Rob V’s Thoughts On His trip so Far
The first day of the Depth Therapy package involved basic diving training and skills. To begin with we met the instructors that are to be taking us through the diving ventures over the 9 days. We began with an introduction to the equipment and the usual safety points that goes with them and then suited up and entered the training pool. We concentrated mainly on swimming around the bottom of the...
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On the Eve of the latest trip we are pleased to announce the Patronage of Mr Mark Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton has been a long time supporter of Fraser and has agreed to join Deptherapy, we are all very please about this and Mr. Hamilton will bring a wide range of skills and knowledge. Profile With 35 years experience in security, safety and crowd management, Mark has acquired a considerable range...
Read MoreEquipment Handover in Mayor’s Office
On Friday, April 17, Kelvin Richards and John Knight from Oceanic SW.Ltd came to the office of Mayor David Bell in Solihull, West Midlands, to present the Scuba Diving Equipment for the Deptherapy/Eagle Divers First International Troop Dive in the USA. Without this very generous donation it would have made the trip a lot harder and more expensive for all involved. Donated equipment included...
Read MoreAbout Fraser Bathgate
A Short Biography: As the instigator of the Deptherapy programme, Fraser Bathgate is the key person in this organisation. At the age of 23, Bathgate was living in London and was set to join a climbing expedition to the Himalayas. Shortly before his departure, Bathgate fell 25ft from a climbing wall, landing on his heels on the concrete, breaking bones in his legs and feet and compressing his...
Read MoreDeptherapy Launch
At the launch of Deptherapy in London, March 19th Steve Hand, Fraser Bathgate & Matt Croucher GC along with Dominic Lovett (in powered chair) who will all be on the next trip. Also in attendance was Kelvin Richards from Oceanic who brought along the new Data mask which Dominic will use while he is with us in Key Largo and Franz from Breitling. The Launch was attend by representatives of the...
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