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I stopped this attempt at a blind descent and started to go back up the anchor line. I moved into a head up position and kicked my legs to start moving upwards. Why I didn’t just clear my mask now and then recommence the descent I don’t know. I had just lost it - and was bailing out - whatever. Looking back, the main trigger for all of this was the simple fact that I was thrown by not being able to see the seabed below and not knowing what depth I was going into. That sealed how I behaved.

I reached the surface and my head broke through into daylight. I pulled my mask up and the water flooded out of it. I was back beside the Zodiac and safety. As I talked to the divers in the boat reassuring them that I was fine, Colin appeared unexpectedly beside me. He swam over to me and asked if I was all right. It turned out that he had got right down to the bottom at 25 metres. When I hadn’t appeared down beside him he had followed the rules and made his way back up the line slowly.

I had given up on the idea of the dive completely and felt a fool. But, Colin was very understanding and persuaded me to have another go. I agreed and we started the descent once again, this time Colin was right beside me, holding onto the strap of my ABLJ.