Category Archives: Training

Swimming Loch Rannoch …..

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Mark Lyons

Swimming Loch Rannoch …Many many years ago Colin Scott and I arrived at Dunkelds Craig ‘a’Barnes just north of Perth, to find a wet crag and an uninspiring grey day that certainly wasn’t going to lend itself to any hard … Continue reading →

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Swimming the Border Big Four….

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Mark Lyons

“The Borders Big Four ” This long distance wild swim consists of four of the largest lochs in the Scottish Borders. Swam together they are a little under 11 miles of breath taking beauty… Swimming them all in one day … Continue reading →

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DPV training Luca syleeee in Portofino

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Mark Lyons

A diver propulsion vehicle (DPV), also known as an underwater propulsion vehicle or underwater scooter, o is an item of diving equipment used by scuba divers to increase range underwater. Range is restricted by the amount of breathing gas that can be carried, the rate at which that breathing gas is consumed, … Continue reading →

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Sidemount – The Trim Awakens

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Mark Lyons

  my research led me here …  “Sidemount is a scuba diving equipment configuration which has diving cylinders mounted alongside the diver, below the shoulders and along the hips, instead of on the back of the diver” …….    I … Continue reading →

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