to the trench was last attempted in 1960, by US Navy Lt Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard.
They spent about 20 minutes on the ocean floor but their landing kicked up silt, meaning their view was obscured.
Cameron is travelling 11km (7 miles) down to the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific, where he hopes to spend six hours exploring and filming.
He is making the dive in a specially designed and cramped one-man submarine, the Deepsea Challenger.
The journey has been delayed several times by bad weather.
A manned descent to the trench was last attempted in 1960, by US Navy Lt Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard.
They spent about 20 minutes on the ocean floor but their landing kicked up silt, meaning their view was obscured.
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