5 Bizarre Cave Diving Deaths

What are the chances of escaping if you’re out of oxygen? What about if your equipment malfunctions? And what do divers really look for in the deadly depths? These are some of the most terrifying cave diving accidents:
1. Parker Turner and Bill Gavin, 1991: Trapped and disoriented in the Indian Springs cave system in Florida, USA. Parker Turner died after running out of air, while Bill Gavin survived.
2. Rob Parker and Dan Malone, 1997: Experienced a dangerous dive in the Kalik Cavern, Four Sharks Blue Hole, Bahamas. Rob Parker perished during the dive, while Dan Malone survived.
3. Deon Dreyer, 1994: Died while diving in Bushman's Hole, South Africa, at a young age.
4. Dave Shaw, January 8, 2005: Died attempting to recover Deon Dreyer's body from Bushman's Hole.
5. Shane Thompson, 2016: Lost his life while exploring the Santa Rosa Blue Hole in New Mexico, USA, with his colleague Mike Young who survived the incident.
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[@WithDiameter]

Anyone else obsessed with cave diving disasters 😭 I think it’s fascinating, but I would never do it myself

[@mowtivatedmechanic1172]

I use them as the ultimate scary movie. (Except it’s generally based on real life events) which is sad.

[@DonnaAbrams-qh7zt]

Yes there’s something about otherwise intelligent people (I assume) putting themselves in such dangerous situations that fascinates me. Underwater in a cave? I would never but I guess listening to these stories satisfies my adventure gene.

[@johnnybgood5008]

Yep ready to go. Who’s with me?

[@russsgp]

Yeah and mountain climbing disasters

[@ljmorris2151]

I've been binge watching cave/diving/mountain climbing disasters for like 2 weeks and idk why

[@KateDunno]

I taught scuba diving for 22 years. I'm a certified dive master. I have a cave certification. I will not go into most caves. I'm not willing to take a chance with my life like that.

[@pC3390-c1w]

women ☕

[@mish375]

You're smart and that's why you're still alive.

[@Armin.89]

You're avoiding the Darwin award tho 😂

[@SaiSaiGre]

Sensible

[@funlife3484]

❤ between recklessness and sensibility, you chose the right one.

[@jessefava16]

So nutty putty cave story started us all on this binge 😂

[@scitec717]

Nutty putty 1st one I seen too about 2 weeks ago, all these years I never knew people done these crazy stuff iam amazed😮

[@sablesaber5930]

There were way worse than before nutty putty. Honestly, I first learned about the Sand Cave, dude was in there for nearly 18 fucking days alive before he succumbed. There is no value in any cave diving operation. Even a climb on Mount Everest is a better decision.

[@wellychickie]

Yip 😂 man I'm obsessed r.ip John Jones

[@wolfwillet431]

Yes

[@carolinagirl2428]

Omg yes! So sorry for the victims, but I Invested in these stories 😔

[@OneCreator87]

Recovering a body is not worth risking more lives.

[@oscard9429]

To be honest the rescuers probably want to do the expedition

[@kiefekiefe9542]

The rescuer is willing to do.

[@deemariedubois4916]

If it were me dead down there, I wouldn’t want anyone to risk their life to recover my body. I have left it and have no further need of it.

[@jmac6631]

If I died doing what I loved. Leave me there.

[@Evl_1]

Look up Edd Sorenson. He has recovered many. There are a lot of KZbin videos of him telling the stories.

[@TheGeezzer]

All divers should Take Note: Theres Nothing In A Cave Worth Dying For!

[@chrischrist4160]

Yep i´,m a hobby diver too but i never go deeper than 20 -25 m using simple compressed air. So in case of an emergency i can simple shoot to the surface without decompression. For no money in this world would you get me into an underwater cave.

[@catjaCB8252]

💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@notmyname90]

Exactly

[@residentidiot9694]

Trust me. They will never learn.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

I'm sure they've heard that a hundred times before. They don't agree with you.

[@NedwardFlanders]

Being deep underwater is like being on another undiscovered planet. Crazy how close the similarities are.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

I wouldn't know, I've never been to either place.

[@Reese1882yw]

​@JoeFarrier-ft3hy😂OK Kyrie

[@waynemac1993]

I wouldn't no I wasn't on another planet haha I'm joking now b4 there war over a comment hahaha

[@wyett123]

Being on land is like being on another undiscovered planet...one with land anyway. Crazy the similarities.

[@beyondbackwater4933]

Similarities to what planet? They're all quite different

[@24934637]

Death doesn't scare me, it happens to everyone and fearing the inevitable is pointless. What DOES scare me is the METHOD of death. Burning / death from burns, and drowning are in my personal opinion the worst ways to go. Closely followed by being trapped underground in a tight passage, such as which happened to Neil Moss. Oh NO! I wasn't aware of the death of Rob Parker! He wasn't a man I knew personally, but I was aware of his exploits both in caving and mountaineering / climbing. Sorry to hear of his passing.

[@WarriorMongoose]

I know thats right! it's definitely the method of death that's most terrifying....the pain and suffering, the mental anguish as you slowly perish. That's why ove always avoided doing things that could kill me. It's not the death. It's the pain. I have a pretty healthy aversion to that nonsense.

[@Melieg31]

Pitch Black dark, trapped in an underwater passage, running out of air. METHOD is everything and I even quit scuba diving because being eaten alive by a shark kept me terrified. I know, I know but the fear for me was real. How abt people left in the ocean by their dive boats.

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

My little brother said it best...death doesn't scare me! It's getting dead that worries me!

[@ellenlewis9860]

In a word....no. I did some shipwreck diving off NC in my youth. My deepest dive was approximately 110 ft. I was great. We had to do hours of class time and several check off dives to become certified. We formed a club and always went together in buddy teams. It was wonderful and no one ever got seriously hurt. Safety was number one. Wonderful! As a group we agreed cave diving was too risky. Never did any and never wanted too. At 68 yo I am glad I had the chance

[@light-tk3pj]

Outer banks?

[@melanietriche2658]

Not enough money in the world to get me to dive into a cave.

[@Mozart1220]

Or dive anywhere, or WALK into a cave.

[@GMighty]

1 million for a trip u not going?

[@Melieg31]

I’m not even walking into a cave. I remember a trip to Uganda to track Mountain Gorillas but guide took us on a road trip to a cave system to see bats. I refused to enter and glad I did. Huge Cobra just waiting for us to enter his domain. Caves just scare me. The bats would have been cool to see at dusk leaving the cave. Oh well.

[@christinecallahan5512]

Excactly my words......

[@andrewburkinshaw1446]

Cave diving sounds about as dangerous as climbing Mount Everest. You have to prepare like crazy and there’s no guarantee you or your body will ever make it back

[@Mozart1220]

"Like crazy" sums it up.

[@jen-a-purr]

You know how people wanna punish their pets for wandering outside the yard? I feel like the human race doesn’t get a choice to punish pets when we can’t even stay in our own yards

[@leecampos5974]

I’ve listened to the story of Dion Dreyer and Dave Shaw from close to a dozen different people. One detail that was not mentioned here was that one night before the dive down Bushman’s Hole, Dave had a dream and in his dream, he saw where Dion Dreyer‘s body was. Then when he actually went to Bushman‘s Hole, he went to the spot where he saw Deon in his dreams, and that was exactly where Deon’s body was. One of the commenters said it seemed like Deon wanted company down there, and came to Dave in that dream.

[@CristiNeagu]

I will never understand why people are fascinated with dangerous caves...

[@AMM278]

Everyone has their thing, you don’t need to understand it

[@dissimulii]

some people have stupid things.

[@AMM278]

@@dissimulii I wouldn’t be so quick to judge something before trying to grasp a better understanding.

[@Reese1882yw]

​@@AMM278man that's nonsense people are allowed to be fascinated by why some choose to gamble with their lives no one is judging you to be harsh.

[@wyett123]

​@@Reese1882ywWho showed fascination? The OP said "they'd never understand it" and the other guy called it stupid...

[@roderickflint1330]

Really well done video man. I like the details and actual footage from places.

[@nicholashayes5773]

There are plenty of diving videogames. I think I'll stick to those.

[@bombshellonthego]

I was just telling my husband that a good video game with realistic cave diving views would probably be enough for me. Which game would you suggest?

[@FilmscoreMetaler]

I love how in every single of these kind of stories they're always the "No. 1 most experienced diver in the entire visible universe" preparing for YEARS and then have never heard of ... mud.

[@NeoN-PeoN]

LMAO that's callus but funny as hell.

[@bobbysealejunior6590]

Very true. All these stories end the same. It should almost be illegal for these guys to do this and not be part of some government/state group that is regulated by OSHA. Lol…because they risk the lives of so many trying to salvage their bodies when something goes wrong. But it’s illegal for me to drive without my safety belt. 😏

[@BenjaminHartleyReturns]

@@bobbysealejunior6590I don’t think you quite realize how thoroughly the cave diving community self-regulates through agencies such as PADI and IUCRR. But you of course you don’t, you see something you don’t understand and out of envy seek to control the behavior of others through the mechanism of government- which both of these organizations directly collaborate with in order to uphold such a self-regulated culture. It’s okay to accept not knowing what you’re talking about. ☺️

[@booognish]

@@bobbysealejunior6590ok bootlicker

[@stevemorris6790]

@@BenjaminHartleyReturns, jealous? Kkkkkk

[@edgarramos1499]

There was no second option for Dan. Dan choose to live, his friend died for doing something extremely stupid.

[@Reese1882yw]

He was an "adventurer:

[@Mozart1220]

@@Reese1882yw LOL He was an idiot.

[@sandrakiefler4649]

For me, Shaw’s death is truly tragic. The guy who was just trying to give this poor family their son back to be able to properly bury him and he dies doing it! Ugh……it’s just a shitty situation all around…and yea I know that some people say it shouldn’t have been even tried, but I just don’t care honestly as it wasn’t some scatter-brained scheme oss. No, it was a well thought out and organized body retrieval, by a guy who was just trying to help ffs! 😢

[@failegion7828]

Unfortunately failure in body retrievals only adds to the grief all around.

[@Whickedlee]

Well....that's not ALL he was trying to do....

[@rhondamadgirl]

It’s amazing how bringing Shaw’s body up also brought along the body of the long-lost diver. Even in death, he still brought the young man’s body to his parents.

[@halcyonramirez6469]

Was it equipment failure that caused his death? Because that was just one deep hole and labyrinthine. So I wonder what actually happened

[@Mozart1220]

So let me get this straight. He died pulling a dead body out of a CAVE so he could be BURIED?

[@deannaallen4670]

Water alone scares me but diving and caves is a hard pass. It is amazing how people can do it and the stuff they see has to be incredible. I just could not do it.

[@residentidiot9694]

So incredible that they put their lives at risk for nothing. Stupidity at it's highest level.

[@mattlahey6705]

Thats pretty much where I stand. I'm sure its a great experience and these people see things most others won't but I know I could never do it. I can handle stressful environments but this is a whole new level. Tight spaces and water, the 2 scenarios in which one can die that terrify me the most. Nope! More than happy to watch others do it.

[@ChevyGirl-1984]

Same. I have a serious fear of drowning, but being stuck in a cave while drowning? Hell on earth.

[@juliatarrel1674]

Water is wonderful. The sensations I get while swimming leave me feeling a freedom I don't get while plodding around the earth. Diving where I have to be careful of my air tanks and dive time and the like? Why take the joy of swimming and destroy it with all that stuff?

[@steaustin8789]

Thankfully not everyone is boring like you

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

I was at Florida's Little River Springs one cool autumn day in the late 70s, when a pair of divers, brothers, went into the underwater cave, but later only the elder emerged from the 68 degree water. The elder brother kept trying to go back down, but bystanders held him back. We all sat around and prayed until sundown, but rescue divers who had rushed to help didn't bring anyone out. I moved away after that and don't know if they ever found that young man. The cave was closed after that incident, but has since been reportedly reopened.

[@danielfox9461]

What happened at the end was that they were both tangled in the guide line and it wasn't til the rescuers came back the next day to get there equipment and pulled up the diveline that Dave and deons bodies came out with it

[@co7769]

But why did Dave die? Man went to collect a body and ended up becoming one himself.

[@thomashugus5686]

Being mildly claustrophobic I find diving in tight spaces absurd terrifying!

[@vagabon5130]

I like how ALL the experience, means absolutely nothing when ur exploring a previously unexplored location. That and the fact that there are entirely TOO many goddamn variables that can kill u.

[@co7769]

But adventure

[@vagabon5130]

@@co7769 underground, a place thats not lit and maybe underwater, no food vendors, help is HOURS away, gear can fail, you could lose visibility, you could lose equilibrium, you could panic, tight spaces, fear of tight spaces, you could get lost…. But, adventure. Yes.

[@nicihot15]

The South African story really hit me. That guy knew if he died down there nobody would ever find them and he knew they were on a tight time frame. It’s just amazing how he got them back to the surface 🙏🏾

[@mlembrant]

just the thumbnail of the squeezed diver gave me shivers ..

[@georgiabigfoot]

I can’t get enough cave diving disaster vids. Always enjoy them with a snack and my feet propped up.

[@cur1ouscatf1sh]

There are very few things I want that do less than cave diving (you can call it cowardice but I prefer thinking of it as survival instinct) but for some reason I’ve been obsessed with these videos lately 😅 it satisfies my morbid curiosity in the same way true crime does, but I don’t mind watching it in the dark and it doesn’t leave me checking the locks on my doors and windows

[@circomnia9984]

13:36 For those wondering what the sign says, it's written in Afrikaans, and says: "In loving memory of our son, that only brought sunshine and laughter into our lives. You were only borrowed to us for a short time, and this time was our joy". On the top is his name, under that date of birth and death, then the message, and at the bottom the names of his parents.

[@William14094]

We like these cave disaster videos because they help us appreciate the comfort of our own homes.

[@Nisie23]

Deon was the reason Dave Shaw died when he tried to bring him to the surface. I wrote that before you mentioned about Dave. PS.. It didn't happen like you said. Dave wasn't recovered until the next day, by chance and by chance he had what was left of Deon wrapped around his ankle by a line.

[@Storytellers_Path]

In answer to your question at the end...no, I personally would never want anyone to risk their own life attempting to retrieve my body from an underwater cave if I somehow didn't make it back after a dive. I love diving, although I very rarely do any cave diving, bc imo it simply has too much that can go wrong. I plan to enjoy many more amazing years of open water diving, and if by some chance I should ever pass away while diving in a place where body retrieval is risky/impossible, I would be totally at peace with the idea of my body remaining in the ocean I loved so much and becoming part of the natural food chain for other living creatures. Never throw life after death, as one of my early instructors told me, and it has stayed true all these years, to me, anyway. Great docu-series - keep 'em coming, please!!👍👍💗🏊‍♀🧗‍♂👀

[@rottingsun]

idk why people think underwater rocks people have never seen before are worth rocking their lives to see. it's just rocks in a cave.

[@Guiltless765]

Losing my life in the name of adventure might be the dumbest thing ever.

[@Za7a7aZ]

Very dangerous to pull yourself upon the safety line...if it breaks and there are turns and twists up ahead you can get lost. The recovering at bushmans hole is the most tragic one...it must have been devastating for the parents of that young man lying on the bottom to be recovered and learn that the diver shaw willing to help them had drowned with his attempt.

[@Spider-Geek916]

No matter how badly I'd want my child's body back, I can't imagine ever letting someone else risk their life to retrieve it and I'd never forgive myself if something happened to them in the process.

[@dappadondadda100]

Ummm it would have been devastating for Shaws wife and kids. Don't forget them.

[@co7769]

I wanna know what happened to good old Shaw tho

[@jen-a-purr]

It’s the “They squeezed through a crack” for me

[@johnr5252]

What is the appeal of going into caves? It’s dark, cold, claustrophobic, and now you add water. What’s to like? Sky diving, bungee jumping, scuba diving, I could understand. But going into a cave? No.

[@slicingonions4398]

In the narrow passages typically tanks are put infront of you and pushed, not dragged behind

[@alexfroelich3404]

Dave Not Coming Back is a great documentary to watch

[@tomball7009]

When you're friends with an adrenaline junky, you're not friends for long.

[@jinka6171]

Dang…..so true…..

[@JumboJim54]

Good job on da vid, brah!

[@PuppiBlueSkies]

Holy crap, the quality of your videos does not match your sub count- you’re so underrated!!

[@teudunngie4039]

Well maybe if he pronounced trimix correctly he would have more subscribers.

[@Unicornclo7]

(3rd) Good job at this video! It's detailed, simple, and easy to understand!

[@ericjimenez469]

This is my 3 rd day of binge watching Ave diving and cave exploring videos. I must have subscribed to 10 channels due to this. MR DEIFIED if my favorite so far.very sad and my heart and condolences go out to the family and friends of those who lost their lives doing what they love. God Bless us all. Amen🙏🏽😓🥺😥😇😿⛪️❣️💯

[@jheafranz]

I cant imagine being in one of those situations

[@jeffshultz3883]

I can imagine it getting yourself in a situation like these divers did. Imagine your last thought being how stupid you are for getting yourself into this situation. And for what!?🤔

[@ryansmith2149]

​@jeffshultz3883 Imagine how scared you'd be. Knowing the inevitable is coming and there's absolutely nothing you can do. That's gotta be up there as one of the worse ways to go

[@LastBrainCell01]

​@@ryansmith2149 water and fire always are... i dont know which id pick if i were given the choice... they can both be slow and agonising...

[@BeMoreAwareGodWatches]

There’s something about watching cave diving disasters from the comfort of my warm cozy bed.

[@arkvsi8142]

Go cave diving with the cozy bed, attach engines to it

[@steaustin8789]

Oh yeah there sure is girl

[@williamhayes1630]

Can I join you

[@zemm9003]

I think because you feel intellectually superior.

[@augustcamma4879]

I hate these videos so much but for some reason I can't understand I am fascinated by them and can't stop watching them.

[@WarH]

to the gentleman that’s narrating this story flippers is not the right way to say fins divers use fins not flippers. And furthermore, I hear you guys talk about being an expert doing this and doing that, and diving quite frankly, I’ve been teaching diving for years I teach my students not to multitask and stay away from all overhead environments I don’t care how good you are or how did you think you are you lucky going in your lucky coming out a lot of these so-called expert divers are dying all over the world because they keep pushing the envelope eventually, the Grim Reaper will grab you by your fins and you’ll never come out alive

[@synony6]

Also trimix pronounced trim-ix instead of try-mix. As in tri, a three gas mix.

[@residentidiot9694]

Water spirits will grab you and you ain't coming back. All water bodies are domains for these demonic entities and they will take you as you are in their domain

[@wolf73371]

​@@synony6 I was hoping that was bothering someone else.

[@bombshellonthego]

Sir, you just scared me more than the video did. The grim reaper grabbing you by the fins? 😭

[@rhorantyko7796]

It's pronoinced like that because it's likely a text-to-speech program and not an actual person haha

[@Mxjuuuuuuu]

just one cave accident i can't stop watching this kind of video after that, the hell? am i alone? or there's some who encounter this kind of feeling?😭

[@hood_TheJoker]

my caucasian brothers and sisters, stop all this madness..its not worth it.. find safer things to explore or a much safer way either.. not worth your life

[@edwardblomquist786]

Hahaha yeah

[@angrychickadee4456]

Lmao

[@farrierette5216]

I'm an African American cave diver.

[@hood_TheJoker]

@@farrierette5216 please be safe brother.. dangerous and unforgiving occupation, passion or dare..

[@khanhlinhle8044]

Well, I'm Asian

[@annegrey3780]

In the last story, Mike has gone on record to say Shane was not supposed to stay on land, he just wasn't supposed to go into the cave as far as he did. I think the misunderstanding that Shane wasn't supposed to be in the water is sort of upsetting for Mike. The idea that Shane wasn't supposed to be there at all makes Shane seem very reckless. The truth is, if you listen to Mike, Shane started acting different as they went down into the cave, pushed ahead of Mike, went further than planned, and then when Mike caught up Shane was acting confused and panicked. It is possible Shane was reckless and decided to try and "outdo" Mike then panicked when he realized he couldn't get back...but it's also possible that something happened to Shane - such as nitrogen narcosis or even a medical emergency, and he became confused and disoriented...all we know is that, from Mike's perspective, everything was going right...he and Shane dove down to the area where Shane was supposed to stop and wait with supplies while Mike dove deeper...and then all hell broke loose and the only one who knows why is Shane.

[@sil_aelin]

I'm scuba diving myself. My max depth was a 46 metres night dive in a pitch black lake. It's an amazing experience. But I'd never ever dive into a cave. Like NEVER EVER. Not for all money in this world. Biggest NOPE of all nopest NOPES.

[@PaddySnuffles]

Drowning in a small dark place is one of my nightmare scenarios. Drowning would be bad enough, but not being able to see -- or only seeing rock everywhere you turn... Nopenopenope!

[@MissNebulosity]

yep, me neither. seriously ducking dangerous

[@sil_aelin]

@@MissNebulosity We actually had someone in our remote circle of friends who had to watch his girlfriend drown during a cave dive. Her air tank had a malfunction and he either had to let her drown and get out alive or share his air with her and die, too, since there wasn't enough air left in his tank for both of them. He decided not to die with her but he never forgave himself and was never the same guy again.

[@scitec717]

​@@sil_aelinthat's absolutely so horrific and sad these cave diving stories are worst than any horror movie

[@dappadondadda100]

​@@sil_aelin... I'm sorry. But why did he not try and protect her and help.

[@marfe8814]

The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance; it is the illusion of knowledge.

[@kbcoggin]

Well said.

[@hitzoneproductions7858]

Cave diving is actually nothing more than a addiction to natural the bodies release of natural endorphins. This addiction should be treated no differently than any other.

[@piperg6179]

Never, never ignore the first rule of cave diving: DON’T DO IT!!

[@wolf73371]

Rule #1 is not to do it unless you've been trained for it. If you follow the golden rules, it's a relatively safe sport. But you're never to attempt it without proper training.

[@Mozart1220]

@@wolf73371 And when you get in trouble, don;t expect anyone else to risk THEIR life to save you. How many "well trained experts" are now frozen monuments to stupidity on Everest?

[@wolf73371]

@@Mozart1220 Did you know rescue divers, people who voluntarily take up the mantel to help others, concern their own safety first so they don't become another casulaty? I don't expect anyone to help me, it's their choice should they choose to. If it's too dangerous, they won't do it. Simple. And people make that choice every day to help people when things go wrong. Like I said, I was simply stating the ACTUAL first rule of cave diving and not this missinformation stated in the original comment. There's a bunch of rules and rigourous training that goes into being cave certified. Many places don't let poeple dive withouth certain qualifications because it CAN be dangerous to people that don't know what they're doing or how to get out of certain situation. But sure, go off on something you don't understand. Have a good day!

[@vipersb1]

"Firstly" "Secondly" "Thirdly" What a weird choice... Lol.

[@orandachildren1051]

What can I say, guy's on crack.

[@juliankitts544]

21:13 to 21:20 there is a face in the rocks on the cave wall (middle/top of frame)

[@sega-re-trop-vieux]

Cave diving is like Russian roulette, it looks very exciting and despite the low probability you can die without knowing it

[@peterhughes7445]

I put up with the constant reference to Oxygen, it's just air'!!!! BUT you lost me at flippers...🤣

[@Kizzabell]

Fish have fins.. humans wear flippers 😆

[@DeborahRosen99]

Cave diving is one of the stupidest, most dangerous and reckless things humans can possibly do, for the privilege of seeing a lot of rocks and mud, at the cost of their lives and the grief of everyone they know. Change my mind.

[@jordanw1649]

Well. It’s bigger than yourself. You have to be called into exploration. They are like the first astronauts. Lives are lost in the name of exploration. WISDOM says YOU ARE RIGHT. but not everybody is afraid of death and the chance of dying doing this is still relatively slim with ALL proper training. These guys were the TOP of the TOP and went places no other human beings have been. That’s pretty cool to me. Ancient Mayan type sh*t

[@jeffshultz3883]

Agreed!

[@PaddySnuffles]

It's thanks to cave divers who put in the time to become experts that the Thai football team is alive today. If nobody practiced cave diving we wouldn't be able to rescue people in crazy situations. It's also thanks to cave divers that we understand how underwater cave systems work so we can better understand how our weird little planet functions.

[@residentidiot9694]

​@@PaddySnufflesthe football team were stupid in their right, still no excuse to go meandering in places that don't concern you. Like hikers or mountain climbers who put themselves AND others at risk for absolutely no reason but their own hubris. FYI in all waterbodies there dwells demonic water spirits, they take lives, enter at your own risk

[@UnprofessionalGriefer]

​@@PaddySnufflesWell people should stop going to caves, nobody to save then

[@MissouriExplorer]

Explorers who die in caves are already buried.

[@justacrystal567]

Incredible stories. Wishing all those lost have found peace.

[@chrischrist4160]

I simple don´t get it why people risk their lifes to swimm around in thight caves... I mean whats the point of it?

[@PaddySnuffles]

One of the reasons is to map it out so we can better understand the water flow in the area as well as watch out for water pollution and the like. Another is so we can study these seemingly barren environments. You also need lots of practice in order to be able to help out in the case of people needing rescue (e.g. the Thai soccer team incident). And some people are adrenaline junkies who just really like testing their limits (definitely not me though, lol).

[@sagingbanana6112]

A story to tell 😅

[@anjelocarey]

Cave diving itself is already bizarre for me.

[@magicconchy]

Trimix pronunciation drove me nuts , wonderful video

[@GordonJohnson-vc8sm]

Was looking through comments was waiting for someone to say something can't watch anymore

[@magicconchy]

@@GordonJohnson-vc8sm like nails on a chalkboard

[@Alice-ln8mg]

Thank you! That was driving me nuts as well. Hearing "trimmix" instead of "tri-mix" every other sentence was starting to irritate my soul istg

[@msingh9634]

Why the F would you want to go down these tiny spaces deep in the ground. Just don’t do it people.

[@sharkymarky7251]

Good job on some fascinating, albeit sad, stories. But please get some terms right. We do NOT breathe oxygen when scuba diving, except for decompression above 20 ft. We breathe air, nitrox (air with a higher concentration of oxygen), or trimix (pronounced try-mix). Dolphins have flippers, divers use fins. And the memorial board at the bottom of the Blue Hole in Santa Rosa has been there LONG before Thompson died in '16. It recognizes the 1976 deaths and a few others. I don't believe Thompson is commemorated anywhere at the Blue Hole, at least not that I've ever seen in my 100+ dives there. I'll be teaching there again next weekend, though, so I'll look.

[@echoesstoriess]

Thanks for your educational input, much appreciated! Wow you've made 100+ dives there, unbelievable. I'm not sure id be able to go that far ever 😅

[@sharkymarky7251]

@@echoesstoriess just in the Blue Hole itself. NEVER been in the cave system. That's WAY beyond my skill, and comfort, level. :)

[@nicb.1411]

I never understood why people feel the need to recover a person's body. Their family can still have a funeral for them. It makes no sense to risk your life over a dead corpse. Very dumb.

[@hmpp7013]

Nature is forever the winner.

[@jeffshultz3883]

Nature has no pity for stupidity.🤨

[@twocyclediesel1280]

They use pressure gauges in scuba, not manometers. A manometer is a type of pressure gauge but they don’t use manometers in diving. And it’s pronounced “try mix” not “trim mix”

[@jev1620]

Your the definition of " well aksually☝️🤓"

[@suegoldfild8990]

*You're

[@Alice-ln8mg]

@@jev1620 Maybe, but he is factually correct; the pronunciation of "trimix" in the video is incorrect. So is your spelling of "your" in this situation (it's "you're", bro).

[@IamNoOne-001]

I will never understand why people willingly put themselves in thoses situatons!!!😰😩

[@tammiesumpter3541]

I get claustrophobic just watching these videos 😮😮😮

[@fajardwi3602]

would never go and enjoying some of the days with live or death activities

[@sunshineloved]

Everyone who knows the Dave Shaw story is flinching at the inaccuracies 😂

[@Halfdead211]

Like what?Or where can we find more info?

[@dappadondadda100]

​@halfdead211 ...such as the bubbles and bodies rose up

[@Joannefibracs9994]

@@Halfdead211There’s a documentary with tons of actual footage and interviews. Found it on KZbin, I believe. It’s called “Dave Not Coming Back.”

[@hugeaxon]

I am terrified of heights, but I would BASE jump off the Burj Khalifa before I would go underwater spelunking. The deep end of the swimming pool is my max depth.

[@jeffshultz3883]

Nope! It's not worth the risk to retrieve the bodies of the deceased. Wether the heights of Mt. Everest or the depths of cave divers it's just not worth it.

[@apriledwards5037]

The last one isn’t even close. If anyone wants the real story, Dive Talk discusses it in an interview with Mike Young.

[@IronMan-raho]

Bushmans hole tragedy i read they were pulling the lines up and the bodies come up with the lines. Also Daves video was rolling the whole time so they seen what happened he got tangled up in the lines

[@co7769]

I wanna see how bad someone can get tangled (by yourself apparently) that it will kill you

[@darthscipio5289]

I GUESS NOBODY HAS HEARD OF "MURPHY"S LAW" LEARN IT, LIVE IT.

[@Whickedlee]

Dryer's flashlight.....RIP...may your light shine on.

[@sandrabreedlove3661]

I never thought of Florida having caves

[@wc4109]

Why cave diving so attractive? What do divers accomplish? There’s nothing to see, no treasures ever found…. If you’re experienced diver, go explore wonders of the ocean, sea life, coral reefs…. Less dangerous, and much more to see…

[@yamilleon3744]

Yes! It has peaked my interest in deep water exploration too

[@Warren_GG]

Your description of what happened at Bushman hole is completely wrong. You stated that right when they were about to leave they saw bubbles and somehow they both emerged. That’s just not true. After the accident, they took a couple days to take everything in and eventually went back to retrieve their gear and when they were pulling their gear back up, he was tangled in all of this stuff. That’s how they retrieve the bodies not some miracle.

[@rand0mn33ss]

Trimix is pronounced like "try-mix". "Tri" meaning 3, for the 3 gasses.

[@ubaldo_ubi_purchiazza5109]

A good cave diver would NEVER wait to have half of the air to start the way back...RULE OF THIRDS.

[@Frog_Mob_Boss]

It's not that bizzare when you think of how dumb it is for glaringly obvious reasons. Like what else did these fools expect to happen?

[@zcam7939]

Diving in caves is absolutely stupid.

[@ericjimenez469]

I read Dave Shaw died though. In this video it says he resurfaced with the initial rescue body. Did I get that wrong? Can someone please explain? Thank you❤

[@Jo-em1fg]

I will never understand why people do this It’s frightening to watch.

[@Official_NOLIMIT]

“Decompression sickness” makes me think of “made in the abyss” if you dont know what made in the abyss is, it’s an anime where if you ascend from a spectacular cave you’ll develop ascending sickness depending on the depth.

[@RaysPlaysHandle]

The only type of diving I would do is snorkeling

[@jevon4073]

The bush has a creature that lurks deep in its depths the story is that it used the first body of the young man to lure shaw right into its carefully premeditated trap an at the very end releasing there lifeless souls an bodys from its grips to eventually float to the top as if it was showing its kill off

[@residentidiot9694]

There are such demonic entities (water spirits) in all water bodies and they do take people

[@MrE1981]

TRY-mix, not Trimmix.

[@Noonespecial1611]

Tri-mix not try-mix 😂

[@NeoN-PeoN]

​@@Noonespecial1611he spelled it phonetically to get the pronunciation across.

[@Noonespecial1611]

@@NeoN-PeoN it is meant to be pronounced as spelled tri-mix, your probably a clone smh

[@joeysnyder8966]

It is TRI like try - MIX not trimix. OMG, Dive Talk would be more then disappointed with this guy...

[@BestGirlsBiggestFan]

*than

[@joeysnyder8966]

@@BestGirlsBiggestFan Thanks Webster!

[@sheonlywearsblack]

I’d have a damn stroke if I came across a corpse while in black water. Just nope.

[@moisescazares1928]

Mike young says his story about his experience on the channel dive talk. It’s crazy!

[@alexpavlovich8207]

It is pronounced tri-mix, as in the three gases its composed of. Irregardles, wonderfully done video.

[@leocampos3603]

he forgot to mention a Brazilian couple and a guide who got lost in the cave Playa del Carmen mexico

[@franciswalsh8416]

Can someone figure out that the frigging safety rope should be a telephone cable in size and durability??!!! I will go nuts if I see one more of these caving tragedies where the frigging safety rope breaks!!! Phew, much better now.

[@DNDmode.]

I just don’t understand what would make anyone want to rush their lives like this.

[@LittleGhost1979]

If u want to cave dive, you have to start out learning from the beginning. Cave diving and overhead environments are only dangerous if you dont follow the rules.

[@user-mu1jm9mz2t]

Idk I love watching these videos in the conforms of my bed