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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Finished "Shadow Divers" by Robert Kurson, which is about shipwreck divers who stumble across a sunken German U-Boat off the coast of New Jersey. It was gripping and terrifying... one of those books that I stayed up late to read with the booklight on. The divers who poke around in these shipwrecks are pure adrenaline junkies. The descriptions of what happens to the human body when diving at those depths was enough to put me off scuba diving, period. Add to that the extreme danger of exploring in shipwrecks that could collapse at any second, getting the divers entangled in the wreckage with their air supply dwindling... yeah, no way. I'll stick to snorkeling. Anyway, HIGHLY recommend for anyone who likes adventure nonfiction, a la Into Thin Air.

50% of the way through Rumaan Alam's "Entitlement." I think it's going to be a DNF. A friend raved about it but I'm not getting much out of it. [/quote]

I am a diver and a lot of people who get killed in wrecks make stupid mistakes.  I’ve been in a number of wrecks where people die.  It’s usually from preventable causes.

Here’s a hot tip, string a line.  And don’t use an acetylene torch on the live ammo, even if it has been there since WW2.

I’m not going to get into specifics of that wreck but mistakes were made, mistakes that cost people their lives and that were avoidable.

But most people who die in scuba-related incidents have MIs under water, etc.  it’s a pretty safe sport at the rec level.  [/quote]

PP you responded to. There were several moments in the book where was like DON'T DO THAT YOU DUMBARSE YOU'LL GET YOURSELF KILLED! Kurson builds up the suspense in such a skilled way.

I love adventure nonfiction because I am not a thrill seeker by nature. But I enjoy reading about the mindset and thought process of people who push the human body to the ultimate limits in pursuit of a dream--whether scaling Mt. Everest, exploring the depths of the ocean, running ultramarathons, etc. From the comfort of my couch, with a blanket and mug of tea, of course. [/quote]

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