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Sorting the logistics of getting a whole load of d

Sorting the logistics of getting a whole load of dive kit into dive base at the back of this cave. Again.
It's hours of hauling and crawling. But, on the bright side one only needs to motivate oneself to go in. You've not choice but to do it all again to get out.
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Photo by Pete Hall.
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#cave #caving #claustrophobia #tighthole

When you leave the aeroplane but forget to close y

When you leave the aeroplane but forget to close your visor…
Fortunately @mikeylovemore has my back.
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#skydiving #skydive #parachute

A lot of kelp particles in the water, broken up by

A lot of kelp particles in the water, broken up by the action of he wave surge against the walls of the sea cave, but it's always fun exploring nooks and crannies along the Cornish coast. And even easier if you're freediving by DPV (diver propulsion vehicle).
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But it's the underwater stalker I was most excited about when I finally turned around...
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Photo by @daanv@daanverhoevenfreediver
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#freediving #freediver #seal #sea #ocean #marinelife

It's been a busy old week. . In 7 days I've manage

It's been a busy old week.
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In 7 days I've managed - 3 days in Berkshire, 2 days/night in Glasgow, 2 days in Farnborough and 2 nights on the motorways of Britain. 2 periods of 36+ hours without sleep and today, the 8th day, I'm banging out a solo cave dive to capture some footage for a project.
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I'll confess to not really enjoying the 25 hours of driving I've done but we all must make sacrifices. But the rest of the time has flown by, which is often a sign that you've enjoyed how you're choosing to spend that time.
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Now...time for a little lie down.*
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*but only a little one mind as I'm in London tomorrow and skydiving Wednesday, back in Scotland Thursday and skydiving Friday, Saturday and Sunday...
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Photo by @be@beckibigginsmusic
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Watch by @panerai (Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech PAM00979)
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#time #busy #Panerai, #Submersible #PaneraiWatch #ad #adventure #stuntperformer

I don't use this set up as much as I used to. . My

I don't use this set up as much as I used to.
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Myself and @richstevenson.uk used it a lot when we were filming underwater documentaries as it allowed safe us of a mixed gas rebreather (the thing that supplies your breathing gas and effectively recycles one breath) but allows us to speak, record and communicate with each other, safety divers and the surface.
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This shot was taken by @martinjhartley just after we'd returned from a successful shipwreck hunter trip.
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#diving #shipwrecks #wrecks #diver #shipwreckdiving

Pushin' on through. . Work is very busy. A lot of

Pushin' on through.
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Work is very busy. A lot of late night and early morning driving, flying and nights in hotels and training in random gyms.
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But these are all uptown problems. Uptown problems are good problems to have. So, if I'm driving across the country at 0200, washing my pants in the hotel sink and killing time at yet another airport it's because I'm flat out diving, skydiving, filming and doing stunts.
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We have to recognise, and be grateful for, uptown problems. They're not something to be fixed. They are signals that you're on the right path and you just need to stop complaining and push on through.
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Photo by @richstevenson.uk
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#cavediving #diving #diver #cave #problems

With work and weather it’s been a couple of mont

With work and weather it’s been a couple of months since I managed to get jumping.
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But we’ve some filming ideas and I’ve a few courses and qualifications I’m chasing this year so I need to shake of the cobwebs and get back in the sky asap.
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I find even 2 months of jumping creates skill fade so I really need to stay as current as my other lives (and the British weather) will allow.
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As with most things in life it’s all@about consistency. We are what we do most often.
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Hopefully this year that means a jumper-out-of-aeroplanes.
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📸by @martinrhartley
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#skydiver #skydiving #parachuting #freefall #extreme

It's been weeks and weeks on the road involved in

It's been weeks and weeks on the road involved in some great projects and trips from the Sahara to Northumberland.
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And there is a few more days left before I head home...for one, short night.
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Then it's off to Devon. But this time to get back in the sea and underwater. Nothing fancy. Just the sea and a single breath.
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Photo by @daanverhoevenfreediver
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#freediver #freediving #openwaterswim #sea #diver

It’s still a bit wintery out there today. . Back

It’s still a bit wintery out there today.
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Back in 2012 I spent a couple of months on Greenland and out on the Arctic Ocean on a science and filming expedition.
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Diving around icebergs is still one of the most otherworldly environments I’ve seen.
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#diving #arctic #coldwater #icebath #iceberg

Here in the UK Spring has arrived. And with it the

Here in the UK Spring has arrived. And with it the warmer weather and settled seas. This is the signal for many of my projects to begin. As well as the usual cave diving projects (no the rain is easing), both in the UK and abroad, I’ll be making use of some boats to venture around the UK coast on some freediving and filming projects (and potentially submerging myself in the Med and Arctic too).
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The clearing skies means a green light for skydiving training to being in earnest and ramps up ahead of competition and projects in 2023.
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The long winter wait is over. Start the clock...
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Photo by @martinrhartley
Watches by @panerai (Luminor Marina ESteel PAM01157 and Radiomir Otto Giorni PAM01347)
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#watchesandwonder2023 #PaneraiWW23 #Panerai #Radiomir #PaneraiLegends #PaneraiHistory #Ad

We're back from the Sahara Challenge with @baileyo

We're back from the Sahara Challenge with @baileyofbristol and we made it into the desert with all the vehicles, kit and people we needed.
A fantastic time on an unusual road trip proving what can be done if people set their mind to it.
Inspirational location and the night sky over the Sahara, with this first crescent moon of Ramadan, was spectacular.
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Photo by Alan Bond
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#saharachallenge #desert #camping #ad #sahara

Last weekend's @godivingshow was busy. But it was

Cave diving is not, as I have shown recently, alwa

Cave diving is not, as I have shown recently, always a tight, mud-fest. It can, and often is, like being in outer space.
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Photo by @richstevenson.uk
#cavediving #diving #space #darkness

Cave diving isn't always diving. . Sometimes it's

Cave diving isn't always diving.
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Sometimes it's hours or days of dragging heavy dive kit through miles of dry passageways...not all of it very big.
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This shot from Otter Hole last year, an exploration project in the UK, will be used ass a good example of lighter weight, short sump (a sump is an underwater cave) cave diving in the talk myself and Chris Jewell will be giving on Saturday at the @godivingshow
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And I'll be on stage all weekend introducing the other headline speaker.
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Come along.
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Photo by Pete Hall
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#cave #caveing #diving #squeeze #dirty

A selfie cave diving in Emergence du Ressel in Fra

A selfie cave diving in Emergence du Ressel in France last year.
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6 hours underwater, and overnight camp in a dry cave and 4 hours underwater to get home. And one of the tales myself and my friend Chris Jewell will be covering in our talk about cave diving at the @godivingshow this weekend.
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I'll also be hosting the main stage, introducing some incredible speakers and wondering around checking out the latest kit and destinations.
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Hopefully see you there.
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#diving #dive #cavediving #darkness #tight

Another week, another podcast. This time I sat dow

Another week, another podcast. This time I sat down with (virtually as they are across the pond in the USA) Charlie Rook and Baxter Friedman for The Dorm Room Podcast.
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Chilled, laid back chat about all things cave diving, skydiving, the outdoor and where the best gas station shopping is to be had in Texas.
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Link in my Instagram Bio or
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hkiFjzPQCAiy0tjoqR5mm
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Enjoy.
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#cavediving #diving #underwater #podcast #chat #texas
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Photo by @waterproofmedia.tv

I'm looking forward to the weather improving. . Sp

I'm looking forward to the weather improving.
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Spring in the ocean is similar to on land. As the weather (hopefully) improves, conditions become easier, visibility becomes clearer and the marine life returns to the shallower waters and becomes more abundant.
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So, I'll wait. And in the mean time dive in mines and caves that are less affected by the seasons..
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Photo by Dan Bolt
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#freediving #ocean #sea #spring

Not the ideal place to be re-packing your underwat

Not the ideal place to be re-packing your underwater breathing apparatus. But then sometime you have to make what you have, despite it be sub-optimal work, work.. As the alternative is to do nothing (not a great idea in this example as I’d struggle to survive the 2.5km underwater swim to get out of this cave without my gear working).
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One of my biggest problems, and it’s a very good problem to have, is too many idea, opportunities and plans and not enough time. So, it’s a matter of prioritising and scheduling. Ultimately things clash or don’t quite fit and flow as well as I’d like but if I waited until everything fell into place perfectly I’d never do anything.
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There’s nothing wrong with aspiring for perfection but appreciate that sub-optimal accomplished is better than perfect that never happens. Don’t let perfection be the enemy of good enough.
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…now…back to work…
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Photo by Chris Jewell (in Bivouac Chamber in Ressel Cave System, France 2022)
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Watch by @panerai - Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech PAM00979
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#cavediving #ad #Panerai, #Submersible #paneraiwatch

Low cloud has cancelled my jump plans today so her

Low cloud has cancelled my jump plans today so here’s a clip from a few years ago now (and we intend doing a better one explaining speed skydiving soon).
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But this is me doing around 250mph as @mikeylovemore (the cameraman) back flies at around 150moh.
We’re pretty close for this speeds.

I had a really good chat with @steinmedia on his L

I had a really good chat with @steinmedia on his Long Shot Leaders Podcast.
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We covered some different ground from the norm.
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Link in my IG Bio.
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#podcast #diving #advenure #risk #danger

I wrote an article a little while ago for my frien

I wrote an article a little while ago for my friends at @fitforfilms
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It's as relevant now as it was then and I doubt it'll ever go out of date. It briefly discusses how I deal with risk and why fitness can be a very real asset in staying aliv in hazardous situations.
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Link to the article in my bio.
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Photo by Chris Jewell (on a cave diving exploration project).
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#fear #danger #fitness #training #cave #caving #cavediving

Back from the blue. . . . . . Photo by @beckibiggi

Back from the blue.
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Photo by @beckibigginsmusic
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#freediving #spearfishing #hunting #bushcraft #freedive #diving

Focus on the targets - I've had the need recently

Focus on the targets - I've had the need recently to work on some mission statements. Although I don't personally use them in such aa formal manner having specific goals (and the sub-goal, the steps or minor successes required along the way to achieve the main aim) can be very useful in keeping you focused on what needs doing and what can be left to fall off the bottom of he To Do list.
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Of course I'm pretty sure in this shot I'm just struggling to get my fin off...
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Photo by @martinrhartley
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#focus #mission #diving #diver #stare

I always say 'if you're going to jump out of a pla

I always say 'if you're going to jump out of a plane you might as well do it with prototype, thing-mounted jet engines (your mate from the UK Space Agency knocked up for you) strapped to your legs".
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Well...I said it at least once.
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Photo by @mikeylovemore
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#skydiving #rocket #skydiver #extremesports #jump #adrenalin

Flooded mines have always felt like the meeting po

Flooded mines have always felt like the meeting point of cave diving and shipwreck diving to me.
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This shot is from Ojamo Mine in Finland from on of the smaller access tunnels that connect the huge 'Pearls'- massive open chambers - and eventually lead to Hell's Gate and Lucifer's Pillar.
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But the UK is full of unexplored flooded mines and I'm looking out for a UK-based project in 2023 so if anyone out there has an idea let me know.
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Thank you.
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Photo by @diversofthedark
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#diving #mine #history #darkness #cavediving

Bring it on. . A shot from a side quest to nip up

Bring it on.
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A shot from a side quest to nip up one of the longest Via Ferrata routes in the world with @mountaindavet .
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We were actually riding a couple of motorbikes from the UK to Slovenia to climb the North face of Triglav (1600m high cliff - a vertical mile) for Suzuki.
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But we decided to take a detour to bang this out on the way there. On the way home we did another detour to take the bikes around the Nuberg Ring...which was more terrifying than any of the climbing...
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#climbing #heights #highs #naturalhigh

...from a few years ago (you can tell by the reduc

...from a few years ago (you can tell by the reduced amount of wrinkles).
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After abseiling down the frozen waterfall at the entrance to The Cave of Skulls. This was my first cave diving exploration and filming project (it ended up as a short film on the BBC).
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I might even go back in 2023 and see if i can push the known limits and make a better job of the filming.
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And if you're wondering why I'd go cave diving in Scotland in winter it's simple - there are no midges in winter.
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Photo by Stu Kesley
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#cavediving #caving #cave #darkness #explore #cold #coldtherapy

After a few weeks away in Portugal teaching skydiv

After a few weeks away in Portugal teaching skydiving and having to do hotel-room training sessions with no kit I'm finally back in The Training Shed and ready to ramp it up for 2023.
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I'm very focused on increasing mobility, improving movement and reducing the impact of some of my chronic injuries over the the coming weeks. So, expect to see less big weights and more of me (trying to) stretch and balance.
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Fixing some of these problems in the short term will have far bigger impact on my gains in the long term than one more bicep curl....
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Sometimes we have to do the things we're not good at and don't enjoy to improve the things we are good at and do enjoy.
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#gym #fitness #muscles #fitfam #improvement #training

That's the end of our New Year training camp out i

That's the end of our New Year training camp out in Portugal. We've qualified some new skydivers, coached and qualified many more in various disciplines of skydiving and racked up a load of jumps.
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We've also had the chance to plot some fun skydiving film ideas for 2023 so keep an eye out for them.
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But now it's time to pack up and head home and on to the next project and adventure.
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Photo by @stunt_badger
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#skydiving #extremesports #sunrise #stunts #skydivingstunt

2022 contained diving, skydiving, climbing, stunts

2022 contained diving, skydiving, climbing, stunts, filming, riding, driving, martial arts and more. But it seems most of you like the diving best (specifically cave diving).
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In fact what you seem to like best is me jumping into the Arctic Ocean in my pants...I'll bear that in mind for 2023.
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Happy New Year.
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#bestof2022 #diving #cavediving #coldwater #coldwatertherapy