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Per Adversa ad Profundi (Through Adversity to the Depths) - the history of the Royal Air Force Sub Aqua Association available here
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A lot of my early diving was done
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through the British military, through
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the Joint Service Adventurous Training
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Scheme, which is a way of exposing
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soldiers, sailors, and airmen to
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controlled risk. It builds resilience,
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develops leadership qualities, those
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kind of things. I benefited from it
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immensely. And that's why this book that
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I've got here is really important. It's
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important to me, but also I think it's
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going to be of interest perhaps the
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wider diving community. It's about the
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Royal Air Force Sub-Aqua Association.
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Effectively, it's it's a history. And I
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mean, you can see by the title there,
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but I mean, hopefully you can also see
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that incredible photo on the front,
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which is a load of service people
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recovering an aircraft. Yeah, that at
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that point that had been underwater 40
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or 50 years, I guess. And this book is
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the story about the RAF Sub-Aqua
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Association from even before it was
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called that. Uh incredible guy called
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Trevor Hampton, who was one of the first
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who ran the first commercial diving
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school in the UK, ex- World War II
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pilot. And [snorts]
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how that then developed into what is
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what is now the the RS Sub-Aqua
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Association. So,
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I've really enjoyed reading this book. I
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guess one disclaimer, I am in here.
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Um when I left the the army, I wasn't in
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the RAF. When I left the army, I worked
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for an organization called the Joint
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Service Sub-Aqua Diving Centre. And when
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I was there, I trained an awful lot of
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service personnel to be
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all sorts of divers, instructors, and
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diving supervisors, so SANDS in in the
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terminology. So, I feature in there
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along with a whole load of uh other
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people I know and other people I've been
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fortunate enough to dive with. So, so
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this book has been self-published. I'm
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going to put the link in the description
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that you can go and buy it. And of
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course, some of the proceeds form this
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are going to go to charity. So, it's a
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really worthwhile thing. It's a really
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interesting book as well, talking about
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a time when diving, particularly a time
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when diving was young and exciting, and
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a whole load of the rules and stuff, and
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the things that we think are true now
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didn't necessarily apply that they they
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did some incredible projects. They made
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some unbelievable dives. And
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I think we should all be really grateful
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to Campbell and Mark for the research
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that has gone into this, and the fact
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that they've put it down and they've
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recorded it, along with some incredible
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photos as well. And it's it's there for
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all of us to go back and enjoy and
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remember those times when when diving
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was different to what it is now. And And
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to be honest, in some ways, probably a a
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bit better. So, I thoroughly commend
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this book to you. As I say, the link to
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buy it is in the description. I hope you
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all do that, and you will enjoy reading
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it as much as I did.
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