Divers React to Small Cave Passage (CLAUSTROPHOBIA WARNING)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- This small passage at Madison Blue Spring is on many cave divers' bucket list but it is so narrow that only one team is allowed at a time; but before we dive into that footage, we answer the very popular subscriber question: "If losing the guideline is so dangerous, why don't you tether yourself to it?"
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As someone who used to skydive. I have a massive amount of respect for what you guys are doing. With that being said, This gives me more anxiety than standing at the plane door.
That’s the one thing I’ve always wanted to do is skydive.
@@xaphan8581 It is a lot of fun, I recommend everyone at least do a tandem jump once in their lifetime. It just got too expensive for me. But, highly recommend!
@@xaphan8581that’s one thing I refuse to ever do is skydive, I’d rather regular dive and eventually cave dive.
Skydiving, at least free fall skydiving was the coolest thing I ever did. But this…nope!
See I'm the opposite. I love diving but it calms me down when I get below the surface. Skydiving is 100% pure terror and adrenaline the entire day. I guess we all have our things. Isn't life amazing like that?
As a diver but non cave diver, I would love a video on how you do your deco and dive plan etc from start to finish. Love to see how long the whole dive takes and the different stages.
The answer is not that exciting. It’s an app lol
2 Years sober inspired by you guys and others! I'm down to 210 lbs and cannot wait to start learning how to dive!
2 years congrats brotha!
Well done brother
Here’s to believing you can double them years easy and be eyeing a new scuba setup by then too 👀
Fr tho, keep up the good work my man! :)
Wow! Congratulations! I believe in you.
Massive congratulations dude. Stay strong 💪
Thank you guys you exist. Every time I have a feeling I don't want to gather friends to dive and thinking I'm fine to dive solo- I watch your talk, feel down to earth again, and this feeling is gone. Probably at this point you already have saved my life.
Dived with a "professional" DM in Sodwana Bay, South Africa. She was from the States, and knew everything about everything. Her show-off trick was to clip the locked-off buoy-line reel to her BC to demonstrate "perfect buoyancy". Everything went swimmingly until the boat ran over the SMB...
Love the tether exercise! Logically I knew entanglement would be the issue, but seeing the visual is really helpful to understand the dangers of line work. Very cool! Rocky horror looks absolutely wicked, I would love to dive it someday. much love to you both 🤍
The tether had me cackling, so funny! Thanks for weathering that for us Gus!
IKR? Hearing Gus and Woody giggling talking about getting tether-tangled with lights out and 6 people tethered.... I was about to have a panic attack just thinking about it, but they had me laughing in spite ofvit. 😂
I'd freak out. I am glad I can live this vicariously through you-all. 😆
They look younger because they drank the water in the lead mine they dove in 😂
ya I could never do it, my worst fear is deep bodies of water and being stuck underground
Drop these boys a like everyone! Best dive show on youtubes!
No….. I dive in my bathtub
As someone who has always wondered why tethering to the line wasn't a thing i now completely understand why it's not done. Thank you for demonstrating.
Wow! This was BRILLIANT!!!! I wish you’d start a whole series of Gus trying out dive suggestions.
Great suggestion!
Gus can be the crash dive test dummy. How to get untangled.
What to do when you loose your light.
Getting stuck. Fighting the current flow to get through a cave.
Something tells me Woody and Gus have more and better ideas💡.
Give me a couple ("few"?) weekends and we'll be able to test JET POWERED SCOOTERS!!!
I'm still balancing the mix of thermite to the fuel-oxy screen to keep from randomly burning it out in seconds... which invariably seems to blow out the side instead of the turbines continuing to push like "thrust" is supposed to work when controlled... haha...
HOPE Gus is up for it!!! ;o)
Imagine being the first person in this cave who was tasked with mapping this out… crazy
OMG Gus! That tethering has was epic!!! SOOOOOOO many things could go wrong! I was picturing that with zero viz! At the end of that jump was even scary to watch in great viz! Even shooting the video could be risky if someone panicked even a little bit.
BUT! That video was epic!!!!
Ok can we please acknowledge the black magic is making these guys look years younger than they did when I first found them 2 years ago?
CAVE DIVING IS THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH!!!! 🎉
PROOF "You're only as old/young as you FEEL."
Find any thing that makes you excited to get up in the morning and greet the days like a kid going to the candy or toy store, and you'll have a VERY LONG AND HAPPY youth! ;o)
That's because diving makes you younger... that and as you mentioned the cave diving... which is often in Florida springs and that's the exact location that Ponce de Leon was searching for the fountain of youth... you may be onto something here.
What fountain of youth did they dive??
Thank you for actually showing why tethering doesn't work. Some people need help visualizing a concept. You could have just said "bad idea" but by showing the tangles and reclipping to the lines, you let them come to the same conclusion.
I also agree with Woody. Trying to tether in a dark would be impossible. I'd still like to see him try because watching you is always fun.
I can’t imagine how many times the mainline would get damaged ripped off of a tie, or even broke from being tethered
Exactly.
What happens if you’re going through a really narrow passage, and someone else is trying to come the opposite way and you meet in the middle?
whoever is exiting gets priority
@@DIVETALK so it’s back it up buddy !!! lol. I thoroughly enjoy your programs💙🌊💙
Hey Woody and Gus! I've been watching your videos for awhile now and I got inspired to finally get my OW certification and got it yesterday.
My goal is to be able to do cave diving but I admit I have a lot of dives to get under my belt and work before I consider getting training towards the next level in the road towards that goal. Thanks for everything you guys do!
The stage bottle belongs to me. It's one of six that are currently in the system to support exploration dives by Karst Underwater Research. It's slimy, but functional. Please do not disturb it.
Didn’t even touch it
I don't even know how to swim so whether or not I would try this is a moot point but I feel like the mere mention of a cave underwater makes me want to pass out. Cave divers fascinate me and I can't decide if you guys are extremely brave or absolutely bonkers 😂Probably somewhere in between, huh? Anyway, thanks for sharing videos like these and describing what's happening, it's so interesting and I can see these places from the safety of my couch with my cat
Maybe a little of both... BUT I can't find a single justification to avoid learning at least how to swim. I know you may well be "well and truly clear" of known flood areas, BUT it's a non-zero chance. You don't have to fall in love with it to just have the skill to keep your head out of water and get back to dry land.
Beats the hell out of "freaking right out while you drown"... if anyone asked me. ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 Oh, I agree. I just haven't had much opportunity growing up in a city without access to pools. I do live next to a river, but the Hudson in the 90s didn't seem like a great place 😅 Now that I'm old I still don't have great access to anywhere I can learn, but I'm also much more of a terrestrial creature. A pathetic doggy paddle is going to have to serve me as well as it can in any emergency 😁
@@caligulard Yeah, the Hudson didn't inspire me with much confidence in the 90's either... Visited during the TWA-800 clean up while I was in the Navy...
I was lucky growing up in Tennessee... we had the Doe and Watauga... fairly good, save the 34 F summertime water temperatures regularly encountered. You're on a running clock at the best of times... haha...
In any case, a doggy paddle is better than absolutely nothing... AND of course, best of luck with it. ;o)
Dang fellas, that was supper narrow. Excellent dive Guss! This one was a lot of fun to watch, beautiful cave👍👍 Ben is a fantastic underwater camera man. very nice to watch.
The anxiety I felt during this! (I know, my own fault for watching 😅) I can understand going in to big crystal caves, senotes with a lot beautiful rock formations and huge halls, this? This seems like madness 😂
Amazing video as always ❤
I agree, I’d rather swim with sharks any day of the week. But good luck to them 😊
Omg! I got the opportunity of a life time! Today august 10 2023 I just got accepted to become a divemaster internship I start this Sunday!!!
Did Rocky Horror over the weekend on the winder with 50s and a stage, dive buddy on a JJ and 85s. Totally do able, made it past the pressure gauge to around 3500 feet and got tired of swimming.
That stage at the balcony is a KUR bottle for the ongoing exploration.
-Wes
Thanks for the clarity Wes. That stage looks like it has been there for a long time.
@@DIVETALK the caves will certainly do that. I've had bottles in JB for about 6 months and they certainly looked suddenly aged.
@@snipes10272 haha damn
Oh man the teather is so funny! Actually laughed loudy when Ben pulled you backwards LOL
I love the talk about the tether and jump line. Although its exactly what rock climbers deal with and it was hilarious to listen to.
THAT was hilarious. I'm only an OW diver, the only thing I know about cave diving is from your channel and it makes sense now 😂
I was talking with my gf earlier and was explaining a scientific theory about particles being excited, the name would not come to me of the theory, and then i watch a divetalk video and was reminded that its called entanglement. thank you.
I've been binge watching your older content for 2 weeks now and this is the first one I caught that is recent...where did the rest of Gus go?!?! Looking good brother! I've only dived once and never should have with the 30 minute training we got lol (cruise excursion). Absolutely loved it though and hope to get certified someday
You boys have my utmost respect. I've done British Army dry cave's, with water and sumps, with small restrictions, but under water caving, that is serious stuff. Love watching your streams and keep up the good work
A good analogy would be people who work on extremely high antenna installations. They free climb the whole thing, more or less - only clipping onto something when stopped to work or rest, etc. - because the constant unclipping and clipping onto the structure, especially with their tools hanging off them, is WAY more dangerous. It really makes sense when you imagine going through the process in some detail.
I tune into this channel periodically but haven’t watched in a year or so. Gus looks great man. Can definitely tell he’s taken his personal health seriously and it shows. Good work man 🤟🏼
Ig you do a test like gus did woody it would be great to show the gold line getting cut when tethered to it ( put a line in knowing it will be cut so the real gold line isn't damaged).. but can almost imagine you'll have zero idea that you are on the line and completely lost... then ok the line when its cut to see the difference.
Great video !
What about cave line that has fiber "dots" woven in that are like a sensor and there would be a device that is worn on the wrist that acts as a map for the "lit" line. If you lose the line you just look at your wrist and it shows you where the line is and also the picture on the wrist could expand or zoom out to show where the line goes as well. Kind of like a gps but with the line. Eventually we could have it be totally lineless maybe and only use a multitude of tracking dots to map with. Although, we are a ways off from the security of tangible line.
Cool idea but you’re putting a lot of reliance (aka your life) on a digital device submerged in water lol. And regardless of that (bc ofc there are other diving devices that are digital) I think the biggest obstacle would be financing. Who pays for the (expensive) fancy line? The county? Parks service? Federal government?
Guys,
Rocky Horror IS snug, but do-able with Double 104s back mounted on a large sized diver (ask how I know ).
Now we need footage of the Courtyard upstream after Rocky Horror. Simply gorgeous cave
John
It is gorgeous back there!
I always have an alternate dive plan when doing this dive. There has been several times my buddy and I have arrived at the sign and a team is already in, so we switch to our alternate dive plan.
Gus fighting for his life making that jump 🤣🤣🤣
I was hoping you and Ben were gonna fly away together lol
The tethering of oneself to the line is like underwater handcuffs. It just makes it so much harder to operate considering how many obstructions and hazards there could be. I don’t understand how people truly believe it’s a good practice
Me neither. It’s funny to read all these comments saying we just didn’t use the right “tethering technique”
Mad respect for you guys!! I know from watching your channel if it’s done properly that it’s reasonably safe but my mind would just freak out and not let me do it..
I have Mad Respect for these two 🤿🏊🏻♂️!! I have Major claustrophobia, going to stick to snorkeling 🤿 and watch these guys with awe from AFAR 😅!! Great show guys 😊
I love your content! Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thank you for the endless hours of entertainment I didn’t know I needed!
I love talking about cave diving and the channel with anyone who will listen!
It is really gorgeous in there, I love everything but the tethering
Just started my open water diving course. Thanks to dive talk for inspiring me to do so!
Watching Gus try and manage that tether was craziness lol. I can imagine that a tether IN THEORY would be safer in a lot of those commenters' minds, but seeing it, in reality, it is just a jumbled mess lol. Great video guys!
I'm in no way a Diver and clipping and unclipping to a line looks like such a pain
The diver in front of the camera man did such a good job not kicking up even a spec of silt
3:54 That tether is a question I also asked awhile back. I get it now. Forgive us (non divers,) for we know not what y'all do! 🤣
7:36 I can't 😆
12:30 Maybe they should've put that sign somewhere on the bank or the beginning route to the cave? This really was a great video!
I was wondering how long it would be before y'all decided to offer online classes. Congrats 🎉
14:47. "Superfun"??? I cant even finish watching the video! Lol
What a video. I loved watching the exercise of trying tethering. I'm excited to finish training and get to a place where I'm ready for RHS!
My Mom said as she watched this with me "don't you find this scary as s#*+!?"
😂 No Mom! Exciting!
"you're out of your mind" 😂
Yeah, Mom's are like that... My mom has said exactly those same things about literally EVERY "adventure" I've embarked upon in my life beyond visiting Theme Parks and going on rides... ;o)
@@gnarthdarkanen7464 mine would probably say that about theme parks too 😂
@@ScubaGirlsInternational Well, growing up "a bit more country that most", my mom was a tad more adventurous than many other guy's moms...
My mom would take us, kids, out to catch lizards and salamanders, go to theme parks, fairs, and such to ride the rides, and she really TRIED to give us space "just to be kids"... I love her for that...
She still regarded my love for aircraft, mountain and cliff climbing, scuba, boats in general, motorcycles, and many MANY other things as evidence I was "directly out of my f***ing mind"... and so were most of my friends according to her. ;o)
Hey guys i have a question for you:
Would you eventually be interested in reacting to some mountaineering disasters /stories like the K2 disaster from 2008 or Everest disaster from 1996?
I know it sounds weird because this is a dive channel but if you look deeper into it you realise the causes of deaths and the reasons are very similar to diving.
Lack of oxygen (altitude sickness) has basically the same effectas nitrogen narcosis and your discision making.
Silt out is basically like whiteout or snow blindness.
Time is a important factor to not run out of oxygen..
Would be very interesting to look into
Thanks for the offer but at this time we feel only comfortable talking in our lane which is diving. We just don’t discuss areas that we don’t have any first hand experience in nor are professionally trained in. We preach this type of training to our viewers so we must adhere to this as well. Thank you again for the offer.
Woody
So i am not a diver, but from my understanding cave diving is basically a xonstant repetition of several tasks all at the same time (check o2 and co2 ratio, lay the line, swim, reorient yourself according to the diveplan, etc. etc.). So using a tether to me seems like a good way of complicate a complicated procedure even more than it already is.
And adding zero value in the process
😂I've got a big smile on my face after watching that. Love you guys! Can't wait for the follow up clusterf*ck tether video.
This might be my favorite video of yours so far, love Gus getting frustrated with the line lmao
Yea I’ll never be one to dive anything that tight lol
I’m a 6ft 3 big dude, so I’ll stick to areas with plenty of space lol
Awesome video!
I've been binge watching your videos for the last couple of weeks. The content and knowledge is amazing!! I also got to say Gus you look great! I just watched the swimming with crocodile episode and you're definitely no wildebeest bro! Woody you're a rockstar man! Keep making great content for a land lover like me!
"Super fun" ... swimming through a straw-sized tunnel ... nope, I could never, I'm out, got stressed just watching it. 😅
Man gotta say it again Gus lookin good man
This was great 👍 the videos at the beginning were great fun, but they highlighted the issues really well, I would have already been tangled up and drowned 😂
Bells.
The thing that would make the line better is bells.
Let me explain, bell can be made to ring at a given frequency, sound travel well inside water, so we make those tiny water proof bells and make so the resonate at given frequencies.
There, you got yourself a line that can be found in a more easy way, especially if you bring something like a sonar.
That footage from the Rocky Horror tunnel is a lot like what I would imagine a turd would see if they had eyes. Total colonoscopy vibes. You got a "turds-eye view"!
I once had someone ask me about parachuting into the water with scuba gear and then diving. I made one important point. Those with rock climbing also are opposite sports as far as safety is concerned. (I've done all three sports) rock climbing and parachuting you dont want any gear fasteners to come loose. In scuba, you want everything to come loose easily hence bolt snaps. Self clipping carabiners with difficult release is a bad deal in scuba. My LP85 doubles (93cuft with the plus) are bigger than hp100s. Silly heavy too.
I could happily watch an entire dive with you guys talking about it
That was hilarious when you are clipped to the line I can’t stop laughing 😂
I am dying at the guy dragging you along 😂😂😂
Pure Comedy, one of the best videos so far!
Glad you think so!
Tethered to the jump line was pure genius, I was dying 🤣🤣🤣@@DIVETALK
I Can't stop watching those guys 😂❤
Gus you look fabulous!! Diving must feel easier. Love to watch you both, hey Woody.
duuuuddde you guys did so good on this i love your reaction videos you guys are so wholesome keep it up!!
(Grimmfury) Gus & Woody, thank you for this fun video I really enjoyed your tethering exercise. Love you guys.
Tethering to the guide line has a major pro, and a major con. Pro: "If" someone were to run out of air and die, you could easily find them. Con: Line could break in a number of different scenarios which would be disasterous to everyone.
There are no pros.
Nice! Some people asked me the same question about being attached to the line! Ahaahahah!
I stumbled upon you guys last year thanks to Zeus. I'm not a diver but I love your content! Keep it up!
"Might as well die." Got me really bad XD
Gus has lost a lot of weight! Looking good. Should be able to get through some of those tighter restrictions
I'm not a diver. But being tethered just seemed stupid before this video. Now, you've confirmed my belief.
Your videos popped up on my for you page somehow and ive been watching for the last few weeks . Ive always wanted to dive but to afraid to try . I live off the coast of Vancouver canada 🇨🇦 love the sea and all the beautiful creatures it provides . Ive only watched a handful of videos but i DEFF noticed your weight loss gus . I dont know how or why the journey started but jus wanna say ur looking like a skinny cave diving king 🤴 😊 ( not that u need to be skinny to be a great diver )
You could practice signals like tapping or dragging your one or two fingers signifying how many divers and which direction they were heading on the other divers forearm,
out is elbow to wrist in is wrist to elbow then if you want both divers to figure out their tethers you grab at their elbow and then grab at their wrist and it only means identify your tether placement
That sounds terrible. Definitely not worth it or necessary
@@DIVETALK understandable, just a thought however you two have the expertise and I am not very knowledgeable on the subject besides learning through your videos.
I appreciate you replying to my comment, you two provide a great outlet as well as community for divers and non divers alike to understand and or troubleshoot serious and dangerous situations while also providing your own personal experiences and self critiques to be able to steer any part of the open water diving/cave diving community in the best direction to avoid putting themselves or others in life threatening situations and I look forward to every upload keep up the good work
I think Woody should actually tether to Gus's tether as a full function test
I was so tense watching this from the comfort of my office chair.
Hell no to the NO!Just watching this made my anxiety skyrocket! No thanks. Props to those who can, though 👏🏻
The sign is great to notify dive teams of the size but, what happens if the exiting dive team "forgets" to change the sign upon exiting?
i couldn't do it. impressive that you can do this stuff just watching sends my anxiety sky high
You see you said it for me Gus, if you had to bail out at that point, it would suck? See my brain says, then don't put yourself in the position where that could happen my man.
I did a sky dive once, that shit sucked all the way down, I didn't balf or pass out but when I got back down I knew sure as shit wasn't doing that again, there comes a point you have to ask yourself is it worth it.
Not to try and deflate your fun though, I love watching you all risk your lives, these caves are cool as, and I do think I get the fun in it.
Keep making great videos and be safe down there Holy Divers (RIP Deo)
Bailing out is not a big deal
@@DIVETALK I am not a diver and definitely defer to your expertise, it just looks and sounds squeaky bum to me. You guys do make cave diving look and sound much safer than I imagine it to be.
You've obviously proved that a tether is the greatest idea in the history of cave diving XD
You're welcome
8:37 if you drop the clip in the dark or there's an emergency your screwed. You will be trapped in line and twisted
Love the video! I don't think I'd ever want to dive this - hello claustrophobia - but it's great to have the opportunity to see it 😊
Alexey Molchanov WORLD RECORD 133m freedive.. I believe this deserves a reaction boys! 💯 💯
I don't get the 'OUT' option on the sign...isn't that the default?
Good point. But I guess it just makes it even more obvious perhaps and is an added reminder for the team to take that action of being sure they moved the clip off the “inn” label? Might as well put that clip on something that says “out” rather then clip it to nothing.
@@DIVETALK Very True! :) Love listening to your show. I have always wanted to scuba dive but never got around to it. Maybe it isn't too late for me. Not sure I would want to dive so deep though. I would be more about diving in shallower, light waters to explore eel grass beds and the like.
...and Gus, Woody doesn't bubble!
Woodys like nevermind a tether im wrapped up in this cable already lol.
That was a great and well done video. I've done Madison a few times but haven't done Rocky horror it's on my bucket list. It would be really interesting to know if that abandoned stage bottle has a name on it?
Someone commented and said it was KUR’s
When Unclipping in lights out, keep one hand firmly
On the back line until the front line is hooked and don’t let go until you confirm it’s on the front line
Or…just use your hands
@@DIVETALK I’ve never gone diving in my entire life yet I am the master
The flow.😂 keep kicking
Oh how funny! Gus, thank you for showing why this is a bad idea by way of an actual demonstration! Gus & Woody rock!
Gus is really good in shape!
Make the line out of fiber optic plastic so shining a light on it makes the whole thing glow. Shark tank time baby
The video is so educational - and SO FUNNY with the tether. I had a good laugh about the third situation 😂😂😂
please repeat this blind folded. I imagine it could be hilarious! Of course try it in a safe situation at always 😄
Just found your guys channel and I’m hooked!! Love the content💙💙
Hey @DiveTalk, have yall seen "The Deepest Breath"? It's about free diving.
I did. Great documentary.
@DIVETALK I'm curious about a few things. The arch at the blue hole, why can't a scuba diver be in there just for guidance/steering? I understand they can't keep up.
Also, during the competitions why not have a safety diver on gas every few meters? Or those bells that hold air pockets.
If you're holding you're breath, an several meters down, could u abort and catch an air pocket safely?
Thanks guys.
Dope video guys always love hearing you guys weigh in on stuff. ANy of you guys ever dived in New Zealand? There's some great spots down these ways. :D
Not yet!
Get it, film it, please thankyou@@DIVETALK
Good stuff - t!he clarity was amazing.