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My follow on book The Darkness Below was published in 2012 and charts the development of our sport from open circuit trimix diving through to Closed Circuit mixed gas rebreather diving. The final book in the Diving Trilogy, Deeper into the Darkness, was published in 2018.
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The Pinnacle, Corryvreckan Whirlpool,West Scotland
Our group of 6 divers struggled in the swirling currents to rendezvous at the appointed time on top of the Pinnacle, the column of solid rock that rises up from a chasm in the Gulf of Corryvreckan more than 200 metres deep to just 30 metres beneath the boiling surface of the Corryvreckan Whirlpool. The Pinnacle is both the cause of and the very heart of the Whirlpool, one of the largest whirlpools in the world.
The Gulf of Corryvreckan is a half-mile wide channel between the islands of Scarba and Jura through which the whole might of the Atlantic daily floods and ebbs with incredible fury. Declared unnavigable by the Royal Navy, it is a hugely foreboding and intimidating place to be.