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Old 5 August 2008, 02:14 AM   #1
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New issue of DIVER magazine

Hey folks,

I just wanted to let you know that the new issue of DIVER magazine has not only a great ad for the new all gold Sub but also an article I co-wrote about diving 16,000 feet deep to explore the world's deepest wooden shipwreck. There are gratuitous shots of me and my original Sub holding Spanish pieces of eight and various other artifacts.

The article is not on-line yet, but here is a link to the mag:

http://www.divermag.com/online/pages/Current-issue.html

My co-author is Don Walsh, the pilot of the bathyscaph Trieste, and one of the expedition leaders was Anatoly Sagalevitch, one of the Jurors for the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.

DIVER magazine is primarily distributed in Canada, although it does make it down to the States. If any of my northern brethren can pick up some extra copies for me, I would certainly appreciate it. I received a measly TWO copies from the publisher for my efforts.

Thank you. Carry on.
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Old 5 August 2008, 02:17 AM   #2
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Gratuitous photos of me with treasure.



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Old 5 August 2008, 02:29 AM   #3
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Good work Sir!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats!

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Old 5 August 2008, 03:38 AM   #4
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That is COOL man! You should be a Rolex ambassador (if you aren't already!).
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Old 5 August 2008, 03:40 AM   #5
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Hello David,

Nice to see your pics. Lookin' good, buddy!!
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David,

Thanks for posting! I wish you were joining me in 2 weeks

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Old 5 August 2008, 03:45 AM   #7
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Old 5 August 2008, 03:54 AM   #8
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Old 5 August 2008, 04:00 AM   #9
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Old 5 August 2008, 04:09 AM   #10
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I will look for it at Borders tonight. Will grab a few if I see it.
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Old 5 August 2008, 07:08 AM   #11
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Old 5 August 2008, 07:36 AM   #12
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Old 5 August 2008, 07:37 AM   #13
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I will look for it at Borders tonight. Will grab a few if I see it.
Thanks. Check your PM.
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Old 5 August 2008, 07:54 AM   #14
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The story of how this article came to be in DIVER is an interesting one.

Don Walsh and I have collaborated on projects for the past decade, and I was honored to participate in this expedition with him. We initially wrote an article about the expedition for Naval History, which I believe was published in 2002. I also did a speaking tour of the U.S. to talk about the expedition, with stops in Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia and Boston.

Then, Don and I revised the article for The Explorers Journal in 2004, and we included new information from post-expedition research. Phil Nuytten, the owner of DIVER magazine, saw both articles and loved them. He has been bugging Don and I to update the article for DIVER for some time now, and we ultimately did so last spring. The magazine devoted a lot of pages to the article, and the editor included a lot of photos. Don and I were surprised by this. We thought for sure the editor would trim it down, but he didn't.

Lately, I have been getting more and more requests to speak about the expedition. Frankly, it's more fun to talk about than Titanic because the expedition was perfect and the find was so historically significant. We also set a lot of records -- deepest wooden shipwreck, fourth deepest wreck ever discovered, deepest arcaheological recovery, first use of digital mapping, deepest use of HDTV, etc., etc.

It also doesn't hurt that one of the members of the expedition was Richard Garriott, the son of astronaut Owen Garriott and the next private astronaut to visit the International Space Station, and another was Mike McDowell, who has gotten a lot of press lately for helping the Russians plant their flag at the North Pole last summer. Mike also planted the Australian flag at the North Pole, and this flag was actually on the Pole -- unlike the Russian flag, which was actually planted several meters away -- but nobody ever mentions this.

I have heard that the documentary we filmed during the expedition for British television was well received in the U.K. and Europe, and that it was broadcast in North America, but I have not seen it.

Anyway, I can post a link to the article on my site as soon as DIVER publishes its next issue. I will update this thread when I do.

Cheers!
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Old 5 August 2008, 08:21 AM   #15
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I am at Borders now in Sacramento Ca - There are four copies here.... Happy to send them to you - PM me your mailing address. BTW - Rolex has the beautiful Bluesy (Not JJ's :) ) on inside cover....

Congratulations on making the magazine - Very interesting!
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Old 5 August 2008, 12:30 PM   #16
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I don't think that's the new sub. It looks like the old 18ct version to me.

Borders seems to be the place to go, for those who want to buy the issue for their own enjoyment.
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Old 5 August 2008, 02:07 PM   #17
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Very Nice.
Yes please update the link and love to read more about it.
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Old 5 August 2008, 03:57 PM   #18
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Congrats on the article David

It would be great to read it at some stage, if at all possible.

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Old 5 August 2008, 04:03 PM   #19
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Great stuff, Dave!
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Good work.

Rolex should send you a DSSD.
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Old 5 August 2008, 11:58 PM   #21
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Good work.

Rolex should send you a DSSD.
I agree. Now that the SD I wore on my last deep dive is MIA, I need another one.

Plus, I have actually been past the depth rating on the DSSD, albeit in a submersible, but even that feat is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon. (Note the depth guage on the upper left: 4,913 meters = 16,118.76 feet.)

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Old 6 August 2008, 07:16 AM   #22
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4,913 meters = 16,118.76 feet


Holy smokes that's almost half way up Mt Everest - straight down!
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Old 6 August 2008, 08:14 AM   #23
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I agree. Now that the SD I wore on my last deep dive is MIA, I need another one.

Plus, I have actually been past the depth rating on the DSSD, albeit in a submersible, but even that feat is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon. (Note the depth guage on the upper left: 4,913 meters = 16,118.76 feet.)

I'll bet the survial manual didn't cover any of the possible "worst cases" at that depth. Would have been cool to have had a DSSD stapped on the outside just to see how it faired.
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Old 6 August 2008, 08:35 AM   #24
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Well done. Congrats on finding the loot. That's awesome.
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Old 6 August 2008, 09:06 AM   #25
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I will definitely keep an eye out. Looking forward to reading it.
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Old 6 August 2008, 11:08 AM   #26
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Congratulations Subfiend! Looks like you live in my neck of the woods. Whose your AD?
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Very nice work. You must be proud.
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Old 6 August 2008, 12:47 PM   #28
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Neat stuff! This makes me want to start diving again. Good work! Very impressive!
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Old 6 August 2008, 12:52 PM   #29
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I found and purchased a copy of the Diver magazine. Looking forward to reading the article in the very near future.
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Old 6 August 2008, 09:54 PM   #30
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Oddly enough, when I bought the magazines, I didn't read the article. I was headed to a dentist appointment and needed to go upstairs and find a techie book. So I guess I will read it at the other Borders near my office sometime this week.
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