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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyNkm2088Kw I've been watching some of these videos and there's not a single cave dive video which isn't the most horrifying poo poo ever. Why would someone do this? Just seems like a terrible way to kill yourself.
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The call of the void is powerful, and some go to it in the most terrifying way they can dream up. Personally I just eat too much pizza and don't exercise.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:25
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Just decaf coffee for me, thanks.
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I can't even think about someone else doing it for more than five minutes or I start to panic. Most insane terrifying crap I can imagine.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:26
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Soapy_Bumslap posted:The call of the void is powerful, and some go to it in the most terrifying way they can dream up. Goatse be like that sometimes.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:27
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I remember some story of a guy ending up stuck upside down in a cave for days that was absolutely horrific. He and his brother took a wrong turn while caving and he thought the narrow tube he was crawling through was gonna open up to a big chamber, but in reality it led to a drop down another narrow tube. Something like that.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:30
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Yes 100%. I'm sure you already checked some videos out but spelunking is just as hosed. Check out the case of Nutty Putty Cave if you are unaware of it.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:30
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A good friend of mine loves to cave dive in the limestone caves of Florida and Mexico and it’s basically all he does w his free time. Really great guy and I wish him a long life, but I’m still trying to figure out a tactful way to ask to listed as a beneficiary on his life insurance policy.  E. He told me that there are situations where, because of oxygen/pressure timing issues, you will basically know you are certain to drown about an hour or two before you actually do, which has always struck me as incredibly terrible Brother Tadger fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Apr 18, 2022 |
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Apr 18, 2022 22:31
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Brother Tadger posted:A good friend of mine loves to cave dive in the limestone caves of Florida and Mexico and it’s basically all he does w his free time. Really great guy and I wish him a long life, but I’m still trying to figure out a tactful way to ask to listed as a beneficiary on his life insurance policy. 
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Apr 18, 2022 22:32
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I've done a few cave dives, nothing like going into a whole cave system or anything, but still, it's a way to make scuba diving (a pretty boring activity once you've done it a few times unless you're at an S-tier site, really) more interesting.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:34
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Brother Tadger posted:A good friend of mine loves to cave dive in the limestone caves of Florida and Mexico and it’s basically all he does w his free time. Really great guy and I wish him a long life, but I’m still trying to figure out a tactful way to ask to listed as a beneficiary on his life insurance policy. this sign makes it seem like there's a cool demon in the cave who doesn't want you to find his secret crystals. it only makes me more curious. makes it seem like a cool thing to do. they should just put a picture of some moss and say 'this is what you're about to die to look at, you boring idiot' roomtone fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Apr 18, 2022 |
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Apr 18, 2022 22:34
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Mellow_ posted:Yes 100%. Yeah spelunking is terrifying, imagine getting stuck and slowly dying over the course of god know how long and just having your corpse there. It's like people want to go through reverse birth or some poo poo.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:40
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any cave explorers, not just divers sure you might not drown in a cave (not guaranteed because they can flood rapidly during rainstorms), but they have pretty much the same risk of getting lost and never finding your way out, plus the risk of getting stuck in a tight space, falling, or even suffocating probably should just stay out of any cave
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Apr 18, 2022 22:44
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Lt. Cock posted:I remember some story of a guy ending up stuck upside down in a cave for days that was absolutely horrific. He and his brother took a wrong turn while caving and he thought the narrow tube he was crawling through was gonna open up to a big chamber, but in reality it led to a drop down another narrow tube. Something like that. sounds like nutty putty cave  this is why i dont go spelunking without lubing up first.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:45
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Probably better to suffocate rather than slowly die of thirst.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:49
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Most of the people doing extremely dangerous stuff like cave diving are upper middle class white people who are suffering from ennui and desperately want to feel alive by putting themselves in a dangerous situation.
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Apr 18, 2022 22:54
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Big Scary Owl posted:Yeah spelunking is terrifying, imagine getting stuck and slowly dying over the course of god know how long and just having your corpse there. It's like people want to go through reverse birth or some poo poo. There's a good dollop ep on one, https://allthingscomedy.com/podcasts/340---kentucky-caver-floyd-collins
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Apr 18, 2022 22:58
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Lt. Cock posted:I remember some story of a guy ending up stuck upside down in a cave for days that was absolutely horrific. He and his brother took a wrong turn while caving and he thought the narrow tube he was crawling through was gonna open up to a big chamber, but in reality it led to a drop down another narrow tube. Something like that. This is my hole!
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Apr 18, 2022 22:59
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:sounds like nutty putty cave Oh yeah, this is the one. Unrelated, but there was another story I saw on these forums ages ago. Ted the Caver. Very much a work of fiction, but super eerie iirc. Edit: Angelfire still exists. This might suck now idk. It was big in the simpler times of the internet where we were starved for content and everything seemed real. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/ Lt. Cock fucked around with this message at 23:10 on Apr 18, 2022 |
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Apr 18, 2022 23:06
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Lt. Cock posted:Oh yeah, this is the one. This is still hella good read
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Apr 18, 2022 23:30
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Cave's actually own pretty hard. Digging your own tunnel is great, nature providing a big one for free is even better. Normies can get a little taste of the cave experience at places like Carlsbad or Mammoth Cave. Try it, it's great. If you read The Tombs of Atuan as a kid and thought "yes, please!" caves might be for you.
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Apr 19, 2022 01:00
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Caves are cool and I like 'em and all, but I really don't wanna die in one. Doubly so for underwater ones. Like half of the deaths that Mr. Ballen dude covers are from cave diving.
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Apr 19, 2022 01:08
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:sounds like nutty putty cave So this guy died and they never even got his corpse out, they just buried it with explosives and concrete. He didn't drown either, he died from being trapped upside down in a narrow underwater tunnel for 27 hours! If that isn't one of the most horrifying ways to die, I don't know what is! So I think the answer is an emphatic "YES", OP
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Apr 19, 2022 01:10
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Nah
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Apr 19, 2022 01:16
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BIG TIT LIL NIP posted:sounds like nutty putty cave One of the most terrifying parts of this death is that it was fuckin slow and agonizing for him. That sounds obvious, but since he was upside down he got to experience the feeling of all of his blood pooling in his head over the course of many hours until he had a stroke.
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Apr 19, 2022 01:20
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I've always found tight spaces soothing, like an extreme version of a weighted blanket. those videos that get posted in the cursed images thread or whatever of people descending into small holes in the ground do not fill me with fear but with zen-like peace. so to answer the title yeah probably
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Apr 19, 2022 01:20
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Mellow_ posted:One of the most terrifying parts of this death is that it was fuckin slow and agonizing for him. Yeah, and they managed to partially pull him out at one point before he got lodged in harder. 
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Apr 19, 2022 01:30
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it's called spelunking because you have to be under a witch's spell to do it
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Apr 19, 2022 01:34
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Cave diving is for narcissists who insist "it couldn't happen to me!" They are all deranged and need help.
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I think there is definitely some sort of yet categorised mental illness identified by not just the willingness but the actual desire to try to jam your body into extremely tight spaces I think that cave diving is actually less insane because at least the caves are fairly big so it's more of a challenge/death defying sport where you can definitely die but it will because of some mistake you made at some point, whereas the really extreme spelunking is basically a very esoteric suicide attempt
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Apr 19, 2022 01:41
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Yeah I've had nightmares about this poo poo and never even done it.
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Apr 19, 2022 01:41
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I could maybe understand it if there were dwarven treasures under the loving earth or something, magic swords, whatever, but the reward for swimming into a deep, enclosed void filled with silt and ready to kill you as soon as you make a single false move is... just some more loving underwater rocks This is the best cave diving story ever and also shows how loving dumb cave diving is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or92IMcLoIc
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Apr 19, 2022 01:46
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Apparently there’s some kind of tropical paradise full of dinosaurs and godzillas and etc if you go deep enough. Most divers are just trying to get there and get some good instagrams.
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What's cave rent like these days?
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JonathonSpectre posted:I could maybe understand it if there were dwarven treasures under the loving earth or something, magic swords, whatever, but the reward for swimming into a deep, enclosed void filled with silt and ready to kill you as soon as you make a single false move is... There are some choice quotes in there such as: "drowning is my biggest fear" and "we're never doing this again are we" and then a minute later "Imma do it again"
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Apr 19, 2022 02:20
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My old boss lost two wealthy elderly husbands to the free diving habit she turned them on to, so it seems to be a good inheritance delivery tool.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:My old boss lost two wealthy elderly husbands to the free diving habit she turned them on to, so it seems to be a good inheritance delivery tool. Shallow water blackout?
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:My old boss lost two wealthy elderly husbands to the free diving habit she turned them on to, so it seems to be a good inheritance delivery tool. Saves a fortune on a burial too. drat, she's savvy. Still single?
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abigserve posted:I think there is definitely some sort of yet categorised mental illness identified by not just the willingness but the actual desire to try to jam your body into extremely tight spaces This isn’t actually true. Many cave dives are just as narrow as spelunking caves. In fact, my buddy has an oxygen tank rig that is specifically designed to float next to you (rather than be attached to your back) so you can squeeze through tight spaces and then pull the tank behind you. Of course, you could go to wide open caves, but then you might as well be doing open water diving 
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I've done Actun Tunich Muknal in Belize about 3 times and at one point got invite to help do a more complete survey since the cave system isnt fully explored. It's pretty neat and since it was a Maya ritual site the archaeology was dope.
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