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We had some friends visit us from London on the weekend, and they were very keen to join us for some tombstoning on the Saturday. The water depth wasn’t really in our favour as the only time we could make it down there was just after low tide. This did give us the chance to show them the ropes from smaller jumps though and after an hour or so the water was deep enough to start jumping from higher.

We also met a few of the guys from Jurassic Coast Kayak Tours who were visiting Stair Hole and taking part in some Coasteering at the same time. If you are interested in seeing the Jurrasic Coast up close then I highly recommend you check them out and book yourself a tour.

We have been contacted a few times in the past by TV, film or other media companies and organisations that are working on pieces regarding tombstoning and want our input. I had a brief slot on the BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast Show towards the end of last summer, along with Nick Biddlecombe, discussing the dangers and what we (my friends and I) were doing as a group to mitigate those risks as much as possible when we were tombstoning.

We have recently been contacted by a writer for a well known and respected news site, who is drafting an article regarding this ‘craze’ and wanted to be better informed before starting the piece. The thing that really stood out though, was this person wanted to join us for a day and take part in tombstoning to see how we prepare, check the area and finally, get jumping.

Understanding that people who tombstone aren’t idiots, but some idiots tombstone, was a refreshing change and we can’t wait to show someone new the experience and thrill we get tombstoning.

Photos and hopefully some video will be up shortly after the event, along with a write-up of how the day went.