I was in the military for 20 years and there was a saying: No plan survives contact with the enemy. His plan was thoroughly mapped out and revised. He received his early education in his hometown from St. Marks School. At the age of 3, he climbed behind the wheel of the family car, put it into neutral and began drifting downhill from the driveway of his family's Connecticut home toward a busy intersection. Also find out how he got rich at the age of 54. Victor has dived to the bottom of seventeen of the worlds deep ocean trenches, made three dives to the Titanic including the only solo dive ever made there, and discovered and piloted the deepest wreck dive in history at the site of the USS Samuel B. Roberts in 2022. Vescovo was drawn to exploration of the unknown at an early age. What you start to realize early on is just how many people love to grandstand about supporting the oceans and research only to show how environmentally virtuous they are. Vescovo is kept safe by a titanium hull surrounded by an advanced, syntactic foam that controls the submersible's buoyancy. Victor Vescovo: Adventurer reaches deepest ocean locations Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. By: Discovery Distinguished member of The Explorers Club, Victor Vescovo, became the first human to dive to the bottom of the deepest point of all five of the world's oceans. I felt very excited and privileged to get to see it, but also very much at peace because it really is a quiet, peaceful, place.". Walsh and Piccard logged a depth of 10,912 m (35,800 ft). "People talk a good game," McCallum said, "but Vescovo is actually walking the talk. WHAT DID THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES LOOK LIKE? Copyright 2023 S Media International Corporation. If you resonate deeply with this, its only a matter of time before you do something no one has ever done before. Meet the 1st Man to Pilot a Sub to the Bottom of All 5 Oceans These technical experts were augmented by a veteran crew with profound maritime experience who would be more than capable of dealing with anything that Neptune could throw at them.