Caving in Cascade A Story of Survival

[@shelbina08]

Andrew coached him through that difficult time like a true leader!! Most people don't have the mental capacity to do that, they would have left.. You deserve a metal of heroism.

[@CraftsCrafts-wv3pu]

Boa De Cocoa Yeah he did

[@shelbina08]

@Digitalbumpin I don't think you you know what it is to be a "true leader" from the statement you made. Everyday we wake up we are challenged. Everyday we are fighting for our lives. We have free will but we don't control our destiny. These caver's chose to go spelunking in that cave, yes. But they did not control the flash floods. Being a leader means getting yourself and others out of extremely tough situations even when all odds are against you. There may be some casualties, but the fact that someone will not leave you even if that means laying down their own life to save yours is exemplary and one of the highest things you can do for another individual. It's not to be taken lightly.

[@comeandtakem]

@@shelbina08 I can tell you are a really genuine person,thank you for your thoughtful words.People call these guys idiots for just being adventurers,when really they are seeing the world instead of living life seeing the world through a cell phone

[@shelbina08]

@@comeandtakem I appreciate that. The foundation of all of our lives in modern day is because someone took a risk, explored the unknown and even laid down there life. I don't like this notion that they deserved for this to happen to them. But like usual no one cares about the labor pains they just want to see the baby.

[@shelbina08]

@@suddenluke4954 bravery doesn't have a gender.

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

Andrew staying calm but forceful is astounding to hear. Not an ounce of panic in his voice, pure focus on the task at hand. The EXACT kind person I want in a cave when something goes wrong

[@duanescot]

I have to say, this is one HELL of a story and deserves a mini movie at least, KUDOS to the guy who took control of the situation and kept his cool

[@isaiahphillip4112]

This kind of is a mini-movie, with real footage of the events and people. Why would another need to be made?

[@lyricdavilogyld7002]

Guess dummies make good movies, how about stopping doing stupid shit...

[@jjstratford]

Yeah. That guy is a fucking cucumber 🥒

[@johnathanreynolds7008]

I thought the same thing and was fixing to comment it...that guy was AMAZING

[@GUIRADE95]

Kudos my ass, bunch of full grown stupid bastards good for nothing! I hope next time they do this shit they drown for good! Fuck them idiots!

[@richardlagle4879]

Andrew.. From a fellow Caver NSS# 33170. Outstanding Job at Keeping calm for your Friend and yourself. The fear in his face tells me that he would have perished there for sure. Flood water can catch even veteran Cavers off guard. Being prepared and staying calm prevented a tragic ending. This video needs to be shared and used by Cave rescue, etc. to educate . Peace

[@sionjones7664]

Excellent comment.

[@johnathanreynolds7008]

Who else started out on KZbin watching whatever and is now 'nutty putty/scary cave' video binge watching lol?

[@myreasonforlife.9511]

Go Figure.. That's U-Tubie 4 ya, always pointing us in the Dumb F*** Section or Fake Hauntings.

[@tagheuerwoods6241]

Yep, I even spent 6 hours reading the story of Ted the caver

[@taoutdoors8110]

It's 5:40 AM and my night started so normal and somehow took such a fucked turn.

[@JojoplusBo]

Johnathan Reynolds ...5:30am Friday 22nd Feb 2019.....ohmygawd....ME!

[@johnathanreynolds7008]

@@JojoplusBo lol

[@Mlotshaw1]

i have two big ways i do not wanna die, underground or drowned this was horror

[@Mlotshaw1]

true, at least tho after a min shock prolly put you unconscious inhalation on smoke would be alot like drowning i imagine, being eaten alive would honestly prolly be the worst way to go.

[@Pussycatfeathers]

It's nothing like drowning...burning you suffer unimaginable pain which is not quickly over!....even a small burn is excruciating as we all know...this has truly got to be the worst way to die!

[@Mrraerae]

@@Pussycatfeathers I think getting dropped into boiling water would be even worse than burning alive because you´d probably pass out pretty quickly from smoke inhalation and getting your airways scorched by fire. And you wouldn´t have that struggle to stay on the surface in your last seconds in insane amounts of pain because you can´t escape being on fire.

[@furryface1057]

that was super intense man

[@ccdrobin6962]

@@Mrraerae Anything that involves alot of pain will cause most of us to pass out fairly quick, so getting dropped in boiling water would make you pass out quick.

[@pikachufan3588]

Cave water is no joke. I've been spelunking only once but that ONE time, the cave started flooding and the way out was under water. The guide we were with bad to scope out how bad it really was and told us if he didn't return and something happened that he has a system that if he doesn't check in at a certain time rescuers would come for us. We were a group of about 12 late teenagers. He did come back and said only a short bit of it was under water but the rest was filling up quickly so we had to quickly get through this first under water section then hurry to the exit of the cave. When I went under water, my clothes got stuck on the rocks in the narrow underwater hole. I ripped my shirt away and those few seconds of being underwater not being able to open my eyes because of acidic freezing water were terrifying. I got through and got to the point where I felt my back broach out of the water in the other side but I couldn't stand up. I literally could not move it was so cold. Luckily the guide saw me floating there face down and picked me up by my collar and I gasped and when I tried to move forward I almost fell face first back into the water but I somehow regained my balance and stumbled to a drier area. It was very intense and that was just like 15-20 seconds of being underwater. I can't imagine being exposed to that water for hours. Glad he survived!

[@aazhie]

Glad you only had a brief scare, and I'm glad everyone in this expedition made it out safely. So scary and it's not like they were newbies or anything! D:

[@fonzo2525]

this has become a guilty pleasure of mine when i can't sleep,watching cave diving and caving videos,although it scares me to death somehow at the same time when i'm done watching i feel exhausted,maybe from being so nervous about the folks 'm watching hoping they'll be ok.

[@g59g.r11]

fonzo2525 your like me

[@angeleyes79gs]

Same..

[@ThePieFairy91]

10:58 I love that casual hello and the surprised rescuers response of "I love you!". The relief they felt knowing it wasn't going to be a body recovery, knowing these men would go home to their loved ones...the weight of it in those 3 words.

[@archankumarmyana40]

I think it was Jason who shouted, "I love you".

[@brianwatson3705]

I feel honored to have a man such as yourself part of our worldwide caving family. To remain calm in a situation like that shows the kind of man you man. Much love brother 👍😎👍

[@bluedeemster3259]

My two biggest instinctual fears are drowning and being trapped in small spaces.. It would be such a terrifying way to go. These guys must have something wrong with their risk/ reward system because this is almost like Russian roullete. Im an amateur spelunker and I wouldn't go near a cave with wet conditions or during rainy weather. I've seen and heard of countless cases of people being trapped or drowning in caves after a downpour of rain. Caves are hazardous to begin with but you ad water to the equation and you quickly have a death trap, literally. One of those things that always takes people by surprise when they least expect. It was neat seeing that one guy help save that other guy. He remained calm and collected and directed his fellow caver in a very high pressure situation. Good work there. Respect all caves no matter how "safe" you think they are and God bless!

[@nyk3334]

Blue Deemster you spelunk and u have a fear of small spaces?

[@spydergs07]

Caving in these small caves is a blast.

[@fuzzzbuzzz4208]

A guy named John Jones died in nutty putty cave. All the documentary videos on it really show how horrible that would be

[@MegaHariboboy]

As terrifying as drowning is, I've read that it actually is quite a peaceful way to go (after all the horrendous stuggling that you go through). Caving on the other hand...

[@syberphish]

Burning to death has got to be far worse than drowning. Which basically makes drowning a pretty decent way to go out. I used my wreck gear once to dive a flooded gold mine on night in the middle of nowhere with a girl I'd just met that night from a dating app. I said something about needing her for her body and she was totally down, but instead of taking her out to dinner I drove her 90 mins up into the mountains and then handed her a harness, boots and a helmet. That area of the mine was wet and I had nothing to tie off to. So she and I lugged my dive gear 1/4 mile underground through 16" of standing water to the dive site near midnight where I geared up, had her harness up, then I clipped my line to her. Handed her a knife and told her if for any reason there's an issue and I'm gonna pull her underwater, cut the line. Otherwise, please don't. Then I did my dive, using her body as my tie in point. Worked beautifully. With drowning you're just like, oh no...I messed up and now I can't breathe, goodbye world! And that's it. With burning to death there's lots of negative feedback involving pain receptors. It must be worse by far. Re: not going near a cave when there's water flowing in it. When I used to explore lots of storm drains all over the country, we had a saying "no drains when it rains". Caves aren't quite the same though. Lots of wet caves have water flow most of or all of the time, it's part of what makes the cave fun. But you get to this issue with the level of flow and where the line is for what's safe and what isn't can be blurry. It's best to go with a veteran of the area first.

[@ltraina3353]

Man, Andrew is EXACTLY the rescuer I’d want helping me in an emergency. The calm demeanor and the way he expressed TOTAL confidence in Jason’s ability to get through this clearly made all the difference. His constant communication left little room for panic or doubt to set in, his voice and clear instructions provides a focus, where silence would allow the mind to spin out of control. The entire group seems like a great bunch of guys, and really displayed some excellent teamwork. Just, wow!

[@unclefister6550]

Amazing the way that man took control. True hero

[@duaneayers6117]

Andrew is a Bad Ass. He's the Perfect Dude any Person would want to always have around 👍😇

[@foskco87]

Id let that guy coach my wife during childbirth

[@SariennMusic73]

5:48 if anyone ever wondered what literal shock and terror mixed together looks like, these eyes clearly and loudly show it.

[@TheMartine]

This just shows how important it is to have a calm and assertive voice to guide you when you're in shock. Very impressed by that rescue.

[@Yoshi92]

10:21 I will let the fear pass through me And when the fear is gone Only I will remain Thank you, that's really powerful.

[@mills7769]

Andrew, the guy coaching the person who was stuck did a brilliant job. Huge energy and positivity in a terrifying situation. Major cudos

[@Caver461]

Amazing leadership under stress - i've been in a few scary spots, but this is beyond my experience. 6.28, I'm starting too feel anxiety just watching.

[@Titan52berg]

This video, along with the Scary Interesting description is terrifying! You can actually sense the struggle and tension of these trapped cavers because you are THERE with them as it all happens! Incredible record of their immense peril and heroic fight to free themselves from the subterranean maze and the torrential flooding around them, worsening every second of their terrifying ordeal! Thank God they all returned to the surface safe! Andrew, you, Sir, are the type of loyal friend and guide that everyone needs on their journeys into the darkness below! Jason... Sir, you are an inspiration to others, for having listened to every instruction your friend, Andrew gave to you to ensure your survival! You guys are terrific cavers!

[@k1ng5urfer]

Just came here from that video

[@dannydeleto8535]

It’s all fun and games until someone gets trapped 200 feet under ground in a cave while water is rising drowning them

[@spydergs07]

That's the risk people are willing to take. Atleast they are having fun soing what they love and not doing something stupid like driving 200mph down the public roads.

[@bruhman3233]

Rad Danny? What do you mean it’s the best part

[@twinkleshines8043]

what if we got trapped 200 feet underground for 14 hours together... haha jk jk im playin..... unless...?

[@Yoshi92]

@@spydergs07 I'd say driving 200mph on public roads is much more fun than almost drowning in a cave 200ft underground. And here in Germany it's even legal. 💯😜 However, almost drowning in a cave is much *cooler* than crashing a car by dumb driving and surviving *that.* 😂

[@jennymulinaro6036]

When Andrew said the search and rescue team was the true hero of their story, I outwardly said “No.” They ARE heroes, but Andrew’s bravery and ability to stay calm for Jason was one of the most heroic things I’ve ever seen. They saved themselves. And went back to finish their journey after something too frightening for most to fathom. Andrew and Jason are their own heroes.

[@markgunther2502]

Horrible thing to say. You should be ashamed of yourself. Yes S&R is the heroes having to sacrifice their time to rescue doofuses that are unprepared and get themselves into near death situations and consequently put the lives of the innocent at risk.

[@jennymulinaro6036]

@@markgunther2502 oh lord, here we go. Normally I wouldn’t even give you the satisfaction of a retort, but you caught me at a bad time dude, so excuse me while I try to piece this together. First, I never said the rescuers were not heroes, I said that in this situation HE was the true hero, because he did their job before they had the chance to do it. Kind of obvious. But.. Why exactly do you think that calling a hero , who is a LITERAL hero, a “horrible” thing to say? Open a dictionary and widen your vocabulary because that’s not my job, and you apparently have a hard time retaining really useful shit. Or are you just wanting to spit bullshit because you couldn’t comprehend what I said, and you dislike the fact that the majority of the population have the ability to recognize all kinds of heroism, yet you can’t seem to grasp it when it’s being shoved in your face on a screen attached to YOUR hand. Was just curious, Mark. Thanks.

[@markgunther2502]

@@jennymulinaro6036 Oh Allah, you are obtuse. So a couple joyriders get themselves into trouble and have to summon people that are absolutely putting their own lives in danger to rescue said joyriders, yet the joyriders are the heroes, while the unpaid volunteers that got none of the thrill of the "adventure", got out of bed in the middle of the night, left their families and put themselves in danger for the joyriders, aren't the real heroes? Makes sense, not. But yeah I'm calling bullf@g on this. Any more stupid statements you want to make?

[@bewing77]

I do both cave and wreckage diving, but somehow I find "normal" caving much more intimidating. I think the reason is that if things go south when diving, your gone pretty quickly and don't have to deal with the "being stuck for 48 hours before you starve to death" - and if diving in a deeper cave your always somewhat narced which makes it feel it would be even less difficult to accept that "yea, I'm dying, shit". I've had some close calls, I remember one time I had an issue with my wing and just kept going deeper, I remember just looking at the dive computer thinking "ok, I'm on air, and I'm now passing where oxygen is getting really toxic, that's no good" and the giggling to myself. I did have one nasty incident though where I was passing through a tight opening in a wreck, and got stuck. By this time I had moved to almost always dive rebreather and it wasn't a decompression dive, so there was no immediate risk of running out of gas and I knew my buddy would realize something was up and turn back and get me unstuck, however, I had managed to get stuck in a position where I couldn't reach the O2 dosing valve - when diving on a rebreather you basically breathe the same gas over and over - when we breathe normally we only consume a small amount of the actual oxygen in the air, most goes back out, so it's basically fine to breather several times - the rebreather has a "scrubber" which removes CO2 from the gas and you can keep breathing it. However, after a number of breaths the oxygen will get depleted, and you have to put more into the loop from a tank, which is done using the dosing valve, so this meant that I was slowly getting less and less oxygen in the mix and it was getting pretty uncomfortable by the time my buddy came back - I've always been extremely careful about keeping track of the valve after this. But even so, comparing I'd take drowning (or rather asphyxiating) in that situation over getting dead stuck in an overwater cave and have hours or days of mental anguish to suffer through before perishing. Also, not that I do overwater caving, but it seems to me it often involves squeezes far tighter then the ones we go through - we have to fit a bit of gear through and it's pretty much impossible to dive through a squeeze where you are physically constrained from all sides in the same way.

[@LIBERTYSINCURSION]

bewing77: - "don't have to deal with the "being stuck for 48 hours before you starve to death" - Have you ever heard the story of a cave diver, diving a cave and getting confused as to how to get out, then being lucky enough to find a huge underwater room with more than enough air to breathe at the last possible moment before his air ran out? Oh, did I say "lucky enough"? I should've said "unlucky enough". After not surfacing his horrified diving partners went for help and people were quickly diving the cave system searching for what they thought had to be his lifeless body. They never found his body though, and they never found the room he was in, which as I said had more than enough air to survive a very long time. The search was eventually called off and this man was trapped a few hundred feet below the ocean. He couldn't swim out, he wouldn't even come close to making it on a single breath. Even if he had some sort of communication device, which he didn't, he couldn't contact anyone under so much stone and water anyways. No, he was stuck there. All alone in absolute pitch blackness just waiting to die of starvation and dehydration. That room and what remained of his body was eventually found by some random divers years later. On one side of the cave he wrote in the sandy dirt a "I'm sorry" message to his wife and mother. They think he survived well over a week, more like a week and a half, all alone in pitch blackness. I saw this story on a really cool channel of a former Navy SEAL and great story teller called "Mr. Ballen". If this kind of stuff interest you I would highly recommend checking it out. He's got tons of these kinds of stories on there.

[@aazhie]

@@LIBERTYSINCURSION I heard about that from the Ask a Mortician channel. She was asked about her biggest fear of dying and I beleive she mentioned underwater wrecks and caves as he greatest terror. I can't disagree. The quicker way to go sounds awful enough, but at least brief! D:

[@blaydeesy2005]

Honestly I think both guys did a tremendous job. The less experienced guy was able to keep his wits about him pretty well considering the horrible situation, obviously helped by his friend who was extraordinary in coaching and guiding him out. Most people stuck in a tight spot 200 feet below the ground with ice cold water rushing over them nearly drowning them would absolutely panic beyond help. With the encouragement and help of his friend he was thinking positive and controlled what I’d imagine some pretty big fear. Pretty inspiring stuff seeing what they went through.

[@bradyyoung8344]

Gotta love the Dune reference! Fear truly is the mind killer in a situation like this, keeping calm was an incredible feat.

[@breezygodiva503]

I can't understand why someone would knowingly put themselves in this kind of horrific danger.

[@bellebernard484]

Jazman: Becuase these selfish individuals don't think about anyone but themselves.

[@thelastdefenderofcamelot5623]

its the treasures duh

[@Pussycatfeathers]

How can it make you feel alive to be crawling through a dark hole barely big enough to move in?!...this is like being buried alive....which is the Nr 1 primal human fear!!.....I cannot imagine why they do this, it's insane!....I've watched a lot of things about deep sea diving and free diving which is also very scary, but to me, someone with claustrophobia, a million times preferable to this!!!!

[@mozbius]

Amen to that!

[@kaykay5983]

Oh its not you stfu some people like danger and it makes me thrive

[@rhouser1280]

Just watched the "Scary Interesting" channel tell this, had to come check it out. Man that is intense!

[@killat816]

I wouldn't do that even without the water

[@bamagirl4456]

Killer T 😂

[@sskelly33]

This is a GREAT video!!! Andrew, you are an awesome trip leader. And Jason, you have balls of steel for going back in there after an experience like that! I'm really impressed at how calmly you both handled the situation!!!! I'd go caving with you guys anytime!

[@informanti]

Andrew, you're amazing. I'm truly inspired by your courage, determination, and compassion. Thank you for sharing your story.

[@254zero]

Well done. Way to remain calm and give directions in a life or death situation. I couldn't imagine the terror Jason felt and his face and eyes at 5:45 says it all. Serious, well done

[@CieraMychele]

I need the main guy to be cheering me through my life like he was cheering him through the cave I felt inspired too

[@AllenMaddox]

Looks like a beautiful cave you just caught on a bad day. You did an awesome job talking to him and keeping him alive.

[@erinjean2695]

Props for the dune quote. I recite that from time to time as well. You’re a freaking badass holding onto yourself through that

[@ziziflor9019]

Came here from scary interesting's video on this incident. Amazing footage

[@dancurtis461]

Such intense footage, better than any movie on caving that I've seen.

[@TheNuckinFoob]

You're an absolute beast and the truest person anyone could hope to call a friend.

[@jasonking3935]

That "fear is the mind killer" chant is really neat. Dune is a great novel.

[@ElizabethT45]

His ability to stay calm, keep his friend calm, assess their situation, issue directions, get his friend's foot unstuck and do all that in pouring water is astounding.

[@simonchmura]

wow! That´s a true hero. How to keep come in that situation is beyond me.

[@terrismith9662]

Simon C.R keep *calm

[@FriendlyHomie]

Cum*

[@_levirice]

Friendly Homie *sex noise**

[@polaroidsofpolarbears365]

Honestly, I could bungee jump, sky dive, deep water dive all before ever spelunking. Caves scare me. I remember going to Carlsbad Caverns in NM and looking off into the black abyss of the smaller tunnels created and used by miners back in the 1800's, that's some scary shit.

[@sourgummiez]

The encouragement and positivity pulling him through that hole kept him alive. Holy shit, I can’t imagine how terrifying Jason must’ve been while he was stuck in the hole

[@jkhtravelrn]

Excellent video. So glad you all got out. Seeing Jason’s face as he came out of thst water was frightening. I’m glad Andrew knew shat to do. I hope everything has continued to go great for you guys. Hugs to you from the washington idaho border towns of Lewiston/Clarkston and Moscow/Pullman.

[@Chemclskinz]

I love that the guy quoted from Dune to keep himself calm. Badass, so happy they made it out alive.

[@amythinks]

The world needs strong, brave men. Heroes, all.

[@M2ProMBP]

How doesn’t this video have a hundred million views already. You guys have literal “balls of steel”‼️

[@dianebays5484]

Poor Jason is in shock. Thats awful. I'm continuing to watch. You deserved an award for coaching Jason out of that. Cudos !

[@AspenFireflyGaming]

Scary Interesting brought me here ❤ What an incredible story!

[@alicecuriosityoftenleadsto6288]

Got here from ScaryInteresting's KZbin channel. Glad I followed the links. Im in tears right now after getting to see the intense videos and everyones smiles as they escape safely :)

[@Mourne_S_E]

Oh hell no. HELL NO! That’s enough KZbin for today. 25 seconds and I’m DONE

[@myreasonforlife.9511]

Lol

[@sherriviz1055]

I’m so happy you all were safe after that. Really. I have a birth just watching these stories of survival. I hope I’m the event I am ever in a position of life and death that I have courage and strength to not be afraid and to think properly Very glad you are all alive

[@ufosalienssantana6428]

You my friends are so awesome. I've watched this video at least 25 times minimum and I now feel like I was there with you guys. I love the way you held your composure. That's what saved your guys life that night. Im so happy you made it home safe. I love you guys. God bless you all.

[@AMYV3]

“I love you”. That’s how us Canadians do it !!! Love and kindness ❤️❤️❤️🇨🇦

[@AD-qg4hk]

Just wow! Glad you all made it out, and thanks for sharing the video!💓

[@Taltosss1]

Thank you for this shared venture. It is a valuable lesson to me and my adventures.

[@nebula3055]

Good job coaching him through this. Glad everyone got out safe.

[@qamarmood1157]

Watching this for the 100th time that guy with the big earnings is a got dam solider ..brave af to help his friend keep calm

[@jdunaway38]

I am so glad that you kept your head on straight getting him through that water, omg it could have ended so tragically!

[@zombywoof864]

Dude is a goat. Mad respect for guy who took control of the situation like a total sir.

[@europa08]

My man doing the Litany against Fear (10:15) is legendary. I hope to never have to use it in an actual life or death situation.

[@lolarodriguez426]

You helped him do that,great job sir!!!!!

[@dramaboy6047]

Amazing leadership under tremendous life or death pressure! Thank god for you Andrew!!!!!! 🙏🏾

[@ActionZach]

Wow! What crazy story and footage! Had me all tense! But that guy Andrew is a true f*****g hero! The competency, determination, experience, will, etc... is why they're alive. What a great guy to have by your side. 👍🏼

[@StalwartShinobi]

Good example of why not to go exploring alone let alone caving! Great group going on here

[@fatwoul]

I can't stop watching caving disaster videos. They're making me extremely anxious and claustrophobic but I can't help myself. They're like my Spicy KZbin.

[@flatbushmassive2043]

A hour after the nutty putty video. Here I am

[@evab.6240]

Mad respect to the guy who kept calm with his buddy panicking.

[@lety_Ibar]

Damn this was scary it had me in the edge of my seat screaming 😱! What a beautiful story at the end thank God everybody made it out alive.🙏

[@joseybarra4058]

This man. This man with gauges in his ears which I always considered to be feminine. This is a man. Very brave sir.

[@jasonepstein8746]

Objects don’t have genitals men and women can do whatever aesthetic they like. Nobody needs to be held down by any stuff like that

[@culturesiv]

Great video, thank you for posting!

[@AlottaBoulchit]

Damn I was already relief crying at the rescue footage knowing that there was a happy ending (just watched a video covering this event) but for some reason that Dune quote really got me extra hard?? I just cried harder lol. What a perfect quote for such a situation. I'm so glad they got out.

[@TheANDRINGA]

Hes lucky he had you! Good job man.

[@crystalm4324]

Well done, real 🇨🇦 men for sure - definitely a REAL FRIEND to back you guy’s up 100%. No one lost their head, that’s why you guys came out alive - on your own fricken steam!! Nothing to sneeze at there.

[@Sol66459]

Amazing example of mind control, not panicking. Great story.

[@chr0me3ye]

You got good hands? "Yeah" TALK TO ME DUDE DO YOU HAVE GOOD HANDS "YEAH" Lmao but this scary

[@fgdaserh]

Getting so stressed from this shit i think i lost couple of years from my lifetime.

[@SydneyBooksMusic]

Andrew, you are a hero!

[@darenmiller2218]

This has always been my most feared thing inside caves. It can be pretty difficult to figure out when a flood is coming. I mean, besides the sound of a torrent on its way. By that point it’s usually too late. It hasn’t happened to me yet, but man I sure hope it doesn’t. That, and a gas pocket opening up. That’s fairly uncommon from what I’ve read, but still possible and nothing at all you could do about it. This footage is amazing dude. I just can’t give you enough credit for this. Hardcore man. Freaking hardcore.

[@meganfitzgerald651]

Wow just watching this brings terror and claustrophobia to thought.... you guys got balls for attempting this kind of insanely dangerous caving,props to dude that helped guy in panic mode to keep cool and calm

[@Aron-ru5zk]

Well it’s not the kind of wet hole I like to burry myself into but whatever floats your boat

[@SparkySlow]

:))

[@dylansears5015]

Weird flex but ok

[@emily-tx3yp]

lmao

[@eoinjkeaneable]

Ha nice!

[@film79]

You must be dating the 50ft woman if you are able to bury yourself in her wet hole.

[@yankeecandle2048]

Watch ed this twice now.broke My Heart but what strength.You must All be so so proud xxxxx

[@harrisgriffith1556]

Jason’s a little big for spelunking

[@cambiata]

This is a great and harrowing story, but the reason I'm commenting is because I have to give BIG UPS to the dude for using the Litany of Fear for it's intended purpose.

[@Nomad]

YOU GOT GOOD HANDS? My head is kind of under water

[@LoneWolf-fu2kt]

ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION

[@spydergs07]

He didn't want him to move until he knew he could support his own weight to move.

[@topiasr628]

This is incredible! Andrew you are true hero! EDIT: Correction: You all of you are for facing the ultimate fear and going back!

[@tcoz_mambo7784]

Why do people do this?

[@JordanWheeler1999]

To do something that no other can do.

[@spydergs07]

It's an adrenaline rush.

[@ki_charger]

@@spydergs07 There's so many better ways to get an awesome adrenaline rush though. Ride a motorbike, get a fast car, go to a theme park, skydiving, go karts. This is like the absolute worst way to get an adrenaline rush.

[@Liviyo]

@@ki_charger And you can still die by doing all of those things lol. Oh well, most people die doing what they loved even if it was terrible but at least they were able to actually do what they wanted to do.

[@infiniteadventure1032]

Piranha in your opinion this could be a bad way but you have to remember that different people have different ways of having fun

[@aazhie]

I'm not petrified by caves, I do enjoy taking guided tours of the more friendly, touristy type caves you can see thay are akin to Cave Junction in Oregon... ...but just that tiny little entry way, with that wee hatch just looks so small and claustrophobic to me I'm already noped out! Y'all did great and I'm so glad everyone was okay and willing to go back again to conquer the beast!

[@BunnyQueen97]

ANYONE who would risk their life to save another person out of the goodness of their heart - INCLUDING ANDREW! - deserve to be celebrated. Whether they’re paid or volunteer, although of course volunteering your time (in the middle of the night, pouring rain, to risk your life) is incredibly meaningful!

[@theFoxIwouldratherbe]

Andrew is very cute :) awesome save in a horrific situation!

[@jw8848]

Nice of you to give credit where it's due. It would suck to be in that position. When I was still working for the FD where I live I was trained in confined space rescue but luckily I never had to use it. Now I'm retired and have gotten fat so I don't have to worry about it anyway. :)

[@rkr7372]

I don't know about caving but I can speak on the adrenaline rush of being in a combat firefight, you never feel more alive than when your starring death in the eyes, sounds crazy but every human is born with a survival instinct and you have to experience its existence before you can truly understand it.

[@UCanDieMadAbtIt]

You sound like the kind of person who brings up your combat experience in every situation, no matter how much of a stretch it is. 🙄 Not everything has to be about you.

[@fernfunk]

amazing. Andrew is amazing. and i'm never going in that cave. i don't understand though how the other 4 guys got out while Andrew was helping Jason out. i thought Jason was stuck in the passageway they had to go through to get back??

[@_c_y_p_3]

He is right about “letting the fear pass through and remaining afterword” the fear is just a chemical, once it fades you remain and move through it with pristine clarity and focussed dedication to survive and not give up.

[@killat816]

I'm 7 minutes in and I'm literally panicking thinking this cave is gonna fill up completely

[@springsogourne]

Just relax, just relax.... Great advice

[@2ethefirst318]

If any of you guys down here know the feeling of coming to terms with the fact you might die, you will know how strong of a feeling it is. I really feel for the both of them. Im just glad they're safe now

[@BreakBeatPaul]

To stay cool and composed in a situation like that is inspiring

[@drizzdrazz]

"were gonna delete that footage" then did the opposite XD

[@heatherlee1021]

such a great dude. he was lucky you were there, love. congrats.

[@maximilianoflores696]

Who put the trapdoor that drives to the cave? I've seen two videos now that have a mini door/trapdoor locking the small passage, who put those there to begin with?