Thread: James Cameron becomes first solo diver to visit Earth's deepest point

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by kmart

Cameron is a brave guy to man this sub. And also to fund it himself.

Oh come off it, the Trieste went there in 1960, and technology has advanced exponentially since then.

Cameron has done numerous dives on the Titanic wreck, so it's nothing new to him, as is underwater technology.

And how brave is he to fund it? He's probably sitting on a billion quid, so I don't think he's going to run out of beer money.

Fair play to him for squandering his wealth on his hobby I say, but let's not get carried away.

Funding for the technology has stopped since 1960. Virtually nothing has happened regarding deep-sea exploration since Piccard's time.

I don't particularly like his films, but considering the extreme pressures and hazards involved with diving this far down, plus actually getting back to the surface afterwards, I bet you wouldn't get in that sub, matey.