800 feet? Or the Moon?

[deepstops]

as only 11 people have walked on the moon, according to Wikipedia

I'm not sure which Wiki page you were reading but this one lists 12 moon walkers: List of Apollo astronauts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[bleeb]

Recreationally speaking, I'd bet he's right.
But commercial divers go deeper than that every day.

And similarly, there have been exactly zero people that have been to the Moon recreationally.

Sounds more like a factoid worded to look impressive but is really an apples-to-watermelons comparison.

 

[Mike Edmonston]

And similarly, there have been exactly zero people that have been to the Moon recreationally.

Not to mention that all 12 were on closed circuit rebreathers!

 

[bleeb]

And similarly, there have been exactly zero people that have been to the Moon recreationally.

Not to mention that all 12 were on closed circuit rebreathers!

 

[Walter]

And similarly, there have been exactly zero people that have been to the Moon recreationally.

LOL! I love it!

 

[Rhone Man]

It does remind of another famous 'apples to oranges' comparison that I have heard more than once:

"More people have climbed Mount Everest than have dived with Great White Sharks."

Probably true (I am reliably informed by people who have done it that you get about 12-20 new ascendees a day up Everest), but not really relevant to anything.

 

[bleeb]

It does remind of another famous 'apples to oranges' comparison that I have heard more than once:

"More people have climbed Mount Everest than have dived with Great White Sharks."

Probably true (I am reliably informed by people who have done it that you get about 12-20 new ascendees a day up Everest), but not really relevant to anything.

At least most of those are on OC, even if it is without a mouthpiece.

 

[Gombessa]

And similarly, there have been exactly zero people that have been to the Moon recreationally.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 6 | 1971: Man plays golf on the Moon

 

[nadwidny]

Not to mention that all 12 were on closed circuit rebreathers!

Considering it was more or less a commercial operation one would think they would rather have gone surface supply.

I guess the length of the umbilical was a bit of a problem.

 

[Rhone Man]

Tehnical diving

~Jeff

I was just doing some reading around on this, and I noticed that Mark Ellyatt's dive in Thailand is not on this list. Was Ellyatt's dive regarded as "disqualified" for some reason?