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90 (well maybe slightly over this time) Second Kit

90 (well maybe slightly over this time) Second Kit Intro to my Freediving kit.
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#diving #dive #freediving #freedive #snorkeling

The Cuillin Ridge - Looking like a fossilised Drag

The Cuillin Ridge - Looking like a fossilised Dragon’s back this string of 22 peaks (including 11 Munros) spans 14km and is one of the most challenging and rewarding mountain landscape in the UK.
The Ridge is located on the Isle of Skye and a few years ago I traversed it solo in a day (all photos by me - which often meant setting the timer going, climbing up a route then down-climbing to get the camera and re-climbing). A lot of grades scrambles, a couple of abseils (which I just down-climbed) and a few graded rock climbs up to Severe (but mostly VDiff).
It can be done over 2 days with a bivi at night but I went fast and light and did it in a day. The hardest bit - water. There’s no water up there and the 3 litres I took was not enough. I was so dehydrated by the time I finished.
But for anyone who is fit enough and confident enough in there climbing it may be the best mountain day in the UK.

#climbing #trekking #mountains #scotland #outdoors

After some training jump we played around with can

After some training jump we played around with canopies.
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Do some close proximity training and a nice flyby by Ally.
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#skydiving #skydive #adventure #parachute #fun

90 second kit intro to SCUBA (managed it in 89 sec

90 second kit intro to SCUBA (managed it in 89 secs this time)
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Specially how we go from a high pressure gas source to a breathable pressure using SCUBA to step down the pressure until we get what we need.
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#diving #dive #scuba #scubadiving #kit

A few years back I was tasked with racing a Peregr

A few years back I was tasked with racing a Peregrine Falcon (the fastest animal on Earth).
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All in the name of science and STEM education I strapped some prototype jets to my thighs and jumped out of a plane (not before having a go with a motorbike - pics 2 and 3).
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Spoiler Alert. I won.
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Photos by @mikeylovemore
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#skydiving #skydive #falcon #engineering #science

Following on from Monday’s post I thought I’d

Following on from Monday’s post I thought I’d put up a little clip form the BBC’s Operation Iceberg of Doug and me diving a Blue Lake and looking for submerged ice caves.
I’m the idiot going into the cave and Doug is the one filming it. Obviously. We knew our roles.
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#diving #dive #ice #adventure #glacier

90 Second Kit Intro to Reserve Parachute Deploymen

90 Second Kit Intro to Reserve Parachute Deployment Back Up Devices.
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We have a couple of backup devices as well@as our Reserve handle - the primary method of deploying our Reserve Parachute.

The RSL - Reserve Static Line
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The AAD - Automatic Activation Device
#skydiving #skydive #kit #equipment #parachute

Doug Allan past away last week trekking in the Him

Doug Allan past away last week trekking in the Himalayas.

He was a legendary wildlife, polar and underwater cameraman and filmmaker who had a hand in almost any major BBC wildlife series you can name. From his first experience with a camera, filming underwater in Antarctica when was was part of the British Antarctic Survey through his work with David Attenborough from the early ‘80s he contributed to Blue Planet, Blue Planet 2, Life in the Freezer, Planet Earth, Frozen Planet and much much more.
He was awarded 2 Polar Medal, won 8 Emmy Awards and 4 BAFTAs, got an OBE for his contribution to wildlife filmmaking and environmental awareness.

I worked with Doug many times but the best of it had to be on Operation Iceberg (where the photos above are all from). It included 3 of the things Doug loved, the poles (in this case the Arctic), diving and polar bears. I was once asked on a live BBC Q&A if we were related (since we shared a Scottish accent) to which I replied he was my Uncle. A barefaced lie but it became a running joke.

Professional, gifted and with a passion for what he did and a knack for cutting through the waffle to get the job done well.

Wherever he is I hope it’s cold, snowy with clear waters to dive and, because I think they may have been his favourite, Polar Bears.

Thanks Uncle Doug.

90 Second Kit Intro to - Reserve Parachute (or Can

90 Second Kit Intro to - Reserve Parachute (or Canopy) deployment.
The Reserve parachute has 3 ways to deploy, and I’ll make a video on the other 2 later, but the primary method is by pulling the Reserve Handle.
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#skydiving #skydive #equipment #kit #parachute

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