Spelunkers are crazy, out of every stupid thing you could do that has a high chance of killing you of you if you make a tiny mistake you choose spelunking?
Exploring beginner friendly caves is really cool. But tight passages like this and the nutty putty cave one are absolutely terrifying, and I want nothing to do with it.
My first and only cave experience was with a friend who had done the tunnel before so he knew where it went and was safe. It was slightly wider than my shoulders and started with climbing a rope up into the tunnel from a river and ended with a T intersection.
But scuba spelunking gives you the worst of both. Easy to get lost, easy to get stuck especially because you have a big tank on your back, if you let silt kick up its easy to get turned around and lost in the cave, and of course you also have a limited air supply.
At least you die faster. If I was in the position of the guy in the picture underwater I would just spit out my regulator.
Also if you have the tanks on your side and you never take them off to go through a hole you can be pretty sure that you can go through anything back if your remove them. Siphons tho, that's a different story
LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn't say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say "blood pressure monitor" -- unless you're in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don't do or their friends don't do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don't want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
I've spoken with the cave divers at Wakulla Springs, in Florida. They've done a bit of serious research there, mapping it back several miles. The opening of the cave is 120 feet below the surface, and goes deeper still (I'm remembering 300 feet) once one gets inside, with the pressure of the water pushing outward. They compress for 6 hours, can be down there for 6 hours, and then decompress for 6 hours on the longer expeditions. AFAIK no one has died in that one, at least not for a very long time. There are mastodon bones at 90-120 feet, that one used to be able to see from the surface.
Sorry if that wasn't clear. I'm honestly curious how "spelunking" got to be such a popular word.
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Spelunkers are crazy, out of every stupid thing you could do that has a high chance of killing you of you if you make a tiny mistake you choose spelunking?
But this hole was made for me!
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Exploring beginner friendly caves is really cool. But tight passages like this and the nutty putty cave one are absolutely terrifying, and I want nothing to do with it.
This IS the nutty putty cave, the pic is just rotated 90 degrees.
The picture makes my skin crawl because I read about the guy.
It gets worse knowing which way is down in that picture XD
Oh god so much worse. Just a nightmarish, horrid way to go. It seriously freaks me out imagining it.
My first and only cave experience was with a friend who had done the tunnel before so he knew where it went and was safe. It was slightly wider than my shoulders and started with climbing a rope up into the tunnel from a river and ended with a T intersection.
Yeah, choose SCUBA spelunking like a real daredevil!
Wingsuit base SCUBA spelunking
LoL, now we're talkin'. Base jumping has gotten soooo booooring.
scuba is waaay less dangerous. if your shit fails you can surface (depending on depth of course) the bends aint fun
I think they meant cave diving. Spelunking, but underwater. Incredibly dangerous.
yeah fuck that noise.
ive seen signs at cave mouths that are mostly skulls
But scuba spelunking gives you the worst of both. Easy to get lost, easy to get stuck especially because you have a big tank on your back, if you let silt kick up its easy to get turned around and lost in the cave, and of course you also have a limited air supply.
At least you die faster. If I was in the position of the guy in the picture underwater I would just spit out my regulator.
Also if you have the tanks on your side and you never take them off to go through a hole you can be pretty sure that you can go through anything back if your remove them. Siphons tho, that's a different story
No one calls it spelunking who actually does it, at least in USA
I won't cave to peer pressure, and will always call it spelunking.
Best way to show you don't care about the actual sport imo
LoL. I do have a lot of respect for those SCUBA cavers. I had a friend in school who was so disappointed when I didn't say sphygmomanometer, and I love words so much that I try to use the longer/ less used ones when I can get away with it. :-D
You can use the words you want, although in most situations people will understand you better if you say "blood pressure monitor" -- unless you're in the medical field and need to be more specific.
The caving one bothers me because people talk about a sport they don't do or their friends don't do with a word only outsiders use. It shows you don't want any connection to the actual people who do it and who sometimes die in accidents.
I've spoken with the cave divers at Wakulla Springs, in Florida. They've done a bit of serious research there, mapping it back several miles. The opening of the cave is 120 feet below the surface, and goes deeper still (I'm remembering 300 feet) once one gets inside, with the pressure of the water pushing outward. They compress for 6 hours, can be down there for 6 hours, and then decompress for 6 hours on the longer expeditions. AFAIK no one has died in that one, at least not for a very long time. There are mastodon bones at 90-120 feet, that one used to be able to see from the surface.
http://floridacaves.com/wakullaprofile.JPG
Dude that's awesome!! Cave diving sounds like it's come a long way.
You do this whole thing and never once tell us the super secret proper word for spelunking...
Disregard saw your other post...it's called caving...
Sorry if that wasn't clear. I'm honestly curious how "spelunking" got to be such a popular word.
If you want to see some fun caving content, and also the world's first proto-creepypasta, check out Ted's Caving Page. https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
I don't know what any of this means. Is spelunking what the English call it?
Not sure how Americans ruined racing or rugby. Some of my friends play rugby but I never really liked it.
what do they call it, "Get stuck in impossibly tiny hole upside down and die"?
No they call it caving.
Good thing we aren't in the USA then.
Do they call it spelunking where you are? I'm curious if any caving communities actually call it that
I thought the USA was where it was called Spelunking. In the UK it's called Potholing because of the small entrances to vertical caves, or caving.
I don't know anywhere it's called by spelunking by the people who actually do it.
The bougie name
What would Saddam Hussein do?
He'd say "It was made for me! This is my hole!", and climb in.
The dialogue actually goes the other way, because manga panels (and speech bubbles and texts inside) are read right to left.
Oh yeah, You're right!
Probably die.
Not a great way to go.
My brain is fried. I thought this was the Saddam Hussein meme.
Nope. One of the most horrifying stories ever meme.
Im not Saddam Hussein so I wouldnt be in that situation
Just pull yourself to your side and climb down
I sleep like a baby knowing the risk of this happening to me is 0%
Never go into the cave
I don't even go to places where a cave is a option!
Athletic thrill seekers come in all skin colors 🌈
There are wine caves and cheese caves. I could spend several lifetimes exploring those.
Otherwise, no thank you.
Hoping I die from something else
At the risk of whooshing, what does this have to do with being black or not?
Black people typically don't do stupid shit like climbing into tiny caves.
Didn't a bunch of miners just die in South Africa in a likely similar situation?
I think doing stupid shit is a universal experience.
Sorry, I should have clarified that I was referencing the stereotypical black American mindset as I've experienced it.
Fair enough.
Easy, I’d prevent myself from being in that situation. What would you do, order a pizza?
Average gambler IQ be like, "just one more cm bro"
What's thus got to with gambling?