# Free dive to bottom of Mariana Trench, yes or no?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 15, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dive-to-bottom-of-mariana-trench-yes-or-no/915442 "2020-07-15T22:04:59Z")\
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Nope. Sounds boring, and with my luck, I would not be the most flatulent person on the trip.

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No, but I’d watch the video, if you go down and make one.

> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> I’d rather go to the Titanic, or the mid-Atlantic ridge, or a hydrothermal vent.

Oooo! Hydrothermal vents. Those are more interesting. I need to go find a good video of one of those.

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**Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dive-to-bottom-of-mariana-trench-yes-or-no/915442/63 "2023-07-11T14:27:10Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> If you could make a submarine the size of a jet liner, yea. But I’m too tall to fit in one of those mini subs.

It’s funny - the ill-fated Titan would have been big enough, I think. Not _quite_ as claustrophobic.

I hope I would have questioned the design before I paid my money. If I had that much to blow.

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