The visions i had in my head when I listened to you discussing these dives on Dive Talk were not even close to the actual videos. Mike, you and your associates are amazing people. My heart was up in my throat as I watched you go through that first hole! It stayed there through the whole video. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us mere mortals. Sincerely yours. D. E. Morrison, Southern California.
Mike Young - I don't have the honour of ever knowing you but you have a special sort of deep calm..... Combined with an explorer's desire to discover the new, I D humbly declare that is a unique skill set (then add in the best on the planet tech diving expertise). And such a sweet, humble chap 😊
Seeing you dive with the Light & Motion lights definitely reinforces that I made the right choice buying them for my kit knowing they can stand up to the rigors of your diving
I had no idea there was any video of the blue hole slot. When I was stationed at Ft. Carson, I did my check out dives there. Around 1982-83 there was a grate over the opening, so you could look down the tunnel, but no one could get inside. Thank you for the great pictures. I always wondered what it looked like back there. Thank you so much. I listened to Dive Talk and was sorry to hear that you lost someone. That is a big cost for pictures. I am sorry for your loss.
I don't believe they do any of this "for a picture". This is incredible, almost supernatural, curiosity. Thia is why mountain climbers climb. This is why man has walked on the moon. The pictures are incidental for them, I believe, they do pictures to document and because the public are hungry for them. Ordinary people can have their curiosity sated without the intensive training or risk. These divers have the hearts of true pioneers...The very first ones.
Watched you on dive talk. I had to match the actual video with description you gave. I have no words to describe. I don’t know anyone as brave as you. Great videos.
I have swam in blue hole back in my university days about 20 years ago and omg it was cold! Beautiful water but I was even terrified of just swimming in it knowing that it was a bottomless hole connected to caverns. I commend your efforts and thank you for creating this channel!
How do you know the hole is passable if you’re going down for the first time? It takes a special kind of person to do what you do. I love watching your videos.
Wooow!!! IF THERE ARE MARVEL'S here in the land...They are the MARVEL'S IN THE UNDER WORLD.. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DO RESCUE...Upload more of your videos pls sir .☺️ Fan Pinoy here! 🇵🇭🙌
Just been watching all ur vids Mike and just wanna say u are inspirational and maybe clinically insane a little bit haha glad your doing what you love to do
Man that had to be a lot of work! If the cave system is that dangerous I wonder how many lives they saved by making it inaccessible. Hope you were successful at whatever y’all were doing!
Amazing. Absolute Nerves of steel. WIll you be posting any additional footage of deeper down the stack of boulders? Watching the restrictions your able to get through is mind blowing - my cat is jealous.
How do you get out of a hole if there is not room to turn around and go up? I assume you’re not supposed to touch the walls or the floor? Do you just have a special way of swimming backwards? That seems tough dude
@@mikeyoung8968 if you come to a restriction in a cave, such as a no mount how do u decide yup im going for this one?, I can imagine if vis is good and u can see that it opens up, but what if there is no vis?
@@mikeyoung8968 thank you for taking the time to answer. Rebreather technology is fascinating to me in its complex simplicity but know nothing about them from the operator side.
Is the line reel always just held without a mechanism? i thought there would be some handle or something. Seems risky, there is a risk of dropping it, isn't there? Or is it easier to keep the tension if directly holding the reel?
You've got balls the size of church bells brother. So I'm gonna have to ask the same thing. How do you lug those suckers through those caves. I also want to say I'm very sorry to hear about what happened to Shane. May he rest in peace. But this is why it's so important to stick with the plan. It is quite amazing to see the footage of this dice and what you guys were up against, after hearing and watching bits Mr. Ballens version of the story to your reaction to Mr Ballens Video on the dive guys channel. Which brought me to your channel. Glad the proverbial rabbit hole got me to hear. Thank you and R.I.P. Shane.. RLTW 3/75
@@mikeyoung8968 Thanks so much for replying! I don’t know much about diving but I think it’s awesome. So apart from whatever mix your breathing, the pure oxygen is just always part of a rebreather set up I guess?
@@mikeyoung8968 Thanks for answering! And thank you even more for sharing and showing us a part of the natural world that we otherwise would never be so lucky to see
@@mikeyoung8968 I’ve dove there several times with a group from Denver. Been to the entrance. I’m a dive master and it looked quite intimidating. Thanks for sharing.
You're a beast Mike! I mean no disrespect when I ask this but do you happen to have the footage of the story you told on Dive Talk? I believe it was this location as well and you were filming a documentary.. RIP Shane and much love Mahalo for sharing
As morbidly curious as I am, I think that the dive community has probably learned the right lesson from Yuri Lipsky, a.k.a don't put out footage of fatal accidents
This man should have so many more subs, a living legend! Crazy dive this was, so sad to hear about how it ended but… so glad you kept your head and got yourself out. Was this Shane’s footage? God bless him..
@@darenmiller2218 Mike shared his experience of the event on a RUclips interview with Dive Talk. Such brave souls to cave dive, but the story shows how even a highly experienced cave diver can make an incorrect choice and things can go very wrong. Very glad Mike survived even though his dive partner that day did not.
I'm sure you've talked about this before, but will you ever upload Shane's final moments? Video's like that are educational for us experienced divers, but also sobering for the young, overconfident open water diver. However I can definitely understand their may be many reasons not to.
Just watched a video on a story about guy named Mike and Shane who went into this hole together but only one came out. Dad story. It does take a special bread to do dives sick as this.
I thought no one was allowed to go into the caves anymore is this old footage? Were you the one that was with the man who died? That's so sad that he lost his life and he was so experienced. But that's how it gets in those caves, people get disoriented about which way is up or down. It can happen to anyone.😢
@@mikeyoung8968Is Shane's final go pro footage uploaded somewhere or is it confidential? I know it will be sad and disturbing but people can watch it and know what not to do in these situations
Some of us are explores. We wish to see what is there. We have the ability to do it safely. If we where “danger junkies” we would be doing stupid uncontrollable acts.
@@mikeyoung8968 Agreed, but do yall ever find anything aside from "no one has ever seen this or has been here!", type triumph? yall find any treasures? cure for cancer? Thank you and my condolences for your friend Shane.
@@bloopnation yes I have found a priceless 1300 year old Mayan artifact that was later recovered and placed in a museum. It is the only completely intact one ever found.
The visions i had in my head when I listened to you discussing these dives on Dive Talk were not even close to the actual videos. Mike, you and your associates are amazing people. My heart was up in my throat as I watched you go through that first hole! It stayed there through the whole video. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us mere mortals. Sincerely yours. D. E. Morrison, Southern California.
Mike Young - I don't have the honour of ever knowing you but you have a special sort of deep calm..... Combined with an explorer's desire to discover the new, I D humbly declare that is a unique skill set (then add in the best on the planet tech diving expertise). And such a sweet, humble chap 😊
Thank you for the kind words.
Seeing you dive with the Light & Motion lights definitely reinforces that I made the right choice buying them for my kit knowing they can stand up to the rigors of your diving
They are a great light. It is the only lights I use
Mike after watching you on Dive Talk , I am so glad your safe. ❤️
Takes a special type of person to do this stuff, love this footage, look forward to more of it.
I had no idea there was any video of the blue hole slot. When I was stationed at Ft. Carson, I did my check out dives there. Around 1982-83 there was a grate over the opening, so you could look down the tunnel, but no one could get inside. Thank you for the great pictures. I always wondered what it looked like back there. Thank you so much. I listened to Dive Talk and was sorry to hear that you lost someone. That is a big cost for pictures. I am sorry for your loss.
I don't believe they do any of this "for a picture". This is incredible, almost supernatural, curiosity. Thia is why mountain climbers climb. This is why man has walked on the moon. The pictures are incidental for them, I believe, they do pictures to document and because the public are hungry for them. Ordinary people can have their curiosity sated without the intensive training or risk. These divers have the hearts of true pioneers...The very first ones.
Thanks!
Wow thank you!!
Super interesting. I love how watching this you kinda lose perspective on how small the opening is until someone squeezes back out!
i like your videos a lot... i hope you will upload more... you were my idol together with Ed Sorenson... thanks to dive talk i have known you two...
Me too
Watched you on dive talk. I had to match the actual video with description you gave.
I have no words to describe.
I don’t know anyone as brave as you.
Great videos.
Love the new content Mike its fascinating to see this completely unique perspective.
Mike is a absolute legend! 💯
I was fine for the first 2-seconds before you disappeared into a hole in the ground! Oh my goodness!
first time huh?
Special people I often feel like I need rescue watching the videos! unreal what you do ♥️ beautiful always
Got here from Dive Talk!! So glad they mentioned your channel!!
Hi Mike!!! I'm here from dive talk!! Its like I know you already :)
Glad you like our videos
I have swam in blue hole back in my university days about 20 years ago and omg it was cold! Beautiful water but I was even terrified of just swimming in it knowing that it was a bottomless hole connected to caverns. I commend your efforts and thank you for creating this channel!
They always tell you that you must dive in at least once. I dived in twice on a 105 degree day last year. It was quite a shock. So Cold !!
So cool! Have been waiting for you to upload!
How do you know the hole is passable if you’re going down for the first time? It takes a special kind of person to do what you do. I love watching your videos.
I have had to back my way out of a few holes!!!
@@mikeyoung8968 Where do you find a BCD powerful enough to lift your massive iron balls?
@@mikeyoung8968 Giggity 😂
@@skyrim8135 dirty dirty little holes they are
@@hdaviator9181 Exactly .... where ?
Mike is a beast of a technical cave diver!
After hearing your story on Dive Talk, it makes this so ominous.
Wooow!!! IF THERE ARE MARVEL'S here in the land...They are the MARVEL'S IN THE UNDER WORLD.. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DO RESCUE...Upload more of your videos pls sir .☺️ Fan Pinoy here! 🇵🇭🙌
Just been watching all ur vids Mike and just wanna say u are inspirational and maybe clinically insane a little bit haha glad your doing what you love to do
I heard about you on DIVE TALK, such a badass!
Why was the entrance buried?
There where some fatalities 30-40 years earlier. So the land owners dumped ruble in to keep people out.
Man that had to be a lot of work! If the cave system is that dangerous I wonder how many lives they saved by making it inaccessible. Hope you were successful at whatever y’all were doing!
How on earth do you keep so calm. I panicked like mad when I slipped off a banana boat ride in Tenerife.😊
will there be anymore footage from this interesting
place?
Do you ever use robots and cameras to explore ahead/plan? Also, I'm amazed at what you do...so incredible!
No we don’t. But we do get called in sometimes to untangle and retrieve (expensive) robots for scientists
@@mikeyoung8968 "Robot? I am the robot!" - Mike
@@The1NdNly Robodiver. How methodical and calm he is in those underwater death traps, he may as well be lol.
I wish i could go cave diving right know.. Its amazing.
Love from Sweden🇸🇪
Absolutely love your content, truly unbelievable some of the things you and your team(s) do.
Amazing. Absolute Nerves of steel. WIll you be posting any additional footage of deeper down the stack of boulders? Watching the restrictions your able to get through is mind blowing - my cat is jealous.
How do you get out of a hole if there is not room to turn around and go up? I assume you’re not supposed to touch the walls or the floor? Do you just have a special way of swimming backwards? That seems tough dude
We do touch the walls. And we can swim backwards.
So this is the dive that your laying line?
Yes that yellow line is our guide line out.
@@mikeyoung8968 if you come to a restriction in a cave, such as a no mount how do u decide yup im going for this one?, I can imagine if vis is good and u can see that it opens up, but what if there is no vis?
@@jimkitzler5263 it’s always a tough choice. Sometimes you have to back your way out for a long ways
Since you were using a rebreather, where did the bubbles come from when you were exiting the hole?
Probably from his BCD and/or counterlungs.
As you come up the gas in your Counterlungs expand and you have to vent it
@@mikeyoung8968 thank you for taking the time to answer. Rebreather technology is fascinating to me in its complex simplicity but know nothing about them from the operator side.
What's the metal grate you have on your back? Seems to catch the edges a lot...
I live in Lincoln,Nm. This is a beautiful place
YOURE A LEGEND MIKE!!
great vid! thanks mike
2:05 did the second diver cause that silt?
Thanks for the video.
You ever find dinosaur fossils?
Yes. I also love to go hunting for megladon teeth underwater
@@mikeyoung8968 That is so cool. Appreciate your work. Keep up the hard work 🙂
Is the line reel always just held without a mechanism? i thought there would be some handle or something.
Seems risky, there is a risk of dropping it, isn't there?
Or is it easier to keep the tension if directly holding the reel?
Most people use a reel with a handle. They fail and jam up. When you are in low vis and can’t see I can still use this simple reliable tool.
@@mikeyoung8968 cool. I have about 30 dives, and would love to get cave certified.
Cant imagine, what discovering a cool chamber feels like
Question: how much air do you have to keep in your BCD to compensate for the weight of your massive testicles to achieve neutral buoyancy?
Ha ha ha
You've got balls the size of church bells brother. So I'm gonna have to ask the same thing. How do you lug those suckers through those caves. I also want to say I'm very sorry to hear about what happened to Shane. May he rest in peace. But this is why it's so important to stick with the plan. It is quite amazing to see the footage of this dice and what you guys were up against, after hearing and watching bits Mr. Ballens version of the story to your reaction to Mr Ballens Video on the dive guys channel. Which brought me to your channel. Glad the proverbial rabbit hole got me to hear. Thank you and R.I.P. Shane.. RLTW 3/75
would an underwater laser pointer help in low vis mirky situations?
No any type of light just illuminates the silt
I was just wondering, what is the small silver canister that’a across your lower back when you first go in the hole?
That is a small pure oxygen tank. As we rebreather the air in our “loop” the oxygen needs replaced
@@mikeyoung8968 Thanks so much for replying! I don’t know much about diving but I think it’s awesome. So apart from whatever mix your breathing, the pure oxygen is just always part of a rebreather set up I guess?
@@ballisticcranberrypeat7777 yes a small oxygen tank is always needed on full closed circuit rebreathers.
I thought they didn’t allow people in there anymore?
This was under special permission. To explore and map it.
@@mikeyoung8968 But how do you map out caves? Do you have any technical equipment or anything like that? I’ve always wondered about that.
@@TheaSvendsen basically we use a compass and the tape measure and the notepad. We slowly draw out a map with more and more detail.
@@mikeyoung8968 Thanks for answering! And thank you even more for sharing and showing us a part of the natural world that we otherwise would never be so lucky to see
I’m just curious how you swim out of the water with those 100lb balls you’re carrying around.
🤣🤣
Is this the one in New Mexico. If so I though the entrance was sealed
Yes it is now. With permission we removed the gate and excavated rock to get in. When done we replaced the gate.
@@mikeyoung8968 I’ve dove there several times with a group from Denver. Been to the entrance. I’m a dive master and it looked quite intimidating. Thanks for sharing.
why are there bubbles?
When you ascend the volume of gas in the breathing loop expands so you have to vent it.
So cool dude. Do you have images of the bottom where the water filters up through the rocks? Respect to you and RIP to Shane being lost in this dive.
Love it! Where could one watch the full length Blue Springs documentary?
It is all there just broken into segments
@@mikeyoung8968 awesome! Didn’t want to miss anything!
Crazy how easily the silt stirs up.
Do you have more video from inside the cave? :)
I personally do not. Sorry
@@mikeyoung8968 Anyway you,re awesome:)
That hole didn't look like you had enough room. But that shows I don't fully understand the gear and capabilities yet.
You're a beast Mike! I mean no disrespect when I ask this but do you happen to have the footage of the story you told on Dive Talk? I believe it was this location as well and you were filming a documentary.. RIP Shane and much love
Mahalo for sharing
As morbidly curious as I am, I think that the dive community has probably learned the right lesson from Yuri Lipsky, a.k.a don't put out footage of fatal accidents
I think this is some of Shane's footage it has to be, obviously not the fatal dive but I think this is footage from Shane🤔
There was footage shot previous days and Shane had on a GoPro but I don’t have any of that footage.
Video=gold
You know you’re a badass when your dive gear needs an exoskeleton!
This man should have so many more subs, a living legend! Crazy dive this was, so sad to hear about how it ended but… so glad you kept your head and got yourself out. Was this Shane’s footage? God bless him..
How did this end? I just found this channel and really have no idea about his adventures.
@@darenmiller2218Unfortunately Shane died while both were trying to map the cave. ruclips.net/video/1Pq9tBQDUe8/видео.html
This first part is Shane’s camera. Mike was ahead of Shane.
@@darenmiller2218 sadly mikes diving partner Shane didn't make it out of this cave alive
@@darenmiller2218 Mike shared his experience of the event on a RUclips interview with Dive Talk. Such brave souls to cave dive, but the story shows how even a highly experienced cave diver can make an incorrect choice and things can go very wrong. Very glad Mike survived even though his dive partner that day did not.
Just gonna say, I wouldn't. But it's amazing you can and do.
Glad I found this channel again RUclips unsubscribed me it seems
Just watched a video on this. Sorry for Shanes loss.
This cave looks so sketchy and scary. Rip to everyone who lost their life in there
One cert from divemaster and... nooooope. Enjoy your private world though, very cool.
I'm sure you've talked about this before, but will you ever upload Shane's final moments?
Video's like that are educational for us experienced divers, but also sobering for the young, overconfident open water diver.
However I can definitely understand their may be many reasons not to.
We did not keep or watch that footage. The police told us what was on it and then gave it to his family. If they wish to show it that is their call.
Love that skeleton ccr stand, dont know if its a stand...lol 💯🔥
Anybody else watch Mr.Balllen’s channel and somehow end up here?
I'm in the middle of a rabbit hole as we speak
these are the strangest places to me!
Just wow.
Just watched a video on a story about guy named Mike and Shane who went into this hole together but only one came out. Dad story. It does take a special bread to do dives sick as this.
Yea that was a hard day.
I thought no one was allowed to go into the caves anymore is this old footage? Were you the one that was with the man who died? That's so sad that he lost his life and he was so experienced. But that's how it gets in those caves, people get disoriented about which way is up or down. It can happen to anyone.😢
Yes I was with Shane. He didn’t stop where he was supposed to and got in a tight spot and stuck.
Mike, did you also scratch your name on rock ?
No I would not deface a cave
@@mikeyoung8968 Sorry, but I saw it on the opposite side of restriction hole.
How about tide rise &fall the tide rise is inch a minet for six hoirs. Sexty feet could bee nity if gas allows the time
Is this footage from Shane?
No this footage is from the trip before. When we dug out the entrance.
@@mikeyoung8968 gotcha
Omg is this the dive Shane passed on? Damn dude if it is I’m sorry bud.
No this was a dive when we first got it open. About a year before the dive Shane passed
@@mikeyoung8968Is Shane's final go pro footage uploaded somewhere or is it confidential?
I know it will be sad and disturbing but people can watch it and know what not to do in these situations
2:04 me after eating Taco Bell
At least it looks like there flow but that’s a dirty hole
I would be too scared, as many have died going through there, for fear it maybe haunted
That right there is the equivalent to Lebron James taking a jump shot
@B. Bashnerd what’s “cringe” is you feeling the need to say it.
There's alot of feces floating around in that water.
Oh fuck that
🤣🤣
I seriously don't understand how this is considered "fun".
ego.
Looks like some rodent burrowing into a hole
🤣
For why ?? What's the point ? Danger junkie
Some of us are explores. We wish to see what is there. We have the ability to do it safely. If we where “danger junkies” we would be doing stupid uncontrollable acts.
@@mikeyoung8968 Agreed, but do yall ever find anything aside from "no one has ever seen this or has been here!", type triumph? yall find any treasures? cure for cancer? Thank you and my condolences for your friend Shane.
@@bloopnation yes I have found a priceless 1300 year old Mayan artifact that was later recovered and placed in a museum. It is the only completely intact one ever found.
Is there anyway to see Shane’s footage and by the way love you Mike sorry for your loss
No. None of us have that footage. I assume it was given to his family.