5 Caving Trips That Are Not for the Faint-Hearted
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- According to the Collins English Dictionary, if you say that something is not for the faint-hearted, you mean that it is an extreme or very unusual example of its kind, and is not suitable for people who like only safe and familiar things. Each of these 5 trips is an example of extreme caving.
Part of the attraction of caving for me is pitting myself against nature and these 5 caving trips are amongst the most technically difficult trips I've done in my thirty plus years of cave exploration. Completing each trip in the knowledge that I'm one of a privileged few to have ever done so has led, in each case, to an enormous sense satisfaction.
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Clips that make up this film were taken from the following videos:
Caving Video: Daren Cilau to Price's Dig (2010) - • Caving Video: Daren Ci...
Caving Video: Return to Daren Cilau (2012) - • Caving Video: Return t...
Caving Video: Pwll Y Gwynt (2013) - • Caving Video: Pwll Y G...
Caving Video: Ogof Ffynnon Ddu, Prokofiev Series (2013) - • Caving Video: Ogof Ffy...
Lesser Garth Cave / Ogof Ffynnon Taf (2012) - • Lesser Garth Cave / Og...
Ogof Rhyd Sych - A Caving Trip (2011) - • Ogof Rhyd Sych - A Cav...
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I'm claustrophobic and its almost physically painful to watch these. Yet I can't stop.
I’m exactly the same!! Been binge watching
Excellent. Thank you.
Wow, i thought i was the only one. Its weird right.
@@CaverKeith you are an absolute beast Keith. i wonder if your the most barrel chested man to ever make it through some of the restrictions you've conquered. Action sports legend in my opinion!
@@townhomes13 😁
Been caving once and genuinely the scariest experience of my life! Gives you a new appreciation of open spaces though!
Just watching these types of videos makes me appreciate the space and air
I used to be scared of heights, so I took up skydiving to break the fear. I don't think that using a similar technique with the really tight confined spaces of those squeezes would work. It would be me that would be broken at the end, not the fear!
@@24934637 Fear is based on danger, you should be scared of heights as when things go wrong is terminal - this face your fears idea is a luxurious one lol but enjoy and keep safe as you only live once so dont die
@@daveh4925 There is a massive difference between useful fear, and dangerous fear. Useful fear, produces a beautifully clear focused thought process, and adrenaline release provides improved physical performance. Dangerous fear shuts down mental processes, and in my case produced uncontrollable shaking and vomiting which had on numerous occasions almost resulted in me almost shaking myself off a rock face while climbing. Now, having exposed myself to the fear in a fairly extreme way, I'm FAR better equipped to handle it.
@@24934637 Fair point and correct, i was refering to when people have a fear like sharks, and insist on conquering said fear, sometimes its useful other times its ignoring intuition and red flags - as long as you know the risks and accept them its fine
Being stuck in yet another squeeze and thinking 'what the hell am I doing here' is why I stopped doing the majority of caving. Only go to squeeze free ones now. Good video as usual, could feel myself twitching and having flash backs just watching.
Hi. Thanks for watching. I saw your recent Crackpot Cave video on UK Caving. I must confess that I find caves much more adventurous than mines but each to their own and there's definitely a market for both. Keep making your videos.
Such delightful horrors! As a long time caver, I fully appreciated how awful these passages are. Hats off to you for making the trips and compiling the video. That was a hell of a lot of work and it shows.
Glad you enjoyed watching it as much as we enjoyed making it.
Do not go to cave
What humans will do to themselves. Thank you for this amazing film footage.
Thank you for watching. It was all amazing fun. Unforgettable memories.
Only watched number 1 so far, but I take my hat off to the people that were the first to do these caves, literary, going into the unknown.
It's extraordinary how people are comfortable with different things. I've no issue with skydiving, playing around on motorbikes or being out at sea. But just watching these videos makes me deeply uncomfortable. That said I'm delighted you take the time to explore these caves so I don't have to!
Thanks. It's a free service we offer to the community.
It is about how arrogant people are about their life! People usually do anything dangerous for two reasons; they are naive and they do not think anything can go really wrong for them. Then they have an accident and realize they are going to die. I assure you they regret it! If they survive many stop risking their lives and some few forget the panick and do it again! This time they think it can't happen to me twice and I am experienced now! They think they have nine lives. They are all mortal and dying like that would be a nightmare and a sad way to exit this world. You should not risk the lives of rescuers for your fun!
Just one point I need to make. It is only fellow cavers who rescue cavers. We are all volunteers who do it for nothing, happy to help one another out. We do not expect anyone else to put themselves at risk.
Aaaah THIS is what I've been looking for. Well narrated, non dramatized talk about caving. Too claustrophobic to do it myself but watching it is fascinating!
When it's not a bunch of dude bro college kids going into a cave with chucks on.
Thanks. I appreciate your comment.
Been caving in the western United States for four decades. Watching this I could almost smell the musty air and feel the rock. Good times.
I'm coming up to four decades of underground exploration and I can'r stop!
Due to the recent cave rescue I’m back to watching caving videos again, I used to do the easier caves and also underground urban exploration years back, I always have a very uneasy feeling when I’m in a cave, especially when following a river and you can see the water level has been near the roof at some point. I could never shift that uneasy feeling.
Welcome back!
Water, and especially active streamways, must always be treated with respect.
Watching this makes me feel like I can’t breath...☹️
Same
Thank you so very much for maing this content. I'm no 'salad dodger' but there isn't a reason on this planet why I would try squeezing through those systems! Thanks again and thumbs up for your comment about the content thieves. True content creators are a different class.
I really-really appreciate your videos. I have a fear of tight places and would never venture near something like the coffin, let alone be able to negotiate a narrow squeeze while water was running down my neck. However, I've loved caves since I've been a child. My mother took me to visit some of the more famous Hungarian caves open to the public (Abaliget, Aggtelek) and I very much enjoyed them. The air, the mood, the stones, the formations, and of course the bat colonies too. It's fantastic that someone does these trips and shares it in a nice, edited, enjoyable way with everyone else.
Hi. Greetings from the UK. Thanks for your great comment. It is appreciated.
As a fairly seasoned caver, familiar with a lot of the caves you feature, and watching your videos for a while now, it's long over due that I actually comment to say thanks and keep them coming. Love the footage and the humour, a great and balanced overview of our shared passion. They're all great but personally love the video of Lobster Pot having had someone stand on my head in order to make it out!
Glad you like them! The Lobster Pot was very embarrassing. I'm sure that if I had turned through 180 degrees and faced away from the camera I would have had no difficulty. I'm looking forward to making more videos when travel restrictions allow.
Came here expecting another half researched top 5 video on caves and am VERY pleased to have found this instead. Incredible video and great footage man!
Thank you.
They all look like interesting trips, sign me up for the return trips! It's not often we see you struggling with a squeeze Keith.
Got to support the actual creators, keep up the brilliant work.
Thanks Neil. I'm not sure I'm up for the return trips!
@@CaverKeith think it might be a wee while until I am back ready to do anything as committing as anything shown.
@@CaverKeith I'll go back to Lesser Garth with you any time!
@@rwdearden Okay. Once it's safe to venture out again we'll agree a date.
These tight squeezes bring up all sorts of memories! With one exception, I don't think I've been through anything nearly as daunting as these. So congrats and a big shout-out from your friends at the Boston (USA) Grotto. As Vice-Chair for a decade plus, one of my duties was to arrange the speaker or video entertainment for our monthly meetings. Your Dudley Cavers videos were a gold mine when I found them! Maybe some day we can arrange a fraternal caving club visit, in one direction or another. Including, of course, downwards.
Hi Tom. Thanks for showing my videos. It's good to hear that they are being watched on the other side of the ocean. A get-together some day would be great. Best wishes from the UK.
Keith
I watched a documentary on the Tham Luang cave rescue in which they documented how a caver doctor swam to preemptively anaesthestize each child before they were rescued. That's what you would have to do to me to get through some of these caves.
Do you ever get the feeling that you are being born again? Such tight squeezes! Wonderful footage.
I am getting anxiety just from watching this..
So am I, and I did the trips!
@@CaverKeith 🤣🤣🤣
I don't do caving, and im claustrophobic. I just watch these vids to torture myself
@@matthewlangbridge2957 Same, idk why but am I totally addicted to it hahaha
@@bananablood2031 thing is I also hate heights, so what do I do? Yes that's right I watch vids of people climbing cranes or tall buildings etc. I end up a nervous wreck switching between being stuck down a hole or stuck up a crane 🙄🤣🤣🤣
After watching this video for the first time a while ago, I finally got round to doing one of these trips: yesterday I completed a Daren Cilau through trip, coming out of the dig!
Thanks for the inspiration for this, great video as usual.
Excellent. I'm pleased that my video inspired you.
Thank you for venturing into these places and filming them. Also really like the delivery without any unnecessary hype or drama.
Thanks for your kind comment.
@@CaverKeith - really enjoying getting into caving but doubt I’ll ever go to these kinds of places :-)
I didn’t think I would when I started. 😀
Great content. Well edited and the music adds to the mystery and danger you guys are discovering. Thanks.
These trips are from a few years ago so the quality isn't up to my present standard but it was great fun editing it and reminiscing about some fantastic experiences. Thanks for your feedback. It is appreciated.
Excellent stuff. i don't think i could do it myself but its great to watch. I would be claustrophobic and the fear of getting stuck forever and not getting out would seem to be the worst way to die. Aside from that i couldn't handle the crawling on me knees. They are shot from to many years of hard labor. My backs shot to now. You have to be really fit like these gents and ladies are. Hats off to those that do rise to challenge :)
I’ve done caving a few times and can confirm it’s definitely not for me! However, I got mad respect x
First cave: NOW I know why babies are born crying! I've done caving in the past, but those tight squeezes are beyond what I could mentally cope with now. Maybe in the past, but not now. I TOTALLY understand why you'd be annoyed and take action against anyone who stole your vid for their own use! After all the time, effort and sheer guts that it takes to produce a vid like that, you deserve ALL the credit for it!
Thanks for watching and thanks especially for your support.
I can understand your frustration when people use your footage, especially for click-bait videos that don't respect the work that went into obtaining this footage. Just know that your work is greatly appreciated. I have an intense fascination with caving, despite the fact that just the thought of doing one of these tight crawls is enough to put me on the edge of cardiac arrest. But that's the amazing thing about human beings. We can adapt to almost anything. Keep up the great work. I'm looking forward to new videos!
Thanks.
Hi Keith, I actually really enjoyed this video and even though it seems you may have made it as a response to the theft of your videos, I would enjoy more of these if possible. Thanks for everything you do. Im more into exploring mines after getting stuck exploring and unexplored area of a cave in Arizona. Cheers, Michael
Thanks Michael. I'm pleased you enjoyed it. With the restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic I'm not able to make any new caving videos at the moment so this was an exercise in editing old footage into something new. Sorry to heat that you got stuck in a cave. Exploring old mines is good too.
I never comment on RUclips videos and I don’t know anything about caving but I just wanted to say keep up the good work.
Thank you.
Faint hearted and proud
Best caving video I've watched that, it's not my bag, but I love watching you guys crawl through those tight spots ..
Thank you and thanks for watching.
So glad that I gave up caving when I was born
Thank you for your videos, Keith! A year ago they inspired me to take up caving as a hobby and encouraged me to join a caving club. Thank you again for the great videos!
Hi John. That's great news. I'm pleased that my videos inspired you.
I get claustrophobic in a busy Aldi car park, hats off to you cavers!
I don't like crowds either. Crowds make me feel uncomfortable. I'd rather go caving.
The one thing that scare me the most is if you got stuck how would you be rescued?
If you have experience, you won’t ever get stuck.
@@Benjy52 doesnt answer the question tho
@@allmoneyinE It does - if you follow the training you are given and go caving with a group, it pretty much makes it impossible to die in a cave
@@Benjy52 the problem is your expression “pretty much”. I’d need to hear the word “impossible “ !
There is no such thing in life as zero risk. Experience, proper training and taking the correct precautions minimise the risk of getting stuck to almost zero. It’s safer than almost every human activity including driving a 🚗.
Hello Keith I LOVE your videos can't hate to see the next one. When I see you and some of the others struggling I know that it is REALLY tight. the places you go are so beautiful THANK YOU for taking us with you!!!! Be safe and much love to you ALL.
Thanks Kenny. Due to COVID there has only been one new caving video this year so I've had to resort to re-editing some of the old stuff. I really enjoyed putting this together.
Great to see someone in a wetsuit. I used to cave in boiler suits with carbide lamps. Got my first wet suit (in kit form!) in the early 1980's. Great vid
Thanks. These days it's LED lighting and fleece undersuits. We only wear wetsuits if we are likely to be in immersed in water for a long time.
"Remember, we do these caves so that you don't have to." And I'm truly grateful for it. The things you and your caving buddies do for fun is amazing. If my claustrophobic tendencies wouldn't stop me from doing this, I'm sure by bottom would lol. And here I am. Watching one magnificent cave after the other from the comfort of my home thanks to your awesome channel!
Happy and safe caving!
Edit:
I forgot to mention. I was in a cave this year myself! Nothing as fancy or daring as the caves you guys do, but it was fun nonetheless! I was in the public portion of the Lamprechtshöhle (english wiki site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamprechtsofen ) in austria with my best friend in summer. Apparently it's the longest cave system in Salzburg. Have you ever been there or maybe plan on doing it in the future?
Thanks for your great comment. I appreciate it.
I've only ever been in one cave in Austria. It was a tourist trip into an ice cave. I cannot remember its name but I remember there was a cable car ride up to the entrance. I would love to do more caving abroad but I don't know if I ever will.
@@CaverKeith You probably mean the "Eisriesenwelt" in Werfen (www.eisriesenwelt.at/en.html ). We meant to go there actually, but it was closed due to a tragic accident on that day.
Thanks for filming those places. I would never ever go there but thanks to you i have the chance to see it 😊
My pleasure 😊
I totally agree with your statement at the end Sir. Thank you for what you do. May God keep you safe.
Thanks for watching.
I love watching these uploads but truly know I could not go anywhere near it.
Thanks for watching.
Great vid. Been there and done regarding traversing very similar tight & wet cave passages. It literally affects your psyche. It’s what makes us human. This crazy need to push on through the narrow opening to see whats around the next corner.
My brother required a rescue from onc such tight squeeze by professional rescue cavers affiliated w Kansa City Area Grotto who were conduct survey in a nearby cave we had excavated only moments before. He was stuck headfirst and inverted for approximately 5 hours. His head looked like a giant beet it was so red from blood pooling in his head. He’d lost consciousness several times. Lucky guy indeed.
I think it is an insatiable curiosity that got me into caving in the first place. Wanting to know what lay on the other side of a squeeze, up the climb or beyond the next chamber. Thanks for watching.
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Been watching a lot of caving videos and this was one where it seriously got me feeling anxious and claustrophobic!
These trips are only for really dedicated cavers. 🙂
So I spent the pandemic learning some rock climbing in the American West. This strikes me as so much more extreme than anything I've done. I want to try this some day.
"Remember we do these caves so you dont have to"
Mate.... I dont WANT to.
Thanks for watching anyway.
I LOVE THIS VID. Thanks for the compilation and I agree with you 100%. You've earned a sub because of your final message.
Thanks for the sub! Pleased you like it.
Great original stuff. I feel your pain about others ripping off your videos. I report 5-10 people a week over stealing my videos. Most actually use the whole video and pass it off as their own. Very frustrating.
Keep up the great work. Oh yeah, for an English speaking country, where did they come up with those cave names? I look at their names and have no idea how to say them. Lol
Thank you. I've had the same issue with people passing off my videos as their own.
The caves are all in South Wales and being English I struggle to pronounce the names!
I'm trying to think of something worse than what I'm seeing in these video's, truly freighting, hats off to everyone in this video, incredible courage, My mate will be doing the cave in the first video with the vice obstacle this weekend and I'm truly shitting it for him. Great video 👍🏻
Thanks for your comment. I'm pleased to hear that you liked the video even if it's something you would never contemplate. The Vice isn't really that bad, it's just a matter of technique. I'm sure your friend will do just fine.
I’m faint hearted and love this shit. I do this shit for that feeling of being stuck. The adrenaline is amazing.
Man, going through the holes is one thing, my question is how the hell do they manage to go back, these ppl are so thin, fit and flexible, it’s amazing
So much respect for what you do, you’re so brave. I was wondering what you get out of squeezing through caves? Is it adrenaline? I mean I’ve bungee jumped before so I’m not a 100% wimp but you couldn’t pay me enough to lie down in “the coffin”.
Thanks for watching.
It's not adrenaline. I do it because I enjoy the physical challenge and I can't wait to see what lies beyond. To me it's pure adventure. Caves are like a huge adult adventure playgrounds.
7:17 if you know you have to squeeze yourself in like that don’t you think about"darnit, we have to squeeze through this again on our way back" ?
Yes.
These type of vids are the only ones that scrims me bollocks.
thanks for making these awsome videos! ill share it on all my SM platforms!!!
"Salad-dodgers" LOL That's a very good reason to avoid salads - I will never fit INTO the damn cave to begin with! Stay safe.
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The stories of Neil Moss and John Jones brought me here. I could never ever do caving you guys are brave
Thanks Lisa.
Great vids bud been a fan for awhile
Thanks Jacob. Sadly I can't see there being any new caving videos for quite a while.
How do you crawl downward into something so tight, not knowing what's ahead of you except from a map? You're going to have to climb back out, what if it's too slippery and/or you can't position yourself to lift yourself up?
These videos fascinate me because i can't comprehend the willpower to put myself in that position.
A golden rule is to NEVER crawl head first down an unknown hole. If it closes up or gets too tight, it's very difficult, if not impossible, to back out.
Having said that I have been confronted with unknown climbs down and all I can say is that assessing them calls on my years of experience and knowing my capabilities. I have descended most of them but occasionally discretion has been the option I have taken.
The first people to do this, how did they know they were not going to get wedged forever.
Good technique
Oof "The Coffin" looks intense. I'd have to really steel myself up before even thinking about doing that one!
It was just a tad committing.
I am really grateful for our large caves, those tight squezzes scary me ;-)
But anyway, those are very nice caves and thank you for this video, so we could see it as well.
Glad you like them!
Oh my God...love you💙
What can I say? Thanks. 🙃
For some people when they look at this, it's an absolute terrible nightmare, but for others like us cavers we look at this and go what is beyond that point and there's nothing stopping me. I'm going to get past this squeeze. Please be aware that just because something looks scary doesn't necessarily mean it is. Yes, of course we take every precautionary measure necessary and we will continue to do so. But as long as your gear is really up to par, you're aware of what you're doing and what you're surroundings are, you are not going to get flooded in because you know the rain and you know there's no chance of it, you are really relatively safe. Could really get you hurt is freaking out in a small area where you do eventually get stuck and some rescuers unfortunately just can't get down there from lack of experience to not wanting to put anybody else at danger etc. This is a sport, at least in my eyes, and once you're adrenaline for life has run dry, and you find yourself searching for anything and then you come across something like this and it really pulls you in know that maybe it's time that you go into the caves. Everything new is scary. It doesn't remain that way. Cheers and safety first!
Well said.
Excellent footage! I think most people who get into caving think of large main passages and some dramatic SRT. Those look like the kind of squeezes that test the determination of every caver LOL
Thanks. We do large passages and SRT too, but I do like getting in close and filming the expressions on people's faces. Richard is particularly good at it. 😄😄
The challenge with Pwll y Gwynt is, for me, getting out. Climbing up to get into that squeeze passage is difficult…especially when you are 6’4! 😂
I can imagine it would be difficult. 🙂 We are planning a return visit. Do you know the state of the scaffold bars at the top of the pitch?
@@CaverKeith I don’t I’m afraid. I’m North Wales myself. I would suggest contacting South Wales Caving Club or South & Mid Wales Cave Rescue. They’ll probably be able to give you the most up to date information.
Great stuff Keith - I definitely would't fit. Didn't fit the Birthday Suit Squeeze in Swildons, even just in my Birthday suit!
Now i love caves, i mean really live them. Being inside them and see all drop stones and rockfirmations an feel the humid cool air. But when i mean caves i am talking about big open caves. Theese films on the other hand and those squeezes would be the worst thing amaginable to me. I rather spenfmd my days in prison than crawling through theese caves. Kudos to the guys tgat are up to it!
Thanks for watching.
"All great fun"
*Dr. Evil voice:* "Riiiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhtt"
Yeeeeeeeesssssssssssss!!!!!!!
I love these, its like watching all my worst nightmares, perfect horror. love it!
Pleased you love this. All 5 trips were very memorable and great fun. Happy days.
Kieth, you lot are nutters but we love you for it 😁
These caves would be almost, if not impossible to rescue from.
I wonder why your team has not been back to most of them since filming 😂
Stay safe
Making this compilation has been a trip down memory lane but as Mark has commented, "3 I never have to go back to and 2 I never intend to visit. Thank you for doing them so I don't have to!
@@CaverKeith A trip down memory lane for me too. But is Mark really never planning to do Daren again?
@@rwdearden I'm sure he will do it again and I might give it one last go for old times sake.
@@CaverKeith You haven't lived until you've done the entrance series with a tackle sack full of Daren drums!
Excellent examples, well edited.
Gives me flashbacks to squeezing out of a storm drain, so I cannot imagine doing that so deep under the earth...
Really tough stuff, especially from the filmmaker's standpoint, as I am sure you can attest.
Thanks Ben. It's always a bonus if anything I film underground comes out good enough to include in a video. As a rule of thumb I tend to use only about 20% of what I take.
Wow that actually blows my mind because I’ve seen clips of this video on them type videos you were talking about especially the one where you said you were going into a rabbit sized hole and it showed you going into a really little hole on the side of all green hill I seen that on the list of videos wow I wish it weren’t happening to you great video though
Thanks for watching and especially thanks for your support, it is very much appreciated.
Daylight hole
Lindal in furness
You have to remove your helmet, turn your head sideways, to get through the press, in a prone position!
BTW!
We did It when we were 15!
This is overdramatized, I assure everyone here that it’s not really a big deal. Not much different than having sheets too tight on your bed. It’s the exertion that should worry people. Just be in shape and willing to work for an extended period and it’s all good. I’m 205 pounds and never had an issue with 978 confined space caves done to date. It’s literally a patience and frustration thing, if you can’t control either it’s a panic thing. Remember, at least one person made it through before you because it’s mapped out. Pay attention to the map, don’t be all eager to determine a new route in a mapped cave because, trust me, it’s been mapped within tight resonantly. You want to be a cave explorer instead of a caver, that’s on you. And if you do, be smart and be good at mapping it out for the future cavers. FYI, wet hard caves are easier, more rewarding, and less stressful than dry desert caves. Just be seasonal about it and monitor conditions and the forecast beforehand. The amount of deaths or accidents vs successful cavings are just like every other “extreme” activity.....low. Common sense, capability, and ability to resist panic is fine. Peer pressure should never be an issue, like he casually notes here with, “do you want me to lie to you?” Go with friends who have the same values and don’t pressure you to go further than what you are comfortable with, just like mountaineering or vert climbing.
Great post! Loved it.
You won't see me caving .getting trapped in a tight hole is scary.
Man... This is why my pizza came so late, he was going through these caves.
Loved this - and the phrase "salad dodgers". Can understand why once was enough for some of them.(Pwll Y Gynt)
They are collectors' items. Do them once, take some video and then you never have to go back.
@@CaverKeith lesser Garth.. would definitely do that again
@@nikkirobinson3213 Yeah. I suppose I would too. Could do with taking some better video.
Never been caving & definitely meter will, still fascinated though and you describe it so well I feel I'm there (-though thank the Lord I'm not) !!!
As a man who seems to get cramp when i have my leg at awkward angles, for me mostly when im in a loft space doing work, and being tall with a stocky build, i think this might be too much for me to enjoy!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Probably would be a good idea to give it a miss and simply continue watching my videos.
This is a serious question. If you get stuck in a place like that do you literally just lay there until you die? I mean how could you possibly get out if you get stuck?
Firstly the chances of getting stuck are very unlikely.
Secondly we cave in groups of 4 or 5 so that we can help each other.
@@CaverKeith Have you ever gotten stuck? I'm sure the secret would be to not panic wouldn't it?
I've never got stuck but you are right - DON'T PANIC!
"The coffin" can fuck right off lol, that was absolutely terrifying.
Omg the coffin ⚰ looks amazingly scary 😨
Thanks for doing this so we don't have to. ❤
You are welcome.
Now I see where they got the inspiration for the queen's nest in Aliens.
Great video! I'd love to go caving there! Happy hollidays!
You should!
Can someone here that goes caving please tell me what the attraction is ? It just looks like a nightmare
I’m claustrophobic and just watch these videos out of dark curiosity. BUT I understand the appeal of going somewhere that is so prehistoric and strange. I’ve been in the tourist caves. The ones without any tight passageways and with a gift shop and rails and fluorescent lights. It’s magical to see the structures underground. And I think for these less-explored caves, the magic is that you’re in a place where no human has been before and can find fossils and rare species of cave animals.
Not interested in going myself tho, but I get it.
You guys are either crazy or have huge balls that are hard to get thru these sqeezes this is insane knowing you made it thru and have to do it again
Probably crazy but it's not actually quite as bad as it looks.
@@CaverKeith idk I'm a sizable guy and would pro lyrics not fit then I get stuck in the hole and we all are stuck lol I commend yall and appreciate what you do so we can all see these place that less people have touched than the surface of the moon
Thanks for your comments. We do have some larger members in our caving club and they would not fit into some of these caves!
@@CaverKeith ahaha they should have a hole at the mouth of the cave you must be this slim to fit thru these squeezes lol its astonishingly scary and I have crawled under houses and done ac in attics shoved myself under cars with a transmission on me lol you guys amaze me
A fairly stoic attitude. You mean like “ ah well, I’m going to die eventually”
Oh my gosh! Its horrifying just watching it
Wow
Simply Amazing well done video natural geographic style 👌
Much appreciated!
great video, brought back so many memories ,just wish arthritis would allow me to go back , llangattock a cavers paradise
Thanks Andy. I'm not sure how many of these I would be capable of doing now!
Other requirements - No giant cookie candy and cake guts *
Wow, this is impressive. I bet nothing matches the exhilaration of this.
Thanks. It is very exhilarating.
Are there mesurement out there of the squeezes? I want to get in to caving but I'm a big guy with wide shoulders so I'm looking for a way to figure out if I fit in to stuff beforehand.
If I come across any of you bootlegged material, I will be sure to leave a nasty comment and a thumb's down.
I've been caving a couple of times and to say it is hard work is the understatement of the universe. Loved it. Hated it. It was enough for me for a lifetime as well as one hell of a "confidence course". So glad I did it. I'm not going to do it again!
On a side note, do you find television and movie caves hilarious? Always dry, big enough walk up right, flat sandy floors and perpetually lit? Sometimes, it just tickles my funny bone. Caves imagined by people who have never even watched a caving video let alone visited one and got some mud in their ears and eyebrows!
1. Thanks.
2. That's what a lot of people say.
3. Yes, particularly when there's no light and they can still see! 😃
Hi Keith, thank you for your videos I enjoy watching these so much! Which caves in the UK would you recommend for beginners?
Thanks for watching my videos. I'm pleased you enjoy them. It's difficult to recommend beginners caves as it all depends on where you live.
However for anyone beginning I would definitely recommend joining a caving club and going with experts for your first trips. Go to newtocaving.com and visit the contacts page to find a caving club local to you.
Keith
@@CaverKeith Oh brilliant, thank you Keith I'll check that website out.
As a new caver I couldn't do any of these. I'm extremely claustrophobic believe it or not. I took up caving to get over it however some of those passages I doubt I could fit because of my size. Also I lack the skill for some of those challenges
Like scraping the very last bit of jam from a jar; you are so tight against the surfaces that it’s a wonder you don’t leave a smear of skin and a track of that which I know would trail behind me!!