Andy Torbet
British underwater explorer, skydiver, adventurer and TV presenter
Andy Torbet
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Born |
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1976-06-11
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11 June 1976
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Irvine
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Occupation(s) | Adventurer, tv presenter, author |
Known for | Underwater exploring, The One Show , Operation Iceberg, The People Remember. |
Andy Torbet (born 11 June 1976) is a Scottish underwater explorer, professional cave diver, skydiver, freediver and climber, Film Maker and TV Presenter; most notably the BBC 's The One Show , [1] Coast , [2] Operation Iceberg , [3] Operation Cloud Lab , [4] Britain's Ancient Capital , [5] The People Remember , [6] and the Children's BBC series Beyond Bionic which he also co-Produced [7] and spawned its own computer game called Beyond Bionic-Extreme Encounters . [8]
His first book, Extreme Adventures , [9] was published in 2015 by Bantam Press . [10]
He became a host on the show Fully Charged in April 2020. [11]
Early years
Torbet was brought up in the Scottish Highlands in rural Aberdeenshire. His father was a forester on The Craigston Estate. He attended the University of Sheffield , where he studied Zoology . [12]
Army years
Torbet spent 10 years in the British Armed Forces as a Paratrooper , Army Diver, and bomb disposal officer, including serving with the 16 Air Assault Brigade , 3 Commando Brigade , the British Army's underwater bomb disposal team and the maritime counter terrorist group. [13]
He was involved in military operations in Iraq , Afghanistan , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Kosovo , Northern Ireland and Falkland Islands .
Diving
Torbet took up diving at the age of 12, he has since dived on operations in the British Armed Forces , on commercial vessels, and explored cave systems and ship wrecks for his television and publishing work.
He has a number of technical diving qualifications, including cave, mixed gas, rebreather and free-diving as well as professional qualifications as a military and commercial diver and supervisor. [14]
Torbet's most notable dives include the Cave Of Skulls [15] a pothole system in Meall nan Aighean , and Scotland's deepest pothole at 48 meters; exploring the wreck HMS Wager (1739) off the coast of Gulf of Penas , Patagonia ; [16] [17] and the discovery in the English Channel of the MV Shoal Fisher, a wrecked World War II merchant ship.
Climbing and skydiving
Torbet is a qualified mountaineering and climbing Instructor and member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors, with new routes and first ascents in the UK, Canada and Pakistan . As well as rock climbing, he also ice climbs and was a presenter on the BBC 's award-winning Operation Iceberg [18]
Torbet is a professional skydiver; in 2016, on the BBC 's The One Show , he raced a Peregrine falcon in flight while wearing a wingsuit , achieving a win with speeds in excess of 240 mph. [19] [ non-primary source needed ] He also performed a HAHO (High Altitude High Opening) jump for the BBC 's Cloud Lab. [20]
His highest jump to date, is 28,000 ft over the Arizona desert , in the United States [21]
Publications
- Andy, Torbet (2015). Extreme Adventures . Bantam Press. ISBN 978-0593071625 .
References
- ↑ "BBC One, The One Show" . BBC.
- ↑ "BBC Two, Coast" . BBC.
- ↑ "Operation Iceberg: Life and Death of a 'berg" . Radio Times .
- ↑ "Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies review – a scientific romp through the atmosphere" . The Guardian . 24 July 2014 . Retrieved 24 October 2020 .
- ↑ "BBC Scotland - Britain's Ancient Capital: Secrets of Orkney" . www.bbc.co.uk . Retrieved 24 October 2020 .
- ↑ "Best daytime programme: The People Remember" . Broadcastnow.co.uk .
- ↑ Beyond Bionic (TV Series 2018) - IMDb , retrieved 6 October 2020
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Thorgilsson, Ari (12 May 2018).
"Beyond Bionic
: Extreme Encounters"
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: CS1 maint: url-status ( link ) - ↑ "Reviews: Extreme Adventures by Andy Torbet" . Divernet.com . 10 August 2016.
- ↑ Extreme Adventures Andy Torbet . ASIN 059307162X .
- ↑ Show, office Fully Charged; Bristol; Park, Bath Science; Crescent, Dirac; Green, Emersons; Bristol; Bs16 7fr. "Fully Charged | Clean Energy | Electric Vehicles | Renewable Energy" . Fully Charged Show . Retrieved 6 October 2020 .
- ↑ "About | Andy Torbet" . andytorbet.com . Retrieved 15 May 2016 .
- ↑ "A Man of Extremes" . behappymagazine.co.uk . Archived from the original on 15 March 2016 . Retrieved 15 May 2016 .
- ↑ "Authors: Andy Torbet" . Penguin.co.uk .
- ↑ "Cave of Skulls" . sidetracked.com .
- ↑ "Wreck Hunting in Patagonia" . andytorbet.com . Archived from the original on 18 March 2016 . Retrieved 15 May 2016 .
- ↑ "Mount Misery to the Gulf of Pain" . Divernet.com .
- ↑ "Operation Iceberg Team, Andy Torbet" . BBC.
- ↑ "BBC The One Show, Facebook" . Facebook .
- ↑ "Operation Cloud Lab: Secrets of the Skies review" . The Guardian . 24 July 2014.
- ↑ "The One Show's Andy Torbet for terrifying skydive in new show" . Digital Spy . 3 July 2014.