The few times I've been caving I've found that the longer I'm underground the more uneasy I get. I find that the music hits on how I feel down there when I switch my headlight off. It's really easy to imagine having to somehow find my way out blind, with no way of knowing if I'm going to crawl off a cliff or into a constriction I can't escape. (It's part of the reason I enjoy going down there.)
That's a pretty cool cave system there. Looks similar to the underground streams here in Tennessee, home of clay and limestone. There's so many where I live all you need to do is walk around in the woods for long enough and find a sinkhole to crawl into. Some are dead ends. Some are pretty impressive and I havn't found an end yet. I ought to make more videos of them.
Cool, have fun. Be careful though, caves can be pretty dangerous, a friend of mine got stuck in one and needed his buddies to pull him out of a constriction. It's also worth looking into white nose syndrome, apparently it's spread by spelunkers and it's decimating bat population in North America.
The neat thing about this one was that the water got trapped in pools. The only way for them to drain is by overflow, that's what blocked the path at the end. I'm really tempted to set up a hose to try siphoning off one of the pools and see if the cave opens up again past the dip in the ceiling.
Up between Cowichan lake and Port Renfrew. It's about a 2 hour drive from Victoria. There is an hour's hike along a decommissioned logging roads unless you have a car with good ground clearance.
That's actually being tossed around as a possible outing (we were already using his dive light for filming). We're also considering using a siphon to temporarily lower the water level in the back pool.
Other than the flies and some cave crickets we didn't see signs life in the cave (no guano) and the ceiling was bare rock in most places. The flies were all in the first 5 meters of a 100-200m of passage. For the pool, all we'd be doing is lowering the level temporarily by a couple feet by letting a siphon bypass a waterfall into the previous pool in the video. The main concern I've had is in making sure whatever get's used for the siphon is decontaminated.
very awesome dude! you should get frank and his dive gear and see how far underwater the cave goes! let me know if you ask him, I'll volunteer labor! cheers
I have lived on Vancouver Island most my life and currently just out of Nanaimo around the South Wellington area ..thanks for the cool video could you tell me approx where you were on the island ? I understand if you are not wanting to tell for fear of it being spoiled so all I can say is that I assure you that my self and family and friends respect nature and are proud of our island home and try to protect it from all harm :)
Really nice bit of video! Thanks for sharing it. Just curious, in light of the possible connection between spelunking and white nose syndrome in bats, and the lesson of how easy it is to introduce pathogens, do you decontaminate your gear between outings? Also, I'm curious about the biology of the stream. All those flies = fly larvae in the water, along with a good population of predators. Any idea of what's in the water, or how lowering the water level would affect that population?
Not that I wouldn't love to do this... and I would LOVE to do this... I'd be afraid of breaking my ass climbing around in there, not to mention the water. I have a serious aversion to the cold. The right gear should solve that one though. Those bugs looked annoying as hell, but not the ones I'd be afraid of in a cave. Not a fan of spiders... Yes, I know they are not a bug.
The few times I've been caving I've found that the longer I'm underground the more uneasy I get. I find that the music hits on how I feel down there when I switch my headlight off. It's really easy to imagine having to somehow find my way out blind, with no way of knowing if I'm going to crawl off a cliff or into a constriction I can't escape. (It's part of the reason I enjoy going down there.)
Love the music you added !!! Spooky!!!! Amazing views!
Great minds think alike!
Nice job I'm in Nanaimo. You can certainly see the dissolved Limestone, from the Karst action.
That's a pretty cool cave system there. Looks similar to the underground streams here in Tennessee, home of clay and limestone. There's so many where I live all you need to do is walk around in the woods for long enough and find a sinkhole to crawl into. Some are dead ends. Some are pretty impressive and I havn't found an end yet. I ought to make more videos of them.
Cool, have fun. Be careful though, caves can be pretty dangerous, a friend of mine got stuck in one and needed his buddies to pull him out of a constriction. It's also worth looking into white nose syndrome, apparently it's spread by spelunkers and it's decimating bat population in North America.
The neat thing about this one was that the water got trapped in pools. The only way for them to drain is by overflow, that's what blocked the path at the end. I'm really tempted to set up a hose to try siphoning off one of the pools and see if the cave opens up again past the dip in the ceiling.
Up between Cowichan lake and Port Renfrew. It's about a 2 hour drive from Victoria. There is an hour's hike along a decommissioned logging roads unless you have a car with good ground clearance.
That's actually being tossed around as a possible outing (we were already using his dive light for filming). We're also considering using a siphon to temporarily lower the water level in the back pool.
there are over 1000 caves on Vancouver island some are soo amazing videos cant even do justice
I have a Finnish friend whom stays hours in very cold water stream fishing (he stays in the water).
He says that neoprene pants makes the trick.
That sounds interesting, however I would be careful since pooled water can add structural strength to the surrounding earth.
Other than the flies and some cave crickets we didn't see signs life in the cave (no guano) and the ceiling was bare rock in most places. The flies were all in the first 5 meters of a 100-200m of passage. For the pool, all we'd be doing is lowering the level temporarily by a couple feet by letting a siphon bypass a waterfall into the previous pool in the video. The main concern I've had is in making sure whatever get's used for the siphon is decontaminated.
Can I join you on your next trip? Best thing would be to go camping and set your siphon up then in the morning go in gives lots of time to drain.
very awesome dude! you should get frank and his dive gear and see how far underwater the cave goes! let me know if you ask him, I'll volunteer labor! cheers
I have lived on Vancouver Island most my life and currently just out of Nanaimo around the South Wellington area ..thanks for the cool video could you tell me approx where you were on the island ? I understand if you are not wanting to tell for fear of it being spoiled so all I can say is that I assure you that my self and family and friends respect nature and are proud of our island home and try to protect it from all harm :)
someone should make a horror game that takes place in a claustrophobic natural looking cave
Looks like a good location to shoot a Slenderman video.
Really nice bit of video! Thanks for sharing it. Just curious, in light of the possible connection between spelunking and white nose syndrome in bats, and the lesson of how easy it is to introduce pathogens, do you decontaminate your gear between outings? Also, I'm curious about the biology of the stream. All those flies = fly larvae in the water, along with a good population of predators. Any idea of what's in the water, or how lowering the water level would affect that population?
Not that I wouldn't love to do this... and I would LOVE to do this... I'd be afraid of breaking my ass climbing around in there, not to mention the water. I have a serious aversion to the cold. The right gear should solve that one though. Those bugs looked annoying as hell, but not the ones I'd be afraid of in a cave. Not a fan of spiders... Yes, I know they are not a bug.
No, this one wasn't near those. I think the spelunkers refer to this one with the extremely creative name 'Stream Cave'
No access you say, sign? Challenge accepted.
Thanks! I wasn't trolling, just concerned. The footage was excellent.
I didn't take it that way, I know how delicate some cave ecosystems are.
Cave water = bloody freezing :)
Where is this? (I live in Vic, so I'm wondering how close it is)
Some friends of mine are actually working on one :)
Are you from Vancouver Island? Or just visiting the area?
To boldly go...
Horne Lake caverns?
I was thinking something similar while editing.
Doing my PhD here.
Take some scuba gear next time.
why such dramatic music.
Its just a cave