Submarine failure in Pittsburg: USS Requin (SS-481): requin, French for shark.

In Pittsburgh for the NCAA Frozen four, we went to the overlook at the Duquesne Incline and saw a submarine below and decided it was required to go thru it.

The bottom of the hatch is maybe 14 inches up and for me to get thru I lift my good right leg thru. Trying to lift my left leg up behind me and through doesn't work. The toe catches on the lip. My friend behind me has to grab my shoe and lift it over the  lip. I did finally figure out how to do it. I pivot so I'm facing the hatch and in that position I can lift the left foot properly. If I'm standing engaging my hamstring  I can maybe get my toe 4 inches off the ground but if I'm laying on my stomach I can easily bring it to 90 degrees. I should be able to go to any therapist in the world and have a specific protocol given to me to fix that problem. With 10 million yearly stroke survivors  someone has solved this but unless it is put into a publicly available database it is totally worthless.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I didn't try the movie version of grabbing the top and swinging both legs thru at the same time. The ladders were doable but we didn't get into the lower bowels or conning tower where the ladders are straight up and down.