| Has been diving since 1983 and conducted over
1,000 dives. A BSAC Advanced Instructor, SDI Instructor and TDI Extended
Range Instructor. In addition Guy is a National Speleological Society (Cave
Diving Section) Full Cave Diver. Has taken part in over 40 expeditions in
the UK and abroad. The most notable ones have been assisting Rod Mcdonald
in his survey work on HMS Hampshire in the Orkneys in 1996 and an expedition
to the States in 1997 to dive some of the deep wrecks off Florida including
the Wilkes Barry at 72 meters. Interest in cave diving started in 1996 after
completing an IANTD overhead environment course at Holme Bank in Bakewell.
Later that summer a further trip was conducted to the Lott and Dordogne
and subsequently a number of trips to Florida. Interest in diving the Prince
of Wales and Repulse started in 1997 after talking to Marion McQuaide of
the Ministry of Defence Naval Secretariat. It has taken since then to gain
the necessary approval to conduct the trip and put together a suitable team
of civilian and service personnel. He is hoping to produce a book about
the sinking of the Prince of Wales and Repulse, linked with an account of
the expedition due to be published in the Summer of 2,002. |