October 2021 – Page 2

All Arms Commando Course & Rowing The Atlantic | Podcast #216

Posted on 6 October 20216 October 2021 by Chris Thrall

All arms commando course & rowing the Atlantic ocean, features Jack Jarvis, who is setting out to row across the Atlantic ocean, unsupported.

All Arms Commando Course & Rowing The Atlantic

Jack Jarvis is a resourceful, adaptive and tenacious individual. After joining the British army at 16 years old, he immediately volunteered for the All Arms Commando course. On successful completion, he spent the next seven years of his career within 59 Commando Squadron. This gave Jack a wealth of experience in risk management and operating in high stress situations. Jack won the British Army indoor rowing league in 2019. Jack’s next endeavour is to row 4500 nautical miles across the Altantic ocean, unsupported.

Transcript from ‘All Arms Commando Course’ podcast

Jack – I’ll be the first person to go from mainland Europe, to mainland north America, non-stop, solo unsupported. That just means you can’t stop anywhere, not in the Canaries or the Caribbean. People say you’re mad or you’re brave and I remember when I first volunteered for 59 Commando. I could do two pull-ups and I couldn’t climb the 30 meter rope.

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The All Arms Commando Course & Rowing The Atlantic Ocean | Jack Jarvis | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast

Posted on 5 October 202119 December 2025 by Chris Thrall

Last Breath On The Sea Bed | Bought The T-Shirt Podcast #215

Posted on 4 October 20214 October 2021 by Chris Thrall

Last breath on the sea bed features Chris Lemons, a commercial diver who was stranded on the sea bed with only minutes of oxygen left to survive.

Last Breath On The Sea Bed | Chris Lemons

Chris Lemons has been a commercial diver for over 14 years and currently specialises in deep sea saturation diving. In September of 2012, a failure of the dynamic positioning system, resulted in his umbilical cord being completely severed. In total darkness, 300 feet on the sea-bed, Chris had just five minutes of breathing left. With no way to protect himself from the freezing temperatures, only quick thinking could save Chris from certain death.

Transcript from ‘Last Breath On The Sea Bed’ podcast

Chris – It’s definitely a profession that potentially can be very dangerous. I’ve been lucky, I’ve always worked in good places. I’m a saturation diver now and you have to do so many years as an air diver. I worked off sort of the west coast of Africa, Brazil and the middle east, places like that. Generally I work for big companies where safety has been paramount. You get to the point where you’ve worked in those situations, you know that becomes second nature to you. I wouldn’t go anywhere and accept anything else now. You know I wouldn’t accept it for anybody I was working with either.