Mark Ellyatt | |
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| Occupation(s) | technical diver & Instructor |
| Website | http://www.inspired-training.com |
Mark Ellyatt is a Britishtechnical diver and instructor. He teachestechnical diving all over the world, including the UK,Egypt,Lebanon andGreece.
Mark Ellyatt held the record for the world's deepest dive reaching 313 m (1,027 ft) in 2003 35 miles off the coast ofPhuket,Thailand with a dive lasting seven hours, beatingJohn Bennett's previous 308 m (1,010 ft) record.[1][2] Ellyatt's dive computer reading from the dive was made available.[3]
In 2003, during a previous extreme deep diving attempt Ellyatt suffered extremeisobaric counterdiffusion (ICD) during decompression, and only survived the dive by virtue of being helped by his support divers.[4] ICD is a common malady in extreme deep diving, and nearly claimed the life ofJohn Bennett in his world record setting deep dive. Don Shirley also suffered extremely serious ICD during the dive which killedDave Shaw.
Ellyatt assisted the local diver Christian Francis in discovering the wreck of the battleshipHMSVictoria in 2004, 150m underwater off Tripoli,Lebanon. The wreck sits vertically on its bow, partly buried in the seabed - described as being its 'own underwater tombstone'.[5][6]
Mark Ellyat has written about his early diving experiences and later record attempts in his bookOcean Gladiator, published in 2005.[7]
