Down the wormhole

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Most of the gear we use is generic and interchangeable.
This is the gear we like and wouldn't trade.
Audio Glasses
lemunaglasses....
*I have hearing problems and this company sent us these as a courtesy and have been very helpful. If you like listening to music or if you have a "hum in the drum" like me, this is a cool way to wear glasses or sunglasses while listening to music without headphones.
Amazon listed gear
Fenix TK35UE V2.0 (TK35) 5000 lumens Tactical Flashlight with Two High Capacity Batteries and a USB Charger a.co/d/bpalzYK
(Good for starting fires too!)
IMALENT MS12 Mini Powerful Flashlight 65000 Lumens, 12 CREE XHP 70.2 LEDs, Beam Distance 1036 Meters, Suitable for Searching and Rescue (Cold White Light) a.co/d/i00ILcU
Fenix HP30R v2.0 Black 3000 Lumen Heavy-Duty Rechargeable Headlamp with Spotlight & Floodlight, Detachable Battery Pack and LumenTac Organizer a.co/d/0cjgtxO

[@martinstuvland8620]

4:14 Calvin "We're not gonna see light anymore" Jacob two seconds later "I see light" 😂

[@EvenDarker]

Yeah that was funny. We were out there right before nightfall so I figured once we were inside we couldn't use light as a way of finding an exit.

[@salsalvio821]

*Calvin

[@martinstuvland8620]

@@salsalvio821 You're absolutely right! Thanks for pointing it out. My bad. Not sure why I did that. Think I might have mixed Jacob and Calvin!

[@fastenuf]

Tree casts are amazing. Grace is a brave young lady, that's for certain.

[@EvenDarker]

These predate the existing lava field as they are below it. There are also trees that did not entirely burn up so there are half burned trees inside these caves that are probably 10,000 years old. It's a very bizarre situation.

[@SkittleTits]

I really appreciate you guys and your videos. Grew up in Cowlitz, Lewis, Pierce, and Thurston Counties. Spent many days and nights camping, hiking, fishing, and hunting around Mt St. Helens before the eruption, and after..... (often entering forbidden red zone when I wasn't supposed to.) 🤫 Lived in Toutle and wandered those forests fearlessly as a child with my slingshot and spear. 😅 Stupidly rode my bmx the day of the explosion as if the ash was snow. 🙄 📦 🪨 Many memories with my father in that area, including Ape Caves, Spirit Lake, listening to my dad talk with Harry while I skipped rocks, and Silver Lake. i still remember the old boat rental dock on Silver Lake and we'd get in the boat and it would drop us into the water. Sisters and mom would gasp and get scared. 😂 Good times swimming, fishing, and rafting the toutle river, cowlitz river, kalama river, Coweeman river, and even one time accidentally into the Columbia river after starting in the coweeman river in a 2 man blow up raft at age 11. 😂 Im in SE asia now and haven't been to that area since 2018. Hopefully next summer I can bring my daughter there to experience the beautiful PNW for her first trip abroad. I want to thank you for bringing back feelings I longed for. It makes me feel positive and it motivates me. It reminds me of my roots. When I see your videos I can smell those trees and the moss. ❤️ A break from the pollution, garbage, sewage smells here. 😅 You inspire me and give me hope in ways I can't put into words. THANK YOU 🙏🏼

[@EvenDarker]

There's a friend in our group here that often visits southeast asia. I believe he does caving over there. One of the interesting things about the recent eruption is that we lost quite a few caves! Since it wasn't lava flow, it filled many of the known caves with sand. It's certainly a wonderful area to wander around.

[@johnthomas1422]

This gives me extreme claustrophobia. Good job.

[@billsanders9387]

Mission accomplished.

[@mangamaniaciam]

Nope; I ain't skinny enough yet to venture down that first cavern you were in Cal!😅 Maybe by early May I might be though!!🤣

[@EvenDarker]

I couldn't fit through that either. We found a second entrance. And Jacob couldn't fit out it. That was a one person one way entrance.

[@mangamaniaciam]

@@EvenDarker YIKES!!😶 Guess I'll need to hit the gym too!!😂

[@lootwijk]

2:25 Jacob figures an opening the size of a ziplock bag should at least be tested.

[@billsanders9387]

A caver’s brain is quite twisted!

[@larrythesnail1129]

Theirs always something so pure about your videos ❤

[@jax597]

I haven't seen one of your videos in quite awhile but as always great content!! Crazy how quick and big jacob grew up lol time does fly and it goes waaaaay to quick

[@EvenDarker]

He will be turning 18 shortly so he's certainly not the child he once was. For me, it does seem like yesterday when he was just a kid hanging out with me caving. But for him it was probably a lifetime ago.

[@michaelkaiser85]

I like the music for this video. You do a great job editing Calvin even on these shorter videos. Anything coming up on the main channel?

[@Ray-Willey]

Love your videos!

[@EvenDarker]

Thank you!

[@rodstoakes1691]

Nerves of steel right there.

[@billsanders9387]

We need knees of steel now. 😂

[@MrKilobaked]

I wont say here what tightens up watching you guys but 10 seconds in? lol

[@billsanders9387]

Keep those seat belts tight. Thanks for watching.

[@brenttm3907]

Awesome guys!!!🎉🎉🎉

[@aaronfreebird1541]

Hello :) greetings from USA FL

[@ThunderChunky101]

You crazy people are amazing. Everyone loves an eccentric, and here we have two ✌️

[@ThunderChunky101]

Three.

[@EvenDarker]

I'm always proud when I notice Jacob doing something really wild and possibly dumb without being asked.

[@khrebto1389]

Does it ever get hard to breathe down in the caves?

[@EvenDarker]

Yes but not for the reasons that you think probably. It's hard to breathe the air because it's freezing. That bothers some people. Although in the winter if it's super cold outside it can be warmer in the cave. The transition will give you a sore throat. But the oxygen is the same as the outside I've never figured out why it wouldn't be.

[@TheMaskedGames]

Such amazing countryside

[@EvenDarker]

It's very Mossy in the lava fields.

[@navydogsadventures3500]

Kudos to Grace, braver then myself, lol

[@cyboinc3583]

8:40 Is there an explanation why these caves are always human sized ? :D Or is it just me thinking that

[@EvenDarker]

It's a little bit self answering. The ones that aren't human sized we don't fit in. And the big ones nobody's interested in as far as our videos are concerned. But I do think there's some relation between the basic size of a human and the way cave structures form. I don't even know if it would be possible to sort out the why but there does seem to be some kind of natural or unnatural connection.

[@WeirdEarRaub]

Sorry if it’s mentioned and I missed it, but what area of the US is this in? The moss looks amazing! Great vids, keep ‘em coming!

[@EvenDarker]

Oh the moss is absolutely spectacular in this area. We are in the Pacific northwest corner of the United states. Lots of volcanoes waterfalls Rivers Moss. But we are not known for our caves. There just isn't very many compared to most places.

[@WeirdEarRaub]

@@EvenDarker nice, thanks!!

[@Natasha___.]

@@EvenDarkerIt almost looks like some prehistoric landscape, like somewhere you’d imagine dinosaurs roaming around lol. Absolutely beautiful.

[@notademonrat]

kinda tight lol thats an understatement his boots where bigger than the whole

[@EvenDarker]

Yeah I couldn't fit through there and he couldn't get out that way.

[@jebjed3998]

jacob getting too tall

[@EvenDarker]

Correct. On top of that he keeps his hair real big wears cowboy hats and cowboy boots and he looks like he's about six six.

[@MrMisuma]

Anyone seen the movie, The Descent? 😅

[@EvenDarker]

Nope

[@ClickClack_Bam]

Do you ever, or is it possible, to run into precious stones in the lava type caves? I've seen in some treasures hunting videos that places where lava has broke through to the surface, that they can create situations where diamonds are physically everywhere because of the pressures pushing them right up to the surface etc. There's probably a whole explanation that I'm not understanding but wanted to see if you were aware of this type of thing? In the videos explaining this, if you find one of these lava diamond things, you'll find so many diamonds it'll be ridiculous.

[@EvenDarker]

The most precious things we find are Native American artifacts. Gems would depend on where in the world the caves are. I have found treasure before but would not ever show that video publically. And it's my opinion that most people who find something of actual value are not going to show it publicly. I make some assumption that a lot of what I see on KZbin is tremendously sensationalized.

[@ClickClack_Bam]

@@EvenDarker Have you found artifacts in the caves where you're in the types of caves where you're flat on your stomach going through them tubes? Were people in those caves back then? It must be a rush to be holding something that the last time a person held that, it was that far back in time, & was likely the NA person themselves.

[@Dontworryaboutit12]

@@EvenDarkerwhat kind of artifacts would be in a tight cave?? Like people’s keepsakes, or like tools?

[@funbricks1]

STOOOOOOOOOOOP

[@richewoowooking-]

She looks awfully older to be Jacob’s sister 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@EvenDarker]

here's a secret about life though, never use the word old in any context of talking about a woman. Grace is 20, Jacob is 18.