Pinecube
Contributor
To paraphrase Mallory "because it's deep."
Having spent around 15 years mountain climbing, I was fortunate to meet some of the elite climbers of our time (Hillary, Messner, Lowe, Venables, Twight, Bonington, Scott, Blanchard, Boukreev, Breashears, Hargreaves, Wood, etc.) who pushed the boundaries of what was thought impossible. It is addictive and driving. Technological advances often resulted.
I think there are parallels with deep diving.
GJS
The thing is though, that this isn't the deepest dive. It's the deepest dive on scuba. We already have safer ways to get that deep.