“Life is a matter of luck, and the odds in favor of success are in no way enhanced by extreme caution”
– Kptlt. Erich Topp, famed U-Boat Commander
About Richie Kohler
Richie Kohler’s passion for technical scuba diving and maritime history has led him to explore some of the most challenging shipwrecks in the world, including the Andrea Doria and HMHS Britannic. Searching for lost ships has led him to locate and help identify numerous lost vessels, including the U-215, a German mine laying submarine on the Georges Banks off Nova Scotia, USS Murphy, a WWII destroyer that was crushed and forgotten in the New York approaches, and others. But it would be the identification of a German U-Boat, the U-869 that would catapult his diving career into the world of television and documentary filmmaking.
Richie’s Project Files
Tip of the Canyon
Webster’s dictionary defines an expedition as “a journey of some length or difficulty for a definite purpose.” So a charter to, let’s say, the Andrea Doria, is an “expedition” in the literal sense, but Expedition Diving is much more complex than a 250-foot Doria penetration, or push to lay new line in a cave. Definitions vary by perspective, and mine is that Expedition Diving is a team-driven project, generally deep (300 feet+), with long run times (4-8 hours), and, as such, the bottom divers can’t physically carry enough gas to be self-sufficient — whether it’s deco gas for open circuit,…
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