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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

Photo from freediving. All taken by the Da(a)ns -

Photo from freediving. All taken by the Da(a)ns - specifically my friends Dan Bolt and @daanverhoevenfreediver
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Two incredibly talented and award winning photographers that manage to create these images on a single breath.
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#freediving #diving #dive #ocean #underwatwr

One way of getting on top of a hot air balloon is

One way of getting on top of a hot air balloon is to grab the central ring while it’s still on the ground and let the pilot fill it with hot air.
And enjoy the ride.
#skydiving #skydive #extreme #stunt #balloon

90 Second Kit Intro to - Dive Knives. More accurat

90 Second Kit Intro to - Dive Knives.
More accurately cutting tools as only one of my, up to 4, is actually a knife.
Positioned on different parts of my body so no matter the situation I can reach something each one has a different pro in diving.
From line-cutter to trilobite to knives to shears. They can all be useful to save your life.
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#Diving #dive #knife #knives #blade

I tend to only cave to get to cave diving sites. W

I tend to only cave to get to cave diving sites. Which often means hauling heavy dive gear up, down, along, round, over and back through dry cave systems.
It makes you appreciate the weightlessness that awaits.
-Pushing towards sump 3 in Pyll y Cwm in Wales. Photo by Chris Jewell
-Exiting Otter Hole after a successful dive to the end of sump 7. Photo by Pete Hall
-Trying to get through the tidal sump of Otter Hole before it closes. Photo by Pete Hall
-Another sci-fi style shote from Chris Jewell
-Almost out of Otter. Photo by Pete Hall
-Two diving cylinders, regs, wing and all the other gear as I sweat my way in a wetsuit towards the final cave dive. Photo by Chris Jewell.
-The Long Crawl. Photo by Gavin Newman
-Pushing my dive kit before me in The Cave of the Dark Well. Photo by Stuart Keasley
-Resting by a pool in an abandoned mine. Photo by me. Usurpingly.
-Another shot by Pete Hall from Otter.
-A final shot showing just how muddy Otter Hole is.

#diving #cavediving #mud #cave #caving

Re-enacting a cave dive from 1935 in Wookey Hole.

Re-enacting a cave dive from 1935 in Wookey Hole.
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91 years ago Graham Balcombe and Mossy Powell wore heavy, Victorian diving kit to truly begin the art of cave diving.
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The kit weight around 80kg and is difficult to walk in.
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Underwater it becomes near weightless and is actually comfortable to dive.
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But unlike modern cave diving where one must stay off the bottom to avoid kicking up silt and mud on this dive I had to walk and crawl my way forward.
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Video by @richstevenson.uk
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#diving #dive #cavediving #diver #history

90 Second Kit Intro to a Main Parachute deployment

90 Second Kit Intro to a Main Parachute deployment from a skydiving rig.
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Disclaimer - it took a wee bit more than 90 seconds.
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#skydiving #skydive #kit #skydiver #parachute

The Britannic documentary was filmed for the BBC a

The Britannic documentary was filmed for the BBC and hosted by @kmhumble and myself.
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The dive team consisted of @kohlerrichie (seen in photo 2) Evan Kovacs @deepimageuk (who also took all these photos including the selfie of him and Rich decompressing in the bell - photo 5), Barnie and @richstevenson.uk
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A beautiful dive to 120m (400ft) using trimix breathing gas and closed circuit rebreathers to film this iconic shipwreck.
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The two hour special documentary marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of Titanic’s Twin Sister.
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A highlight of my diving career.
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All photos by @deepimageuk
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#diving #shipwreck #titanic #dive #militaryhistory

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