Wrecks, of another kind
#1
Posted 27 July 2007 - 07:22 AM
So, as I came up to where the remains of the old bridge were, we found that the most recent storm uncovered about 400% more of the remains! Me and my buddy were like kids in a candy store. We were explorering this wreck that no human had seen in decades!
What I noticed is how REALLY dangerous, diving around a mangled mass of rusted metal, with a swift current, really is. There were large i-beams sticking out, all rusted and jagged. Viz was only about 3-5 feet, so you saw these large, knife like obects with little time to react.
Then, when we were doing our post dive talk, I was thinking about other "non-boat wreck, wrecks" I have dived. Cars, trucks, helicopers, planes, trains, bridges, buildings, heck, just about everything!
So, what were some of the coolest, non-boat wreck, wrecks you have dived?
Oh, I found a really cool old pick axe in the remains of the bridge!
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#2
Posted 27 July 2007 - 07:47 AM
Went Ice Diving in a quarry and found a Skidoo, 10 speed, 2 cars, tractor, about 50 golf balls and copious amounts of beer bottles.So, what were some of the coolest, non-boat wreck, wrecks you have dived?
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#3
Posted 27 March 2008 - 03:25 PM
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#4
Posted 27 March 2008 - 05:50 PM
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#5
Posted 27 March 2008 - 08:00 PM
Yes but don't take anything with you from the H2O. They will get pissed.Dutch Springs Quarry, in Bethlehem, PA, has a number of sunken objects on which to dive, including a Cessna airplane, a fire engine, a pumphouse, and a Sikorsky helicopter (which is actually suspended in the water column).
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#6
Posted 27 March 2008 - 08:28 PM
I've never been on them, but there are a bunch of Army tanks sunk here as artificial reefs. I would like to dive those sometime. I saw the video of the sinking and that was pretty cool.
We also have the I-10 bridge rubble, compliments of Hurricane Ivan, which was put out as an artificial reef. That's pretty crazy to dive on. Strange to see an octopus hanging out on a big slab of highway - at the bottom of the ocean - with lane marking, guardrails, etc.
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