Derek, I can't adequately express how much I appreciate the hard work you put into your videos. Your videography equipment is the best, allowing me, at age 77, to instantly go back in time, bringing back sensual memories so I can smell the musty rock, feel the cold water, feel my muscles strain, my arms and legs bend to reach all those places, and love the tight passages along with the vast chambers. So, so glad you do what you do! Good luck with your future work at Sistema Cheve. I envy you!
I can see what you mean. My pal and I have both turned 70 and we still go on our Old timer trips a couple of times a month. We finding parts of caves we used to rush past in the effort to get to the more extremes of a cave. It’s the whole thing of being underground and with a friend talking about the stupid things we used to do as teenagers 😂
@@williamorford6966If you can still enter a wild cave at 70, you're doing great! I was in good shape at that age, 7 years ago, but I still wouldn't have gone underground anymore. Afraid of a heart attack, I guess, same fear as when taking forever to shovel snow.
Ha! Extreme tight spots, nearly drowning, almost falling to death, lost and no way out... these seem to be the way to get "likes" and subscribers. I'm trying to resist the urge.
Amazing cinematography as always Derek. Thanks so much for your time away from caving to film and edit this video. What a beautiful and fun cave. And just love that the group camped, socialised and had fund too. None of that here anymore in Australia...
This all looks very civilised with a lot of fine passage. I can see why it's popular. What's the cave temperature? Ours is 2-3C so camping is rather grimmer than it looks here.
Hey man I’m from Veracruz but migrated to the us you should check it out there’s caves out there like no other I know spots that are really beautiful and undiscovered I’m in Dallas texas and the caves near here are good but they don’t compare! Good video stay safe out there.
I may not searched enough sources, but I'd like to ask you if there's decent guidebook or published report that cavers can refer to planning expedition. The only thing I know is CAVING EXPEDITIONS, Edited by Dick Willis. Could you recommend any good books?
Cave depth is measured relative to the elevation of the highest entrance? So you could have a 2000ft deep cave if it paralleled a sloping mountainside for 2000ft even if the direct distance to the surface at any point was much smaller?
The usual measure of "cave depth" is the highest elevation survey station minus the lowest elevation survey station (relative to sea level). This may or may not be an entrance, although it happens that the high point in Sistema Cheve is an entrance. You are correct that it has nothing to do with depth below the surface. Lava tubes, as an example, are rarely very far below the surface (often 10m or less), but the deepest in the world are over 1,000 meters of vertical extent from the highest point to lowest.
Love your stuff. The claustrophboia comment made me chuckle. I'm obsessed/love big caves (parks) but the tight spaces make my skin crawl and brain boil. I started watching your video to try and fight that fear but its only worked a little. Those spaces you go through make me so uncomfortable.
Favorite videos ever. This channel is amazing. Love every second being there with Derek. What a beautiful rock we live on.
Derek, I can't adequately express how much I appreciate the hard work you put into your videos. Your videography equipment is the best, allowing me, at age 77, to instantly go back in time, bringing back sensual memories so I can smell the musty rock, feel the cold water, feel my muscles strain, my arms and legs bend to reach all those places, and love the tight passages along with the vast chambers. So, so glad you do what you do! Good luck with your future work at Sistema Cheve. I envy you!
I can see what you mean. My pal and I have both turned 70 and we still go on our Old timer trips a couple of times a month. We finding parts of caves we used to rush past in the effort to get to the more extremes of a cave. It’s the whole thing of being underground and with a friend talking about the stupid things we used to do as teenagers 😂
@@williamorford6966If you can still enter a wild cave at 70, you're doing great! I was in good shape at that age, 7 years ago, but I still wouldn't have gone underground anymore. Afraid of a heart attack, I guess, same fear as when taking forever to shovel snow.
Thank you so much!
"This claustrophobia stuff is TH-cam gold" 😆 Love your videos Derek!
Ha! Extreme tight spots, nearly drowning, almost falling to death, lost and no way out... these seem to be the way to get "likes" and subscribers. I'm trying to resist the urge.
I know you don't get a lot of views but I appreciate the crap out of your videos! Thank you!
These videos are so amazing. They have a certain awesomeness about them which I can’t explain 😂❤
I love your videos. They’re part of why I started posting my trips! Your cinematography is amazing!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for showing us this. Stunning
Hey Derek, Good video, Thanks again
Thanks Derek , Amazing as always
Amazing cinematography as always Derek. Thanks so much for your time away from caving to film and edit this video.
What a beautiful and fun cave. And just love that the group camped, socialised and had fund too. None of that here anymore in Australia...
Very nice🎉🎉❤❤
Crazy stuff
They did make a documentary on the 2021 right?
Yes. National Geographic - Explorer: The Deepest Cave
This all looks very civilised with a lot of fine passage. I can see why it's popular. What's the cave temperature? Ours is 2-3C so camping is rather grimmer than it looks here.
11 C was measured at camp 6 in 2021
I would have guessed 10-13C depending on elevation. It definitely feels colder at the higher elevation camps, and warmer at the lower ones.
Hey man I’m from Veracruz but migrated to the us you should check it out there’s caves out there like no other I know spots that are really beautiful and undiscovered I’m in Dallas texas and the caves near here are good but they don’t compare! Good video stay safe out there.
I may not searched enough sources, but I'd like to ask you if there's decent guidebook or published report that cavers can refer to planning expedition.
The only thing I know is CAVING EXPEDITIONS, Edited by Dick Willis.
Could you recommend any good books?
Cave depth is measured relative to the elevation of the highest entrance? So you could have a 2000ft deep cave if it paralleled a sloping mountainside for 2000ft even if the direct distance to the surface at any point was much smaller?
The usual measure of "cave depth" is the highest elevation survey station minus the lowest elevation survey station (relative to sea level). This may or may not be an entrance, although it happens that the high point in Sistema Cheve is an entrance. You are correct that it has nothing to do with depth below the surface. Lava tubes, as an example, are rarely very far below the surface (often 10m or less), but the deepest in the world are over 1,000 meters of vertical extent from the highest point to lowest.
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*sigh* I miss caving
Caving misses you
Man I would be all over this cave, I'd take biosamples from every pool
Biochemistry for the win
Love your stuff. The claustrophboia comment made me chuckle. I'm obsessed/love big caves (parks) but the tight spaces make my skin crawl and brain boil. I started watching your video to try and fight that fear but its only worked a little. Those spaces you go through make me so uncomfortable.