SimonK

Sometime in the early 80s I did a marine fire fighting course. Mock-up of a ship, two decks and two compartments on each deck. A small wood fire in one of the lower compartments. Using breathing apparatus and fireman’s suit we had to go in and search for a ‘body’. Couldn’t see a hand in front of your face and the deck was too hot to stand still on. We all ended up with minor burns even with all the kit. Without the BA sets you would have zero chance of getting out.

Brave? I sometimes wonder

I have allways thought of myself as a diver who takes photographs rather than an underwater photographer. Most of my diving is on wrecks in UK waters with a rebreather at silly depths so I have a vast collection of muddy brown photos. Did once have a picture used by CNN, not through any artistic merit. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/08/16/science/hms-hawke-shipwreck-found-wwi-intl-scli Simon