Worlds Most Dangerous River, The STRID
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2020
- The River Wharfe is a river in Yorkshire. For much of its length it is the county boundary between West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire.The Strid. Needless to say, the Strid is an extremely dangerous place, and visitors should take care to keep a safe distance from the edge, a must see place with a sad history.
The thought of being sucked into a cave never to be seen again gives me chills. My condolences to those who've been deceived
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Never search Nutty Putty. Jesus
@@chrisere9 One of the most chilling stories ever. Stuff of nightmares.
And to the comments above, if only you had stfu, i wouldn't be going to search it now, thanks...
@@ReallyTY4Real so how was it
The fact that the river is running UNDER the rocky banks is CHILLING!
Yes it does and you can feel it through the rocks like an eerie vibration.. Local.
its frighening!
@@Dave-hu5hr actually that’s crazy!!! That rock has been eroding for a long time that’s for sure.
Below those waters there are catacombs of rock passages, packed with the skeletons of victims. Some accidental, some not.
@@josephastier7421 Are you saying people commit suicide by jumping in it?
I'm watching from far away on the other side of the globe and I'm already freaked out.
Same
Same!!!! I'm like GET OUT DUDE RUN
Yeah me too that sounds scaary. Dont get drunk around there.
Imagine being an unknowing traveler and coming across a similar river and decided to get a drink
Not a globe. Everything points to flat plane. Not
Planet. You are special, I am special. We as humans are special. We are the center . We are not a microorganism in the cosmic scene. Believe your eyes. Zero photos of earth that are not CGI. There’s not a single genuine photo.
It amazes me that nobody has made a 3D underwater mapping of the Strid... Would make a cool National Geographic special... Can't it be sonar mapped then made into a 3D model?
the logistics of defeating the treacherous currents and the severe undertow would make any mapping a real challenge. Filming would not be a option as the water is highly stained with mud and silt.
Then people might actually think there is a way to survive and die trying LOL
@@nmb-u- Meh, Liam Neeson as Rob Roy could swim it with his hands tied!
I've always wondered if that was somehow possible
@@gregbaldwin5144 Or... reroute it, dry it out, map it, then put it back... murica...
5:57 “The gorge is over 9m deep here, more than 2 double decker buses on top of each other” That is basically the British equivalent of Americans using football fields for measurement.
It's almost as if they could use tokens to get on such buses right
I have never seen it like that but yh i gotta agree
😭✋🏽
9m is 29.6 freedom units for all you patriots out there
also the most british thing i've ever heard
That water is deadly smedly , fish have been known to drown there ..
Fish even get warned to stay away
@@glennoc8585 it’s unfortunate how many fishes have tried swimming there, not knowing it will be their last..
S M E D L Y
Poor fish...i wish i am good enough at swimming to save the poor drowning fish
how tf do fish drown??
I like this guys voice as a story teller.
It's a nice accent
Sounds like he's from Manchester
North English have some of the coolest accents ever lol
I would say he is from manchester....
Yeah
2:32 you can see the water didn't flow one direction but kinda spin around, indicating that it's a whrilpool underwater.
I'm guessing that one spot is the actual killer.
@@josephastier7421 its all of it
@Yo Mama the 2 currents that meet cause the whirlpool. the water is running from under the rocks causing a current that fights the other. causing the whirlpool.
My boy here knows what he's talking about. If you ever for any reason have to cross a stream, river, or bay by going through, always watch the water surface for flow. If the water seems to contradict itself, flow in circles, or rush away from dry ground rather than parallel to or towards it, stay away.
Edit:
It's worth noting that water flowing toward dry ground can also be an indicator of dangerous currents. Especially if it flows with an unexpected speed, or if floating things tend to clump against the flow or sink before reaching the shore.
You’re right, that’s the case in every spot the closer and closer I look
I watch this right after 'Very Deep Water' vid. The guy with the stick.
Same
Woah, same
Same
It's yet another rabbit hole of youtube. Now for the next two weeks or so the recommendation would be filled with body of water stuff
Noice
I'm honestly just wondering how many bodies are hanging under those rocks you are standing on. It's an interesting video, I searched for one who explained it like you did.
None. Ground away..
@@Dave-hu5hr None? Plenty have died there. I’d check yourself again
@@johnnylego807 I think he means none as in any bodies that have been trapped under there wouldn’t be around any longer due to the “pulverization” that the guy discussed in the video.
There Bodies would have been grinded up. Think about how you operate a cheese grater. The water being you and the people being the cheese. They would have either drowned. Or had there heads smashed in by being bounced off of rocks. Or had there necks broke before they were turned into sediment. This might be natures cruelest creation thus far. Haunting...
@@johnnylego807 i'd check the comment again😂
When i was a Boy i was swimming in a lake on a mediterrane mountain island, minding my own business. One time i saw Bubbles coming Up, adventorous as i was i stuck my head down Just to realize they we're from scuba divers at least 20 m below me, exiting a cave... Ever since i grown cautious. Hated deep water. Sometimes.you think its 10 m but its actually thrice
love the use of the word thrice
I hope "thrice" is a word, non native speaker here.
But yeah, even though I'm like a fish in water (and on land too lol) the way I misjudged the situation scared the shit out of me...
@@MasterCeesar Loved it because its not a word that gets used very often but it means exactly what you meant it to mean. I vote that we all use it more often!
@@MasterCeesar thrice is a word, meaning three, it's not used very often anymore but it should be!
@@hirsutebodkin6888 I second that. Anybody to thrice it?
At first I was like “how is this thing possibly dangerous? This man clearly hasn’t seen the Congo” and then I watched some more and my heart dropped when he said that most of the water was beneath the rocks he was standing on!
That’s exactly what I was thinking this definitely looks deadly and very scary but I still think the worlds most dangerous river is in the Amazon and it’s boiling anything that enters dies.
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@@grime2.085 I've heard about that. But only in movies. Thought it was a legend.
@@waxdoe115 yeah it’s very much real
@@waxdoe115 so did scientists until 3 or 4 years ago.
Yea I kept think how is this more dangerous then the zambezi river but then he mentions how it looks inviting but is really a death trap. When he gets close to the rapids you can really see that almost every part of that river looks extremely dangerous and by the sounds of it the most dangerous parts aren't even visible. Don't know if I would call it the most dangerous river in the world but its definitely up there.
Even though it may be impossible or destroy the enviornment, just hypothetically id love to see a dam upstream so it dries out so you could see the caves and structures, shouldnt be done as said, but very interesting thought
I agree that would be really interesting if they could. I bet there is all kinds of stuff from different times down there
You wouldn't have to dam it. You could build a bypass for the river
@@crusaderdanbottledigginguk what kinda stuff do you think? Like bones & bodies or different kind of stuff?
@@misguidedangel6550 maybe excalibur or something
@@doraspoljar697 How much would that cost though, to build a bypass?
That Thing creeps me out hard :/ i get a really bad feeling just watching this
You do stood next to it as well haha
Not at all, I grew up near Skipton and its a place I know well as I once worked on the Bolton Abbey estate. Despite the number of people who have tragically lost their lives in the strid its a very beautiful place, that whole valley is. No bad feelings at all, just locals all know how dangerous it is and treat the edges of the strid like one would the edge of a cliff.
ME TOO
@@GU5S ugh
Mate you have convinced me. Even the name Strid just doesn't seem right...there should be a fence around that thing and there's a tiny warning sign.. bloody hell... It should be the size of a billboard.
Well the name in old English means turmoil
There should be a high fence around. It
@@tammygronskei6776 that would ruin the beauty
Typical of the English to want fences and warnings around a natural beauty. Some plaques here and there is more than enough.
@@Fabianwew not really
Hi, the honeymoon couple did end up in the strid, they were found down stream at addingham a month later. I was a paramedic and a member of the fell rescue that searched for them on that day. Historically the boy egremont was swept away in 1154 as he tried to jump it whilst hunting. When the river is in flood it’s a very different and dangerous beast that’s quite unnerving to be next to. Nice video and isn’t it a beautiful part of the uk?
That's very interesting. It makes me wanna swim there.
@@osamabinladen824 no
@@Hijamerd Why?
@@osamabinladen824 I thought they already threw you in the ocean.
Some of the people from years ago are probably still down there pinned to the back wall of a cave somewhere..
Yeah because the human body doesn’t deteriorate. Let’s just ignore the jagged rocks that line the strid and the constant currents dragging bodies back and forth. There aren’t any remains just sitting at the bottom of the strid.
@@thisjustin7492 you never know could have been pinned under a rock
@@thisjustin7492 Bodies have been trapped even in regular rivers. With caves underneath they could be trapped without being pulled. Bodies can also survive for thousands of years without oxygen.
@@Fabianwew rivers do contain dissolved oxygen
@@thisjustin7492 They ARE the Strid.
1:19 that whirlpool literally said "jump in to die"... scary
I was a nervous wreck watching this. You got entirely too close to that water!
Glad I'm not the only one who yelling at my screen for him to get back, lol!
same guys i thought the water would reach up and pull him in at any second!
@@kudolemon9888 XD
Folk stupidly jump across it sometimes. Its fine one way but the other way is when folk fall in.
I've seen some teenagers jumping across back in the day they bloody darn well gave me a heart attack
Same saw someone very nearly fall in
can’t say i wouldn’t have been stupid enough to try that as a teenager. a lot of us grown folk are probably lucky to be alive
Bloody ell mate
It could be lava & I'd still jump it.
To the ignorant it just looks like a regular stream and kids tend to jump over or build rope swings at streams, so it's up to parents in the area to remind their kids that the Strid is one stream that if you fall in you've only got a small chance of getting out of and that depends on how good your grip is.
Damn, that's a scary river. One of my biggest fears is getting sucked down underwater.
At least it dies fast and relatively not that painful
@Stellvia Hoenheim along with your body being mangled and mashed about
I was river floating with my perants as a kid. The string connecting me to there inertubes unraveled and I started going away from them towards a log. I don't remember who but one of my parents were able to make there way over to me right before I got sucked under that log. I would have been pinned beneath it becuase there was small gap under it with water push down under the thing. This video made me remember that time I almost died. Since then a boy and a girl I knew from my school drowned together and now I think I'm done with rivers for good.
Wonder what the early people of Britain made of this place, they would’ve imagined some kind of creature living in the water
Kelpies
There is an almost geologically identical river in Australia, different climate and the rock type is different but the river cutting into bedrock with tunnels and caverns is the same. The Indigenous Australians have a series of myths about it and how it swallowed up almost everyone who went into it, I'm sure this river is the same but the stories are lost to us.
I’m sure the river would’ve been associated with local mythical creatures
People living in ye olden times doesn't mean they're idiots lol
Leave that , the world over before abrahamic religions - people had similar beliefs and believed everyr river to have a guardian deity or spirit or many other subordinate spirits etc.
When something was so commonly believed in old world - it must have some truth.
6:12 We must respect the brave man then went down to show how deep it was.
I’m from the Appalachian mountains and this is absolutely the kind of river I wouldn’t have had a second thought about getting it. Scary to think about
I'll have to take the mother-in-law there soon.
Obv a joke but I wonder how many sick people have actually pushed people in there knowing it would kill them.
Emsye Somewhere a mob boss is really pissed this guy is giving it more attention
Take mine and I'll pay for your fuel and coffee.
@@1220b lol
Well i hope yr wife doesnt hear about this.lol
My great aunt, (who passed in 2007), often told us lads the tale of when HER aunt fell into the strid, to teach us that not all is as it seems, and that EVERYTHING poses a threat no matter how small, (or in this case large) it may be. She and her family were there on holiday from Kent, and her aunt had a butterfly net trying to catch monarchs or something, and must have stepped the wrong way. It happened SO fast she didn't even have time to scream. All they heard was a sharp gasp behind them followed by a splash. When they turned and looked all they seen was the little wooden net quickly floating through the "Narrows," and her father simply stated: "That's that." If this sounds like a cold response, that's because it IS. The reason for this is, it occurred back in the mid to late teens around the end of WW1, and people were USED to heartbreak, and death was much more common. Or to quote my dear old aunt: "When men were made of iron, and ships were made of wood." Tough breed.💪💪
That's one of the most horrible things I've ever read
Oh my god…
Hahahahahahaha
@@DamageMaximo Thank you. It is a tragic story, but the lesson has served me well, so thank goodness for small mercies.
@@Lucia-uk4jq Sad no matter how long ago it was.
Well, I now have a new thing to throw at parties in my D&D campaigns.
That is just sadistic xD LOVE it!
Player : Fill bottle with water
DM : Bam ! The deadly strid sucks you and you are pulverized by the currents.
Player : Ill stick to video games.
@@dopplesoddner2899 what, no saving throw? Jeez, you are definitely a DM 🤣
Such a beautiful place and yet so deceiving.
It does make one wonder what treasures may lay in the depths. I am surprised there are not more precautions taken to keep people safe. Thank you for sharing this very interesting place. 🙂👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Ian, thats a very interesting thought what is at the bottom of them caves. Cheers mate 👍
@@crusaderdanbottledigginguk I would say to him to Nvm worrying about what treasures lay in the depths. The treasure is what nature has given to mankind to be left as is, which is this beautiful picturesque place. Deceiving yet so deadly.
@@locominyana8916 yeahhh but for somebody who isn’t all into nature I’d just like to know what’s in the water lol
@@kevingalentay6097 That curious notion my friend, has seen the destruction of many majestic places over the eons. We humans need to learn & appreciate nature's beauty better. Don't get me wrong, I'm not implying that you don't, but the mystery & intrigue of such places make up the very character of what makes these so beautiful.
Been there years ago when I went to visit Bolton abbey, learned the story about the fast cavernous water underneath, heard of people going in and disappearing. Excellent presentation, thanks Salford uk
They’d be ground to a pulp by now, but there would be some fascinating artifacts tho
I had the same thought, imagine how many knights have been swallowed by that deceptive River
one or two, the rest would've learned to stay away :)
I wonder how many knights have been sucked of in a cave 🤔
@@alanwilson4860 only the ones that brought their tin openers with them! 🤣🤣🤣
@@johnnymacf1 that’s hilarious 😂
Given that in medieval and Tudor times drowning was a major cause of death, I suspect that people would have been more respectful of the dangers.
Plot twist: This is found footage. The camera was recovered 200 metres downstream.
Great video. Thank you! Man, that is scary how the banks are undercut like that. It does look very deceptive.
Thank you Bryan, my thoughts as well very deceptive
He doesn't even no that for sure, no one does. People just say whatever they want and gullable morons eat it up.
@@jackmehoffe9662 why dont you go there, get in the river and let us know then?
2:43 The backwards flowing current in that one spot is probably the killer.
All of it.
the rest of the water is flowing beneath the very feet of that man, in underwater caves, there's also very spiky rock at the bottom, the rapid flow of water and the decreased buoyancy you have at that water because of all the air bubbles being created (basically, you jump and wont float, you'll fall to the bottom and be totally crushed by the rock).
@@valerianaranjocruz25 thank you for explaining the physics behind it
My father experienced something similar when he was living in New Zealand where he was sucked under and pushed into a subterranean cave and the way he survived was the top of the cave was higher than the water level and he had an air pocket to breath, until rescuers eventually were able to locate him and pull him out later. Got to respect nature and the unknown.
"and the way he survived was the top of the cave was higher than the water level and he had an air pocket to breath" That's extremely lucky. Such caves are actually pretty rare. Also it doesn't work if the air pocket is Hydrogen Sulfide (which happens a lot in coalfields).
Everybody goes on about how the shape of the gorge in the Strid makes it dangerous and they usually miss the 2nd aspect of its dangerousness. If there's heavy rain up the dale, the river can rise quite quickly and overtop the stone banks to either side of the Strid. The shape of the banks means it's fairly easy to get stranded in places as the water level rises and you end up getting swept away.
Back in the 80s/90s, there were no warning signs around the Strid and somebody drowned in it every couple of years. The bodies usually turned up around Otley.
I jumped across as a teenager. Would not want my kids to do it!
you did WHAT
holy shit
You didn't trip over your Massive balls?
@@bonkosuckacocka983 how can he when he has giant angel wings.
Guys chill he just did a double jump.
Seriously though what the actual fuck were you thinking fam?
there's a river like this where i used to live in Australia called Babinda boulders. there's an ancient indigenous legend that a womens ghost drowns men, and men have only drowned there like the legend says. it's because of the giant boulders that pull you under.
You beat me to it! I used to live near there too. And it’s true, only young men die there. It’s actually a pretty creepy place and reminds me of a tropical version of this...
Needless to say, the only reason they've illustrated a diver in that gorge is because a drowning person wouldn't be appropriate!
Haha very true
@@T77489 a rope would safe them thats securely anchored and maned
@@JJDetroitfan925 Physics mate. 🌊
@@Dave-hu5hr You could just mount a metal pulley or something though. Wouldn't have any range of movement using it is all.
Just heard about this ! Thank You for giving us a visual of what this river looks like. Very scary !!
"The rocks aren't the edge of the river.... They're an overhang." Perfectly expressed and perfectly explained. Thankyou.
This was an incredible video, man. Thank you so much. Absolutely beautiful terrain as well.
Looks like a lovely tubing spot, but knowledge is everything. I’ve never seen a river structured like that. Amazing.
Thanks Dan for this exiting and interesting clip! thumbs up and hope to see more from you :)
Nice video ! Looking forward to see more from you. Very interesting place also.
I enjoyed that. 😊
Well-done; l'll have to look at some of your other vids. 👍🏻
Thank you
Waw that's a crazy river Dan I've swam in many rivers up here in Scotland many looking similar , it just goes to show you the unseen forces of nature to watch out for
Very true Richie you just never know haha that sounds good doing it in Scotland. I love going to scotland
Bloody hell.... I was 13 when we walked from Appletreewick to Bolton Abbey. We went along the Strid and no-one told us, warned us, nothing expect it was a famous set of rapids. I remember being very disappointed, not at all impressed and a bit shocked at how small it all seemed.
So thanks for the story and reminding me what an ignorant peasant I was as a kid.
I’ve been there, and I can confirm it looks inviting, it’s just has something about it that makes you want to get closer to it. Such a nice park.
I think most rivers, streams, hold an attraction for us…especially if they are in a charming and pretty setting….but I want to see this one just out of morbid curiosity.
I really wish that some one stops the river and pump the water out so it is dry and no water
Would like to see how the cave looks like and whats under
Me too that would be really interesting.
@@crusaderdanbottledigginguk aren't there any very dry summers when the water gets low?
Would absoulotley ruin the nature. It would be cool, granted, but i dont think it should be disturbed. The strid is as beautiful as it is dangerous.
@@g1ngerrobot794 Draining it for an hour isn't going to destroy the ecosystem.
@@DaveDexterMusic you'd need to block the flow of river flow w/ some sort of dam or build a channel to bypass of the area. Either way will leave environmental scars.
Greetings from Minnesota! My family came from Preston, England in 1699!! I hope to one day visit!
Greetings from Manchester England wow thats great that you know that,. Thanks
Just came across this video and your channel. Great video, and very interesting information about that river which seems so quiet and inviting. Gained a subscriber!
Great video, thanks for the history lesson. Love your energy bro
Fascinating! Thanks mate, great video
I used to go to school near here and have visited it (and nearby Bolton Abbey) many times. It is a delightful place to spend time BUT, very deceptive. One interesting thing I have noticed is if you sit down on the rocks in certain places, you can actually feel the ground trembling slightly, which is a testament to the powerful water currents flowing unseen beneath the overhanging rock faces. What looks like a fairly shallow stream is in fact 20-30 feet deep and the water velocity is very high. Furthermore, the moss makes the rocky edges very slippery! I have no doubt many people have been deceived by its shallow and narrow appearance and tried to jump it, or venture too close to the water, only to slip in and lose their life. Sometimes when the water level gets unusually low, you can begin to see the complex rock formations and whirlpools that lurk a few feet beneeth the surface. It IS a beautiful and hypnotic place but, extreme care must be taken at all times!
That is wild, thank you for sharing your story!
Amazing job covering this!
Thanks for the vid. A fascinating and scary place for sure. I was getting nervous when you approached it. You have to think that all that water gets compressed into the relatively narrow areas and pushed into the hollow parts underneath.
Thank you for sharing this with us, Dan! This place is absolutely fascinating. I would love for some geologists, or some sort of marine scientists to send an ROV down there so we could see what it actually looks like underneath the water there.
Thanks mate and yes that would be very interesting
you wouldnt see anything under water, too much peat in the water making it brown and too much water movement
Yes, I'm curious if anyone has tried. Perhaps we just have to wait for the tech to be invented.
Drain the strid off for scientific study by damming the calm section.
Thanks for the video i was looking for an informative one subbed
Thanks a lot Noel 👍
What a fascinating video. You have a very good way of presenting information.
A very interesting yet morbidly dangerous place. You explained it well. I think Tom Scott also made a video about the Strid
i screamed when he put the camera right over
suuuuure
I have heard that the Strid is really deep and is almost bottomless and then I came here. Good video and history information and examples sir!
Thank you very much glad you like it sir
It's not bottomless it's about 20 foot max in normal conditions
@@rogerbrooks842 well, _almost_ bottomless :)
it's very deep and interesting nonetheless
@@rogerbrooks842 - it only has to be more than your height.
@@rogerbrooks842 how do you know?
love this dude, real Strider insider. Never knew this and you are probably saving a couple of lives. Keep reporting, you are a natural!
Nice vid sir, interesting👍🏻
Imagine being drunk or high and stumbling here.... wouldn’t be a fun story to tell if one at all
It would be very interesting to see a section (drawing) through the system showing average depths, dimensions and slopes. Also throwing in a test dummy and following with sensors/GPS tracking travel.
This is an outstanding video on the strid. Filmed at the perfect time of day the lighting is amazing 💯👍
This makes me re-think all the waterfalls I’ve swam near, almost completely alone at times.
How do they know it's 9m deep? I read that whenever scientists have put equipment in to measure the depth and/or current, it is so strong that it has always ripped the equipment away!
Interesting stuff! Would love to visit, but I would not want to go anywhere near the edge - one simple slip and that's it.
This video may have saved some lives. I hope everyone in that location sees this
it's just today i've learned about this river. thank you for sharing!
and indeed you did a good job with your presentation.
I do a lot of kayaking and been on some pretty dangerous waters. After you study water dynamics a little and you learn to recognize things that you should steer clear of, such as low head dams... I have to say that a couple of sections of The Strid clearly look as areas you should never enter... particularly that boiling pit... it looks absolutely terrifying, like a guaranteed trip to the afterlife.
This is what pretty much every stream in Appalachia looks like
The immigrants from England to Appalachia must have felt right at home.
That's the movie setting for the horror movie about spelunking isnt it?
Interestingly, the Appalachian Mountains used to be part of the same mountain range as the Grampians/Scottish Highlands millions of years ago when the two were connected. That’s why they look so similar, because they were formed around the same time.
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@@dougules I read somewhere that just about the time people started emigrating to America, a lot of England’s forests and wild areas had all been chopped down, the land mostly farmed.
When he said that the water was under the rocks, my stomach sank and anxiety started immediately
When he said that I felt calmer
@@sirgeorgioalastrata4104 suure thing kid
Nice Video. Very informative.
This is an awesome video. I expected some voiceover with some pictures of the river but my man Crusader Dan is actually on location. Definitely gonna check out more of your vids :)
I’m a new subscriber watching from Honolulu Hawaii USA
Reminds me of a place in Far North Queensland Australia at Babinda called the Boulders,same scenario people get caught under rocks and drown.
What a mesmerizing place. Hauntingly beautiful.
Live about 10 minutes away from here in Silsden! Beautiful walk! Always remember the story of a newlywed couple attempting to jump the gorge on their wedding day and ultimately drowning...
Man that's humbling 😎 STRID happens to be my last name , thanxs bro if it wasn't for you I would never have known 👍
No way haha maybe your family came from that area back in the day. Thanks mate
Imagine being so close to death without realizing
Man, I'm not afraid of the dark or small spaces, but conbine them with flowing water and you've got an absolute nightmare of mine. The idea of being sucked into a small dark tunnel full of water and drowning under there really freaks me out.
Good video neat story 👍!
Bloody hell! I do alot of ferreting up these parts of yhe yorky dales ive jumped over parts of the wharfe at bolton abbey. Never knew about Mr.Strid tho! Ooooh bloody hell i wnt do that again!
I bet thats nice around the dales and ye i did not know until i looked it up haha ye be careful mate
I jumped over parts at Bolton abbey too when I was about 11. Not been to the Strid.
It seems that posting signs along the river, warning of the danger would be important. Unless you are already aware of the danger, how would you know about the caves? It is kind of like the rivers and lakes in Florida, where there are alligators and no signs.
Should be common sense in florida. Everyone just dumb ash😂
Very informative & interesting. As a rule of thumb I keep away from most bodies of wild water. I travelled a lot growing up and it was drilled into me that you never know the dangers of the water, what might be lurking etc, so best to keep back altogether.
When I first looked at the river he was showing us I thought it looked pretty tame compared to other rapids I have seen but as he went on that sounds like one of natures finest traps and I love it.
Because it's not really a rapid, it's a whirlpool, or rather a whole series of them. Rapids aren't neccessarily dangerous: if the current is simple, the water deep and the surface it goes through smooth and predictable, you can actually swim through a rapid. I know of one such "gentle rapid" at Eagle Falls in Washington State: the rapids fairly powerful, but it's simple enough that as long as you swim in to it head-on and centered you'll be fine.
My intrusive thoughts would tell me to jump in
thumbs up, Piff, thumbs up
don't.
@@DamageMaximo positive bro nice
"This is one of the most dangerous rivers in England, if not the world"
*approaches the edge*
Great vid, I'd never heard of that river , frightening stuff. Great heads up.
Thank you for the stories and the nice video
I can not stop listening to this guy talk. It wouldn't even matter what he spoke about.
idk man im a pretty good swimmer. I can hold my breath for 11 seconds, and even 12.2
no
You can’t escape it, doesn’t matter if you’re a good swimmer.
@@JD-gh4tr Its a joke dude holding your breath for 11 seconds is nothing
@@semtux8615 Ah okay no probs, thought you were being serious lmao.
Excellent videos and brilliant explanation. THANK YOU!!!
Thanks
Man, you did a great job filming, but even more than that, you are a great narrator!
“Quite a busy river...”
I’m Johnny Knoxville, and welcome to Jackass
Bwa Bwa Bwaaaa 🎸
I was Jonny Knoxville
You're absolutely right! The river is deceptively inviting. Very frightening to think of falling into the icy cold water and, in that moment, when you know what is coming and there is nothing to be done to prevent it. The end would likely be very fast, but not quite fast enough. Gives me the creepies just to think about it. I came seconds away from drowning in the Pacific ocean in the 80's and it is a memory I try hard to stuff into a safe and bury under 50' of cement.
I love your accent! You spin a great yarn, my friend!
I don't know if telling stories is something you do, but if it's not, you should. You have an extremely soothing and pleasing voice