Day 6

Current position 24º36.152' N, 168º16.115 W @ 20:30 Hawaii time. Now transiting to our next dive site.
We dived to 1700m below sea level on SW of Gardner Pinnacles! Dave, Terry (our pilot) and I departed from the surface at 8.30.
It's amazing out there, or down there, rather. A whole pristine world in the dark. Not a sign of marine trash. Few animals (corals, shrimps, fish, anemonae), some rocks impossible to
sample for they were too consolidated and hard... basalt, lava? A bit higher we got to the ancient corals at some 1600mbsl.
Sub is very uncomfortable, cold, damp (if you want to pee you have to do it in a bag... as I did!) but all of it is worth it... to be an acquanaut for a day! It's not being an astronaut, but
it's the closest thing to it I can think of!
For some reason I feel super tired. Now I'm off to finish reading the last chapter of The Lord of the Rings. These Hobbits...
Tavo (my real nick)