The Danger and Excitement of Underwater Cave Diving | Short Film Showcase

Submerge yourself in a different world in this film about underwater cave diving. Experience the excitement as the Expedition Bjuralven team explores the longest underwater cave in Sweden. This short produced by Klattermusen shows the close camaraderie between them as they brave freezing cold water and dark passageways into unexplored territory. With stunning views of never-before-seen places, “you never really know what you’re gonna find just around the corner.”
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The Danger and Excitement of Underwater Cave Diving | Short Film Showcase
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[@JoeMcCohn]

Film about diving where there is apx 5% diving shots - bravo ! 👍🏻

[@wyattdawg]

No kidding. This could have been a pretty good video but there is no substance, no information. At the very least they could have told us why they only do this in the winter.

[@landymins3441]

Hahahaha just watched it terribe!!

[@kaygeeboi]

These fools are going to fuck around and find, "The Thing".

[@ct8503]

Joe Biden's Shotgun ? What's the thing?

[@nongrada6004]

Joe Biden's Shotgun its a movie search it up

[@jurassic420]

Crimson Clipz oh my god...

[@clinick9511]

I'll stay up here with fresh air

[@cloudstrifeification]

I will second that! :-)

[@pampatulognipedro]

Amen to that.

[@luke125]

Big time.

[@claudettereid9917]

Same

[@claytonmorse8646]

2 primal fears combined - claustrophobia and fear of drowning. How fun!

[@oucomputers]

As always a lot of talking and very little substance.

[@tonydanis1480]

+Tony Wade Yep. Just trendy yuppies with expensive gear talking about their feelings. National Geographic is a pathetic vestige of its former self, worse than Outside magazine. What, about 50 secs of actual cave footage, all told, in 7 minutes of video? I'm a cave diver and can say there's hundreds of better-filmed and more exciting cave-diving vids on KZbin.

[@tonydanis1480]

+Lezuum I think NG sold out to North Face or REI.

[@johnsintal]

I agree. Stop with this hipster array stuff and give us real content.

[@TechnologyRules]

So true.

[@serujioraiton2811]

Yeah... I always heard stories about dangerous dives in caves. The number 1 danger i heard about was diving a very long cave that has lots of dead ends that look exactly like the way you are supposed to go and when you pick a wrong one you get out of oxygen to cemplete the "trail". Now all i wanna see is a pov of a diver who goes down one of those labyrints. Seems like the "GoPro" was invented in vein... If anybody knows of such a video (without blabla and actual footage oft the critical parts), please tell me or comment with a link or something.

[@nate8447]

Donald Cerrone brought me here

[@felipematos3505]

Yeah hahah

[@LetThereBeLightxx]

honestly

[@yeerme9928]

Nate same

[@ludacris6212]

Same, just watching him on Joe Rogan right now.

[@sideshowamit]

yep

[@motoman7445]

For anyone wondering what these guys get to see for the first time that nobody else has ever seen, it's rocks and water. That's it.

[@HawaiiGuitar]

Well, it doesn't look like it's really the "first time" with all the guiding ropes drilled to the bottom.. looks almost like a tourist attraction.

[@undrwrldsk8fred]

@@HawaiiGuitar there’s rooms in the cave no one else has ever mapped or even seen before. Like the video says, no one knows how far or how deep the cave even goes. So yes, there’s lots to see for the “first time”

[@HawaiiGuitar]

@@undrwrldsk8fred Thank you for the explanation! You're right, now it makes sense.

[@kingadalou]

Lmao. I know! Like, congrats bro. You crawled for a long time. And then crawled out. Wow.

[@davidburgess83]

@@HawaiiGuitar u go down there then.

[@elizabethcw9378]

I feel so claustrophobic just watching this

[@MrRepoman197]

Yea If you accidentally knock out your air supply you're dead!

[@m20320]

Combination of cold and cave diving makes this experience even more challenging.

[@exploringwithnug]

Yup. Cave diving is one thing I'll be passing on. Way too much risk versus reward. Once your in a cave, you done if anything goes wrong. To scary for me

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

*too

[@arza0932]

I’ld love to atleast TRY IT once.. just like sky diving..

[@Stevepoku]

yep

[@kingadalou]

There is no reward.

[@piercec-s4272]

Sike... the cameramen were the first people to enter the cave

[@bullpupbaggins5070]

Skip to 3:00 if you value your time

[@tonydanis1480]

+xxxLel c0d_iZ da gretust_xxx Hashtag Skip the whole damn thing and go for a real cave-diving video.

[@shell192]

Thanks for that.

[@raymondgriffin1529]

Bullpup Baggins .. thanks a lot..

[@namesodoku]

thankyou

[@lex1eleven]

Bullpup Baggins bless you

[@Nizzon.]

Just tell it like it is guys, you are hunting pokemons down there. gg.

[@SeamanLord]

I’ve been caving a bunch, but the concept of doing underwater is fascinating. You probably see some amazing sights.

[@orcashadow8989]

Nnnnnope.

[@adriaanlouw6376]

Orca that wears a tinfoil hat

[@humboldtoregonian9400]

So three seconds of cave diving in a seven minute video cave diving video? What the freak did I waist my time for!

[@bregowine]

“If you are not thinking right” is what describes the whole endeavor

[@paulhilliard6844]

I so wish they had more shots of the actual diving.

[@PiperTMTotalWar]

These guys are gonna screw around and find some monsters down there

[@theannabelledoll249]

A swimming yeti 😁👌

[@HowdyStranger12312]

Is there a reason y’all only do it during the winter?

[@JibbAlbin]

Sam Nelson As this is a part of a river the water flow is too strong in summer when the snow has melted in the mountains upstream.

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

Maybe it has to do with the water visibility is much greater during the winter months, making it a little bit safer

[@Ferinm]

Monsters might be hibernating , that’s why 😛😃

[@cocobuttaboy2130]

Why does this feel so intense like there in a mission to save humanity but there just going in a cave. Well not just going in a cave what you do is amazing guys just saying feels intense great video and amazing job by the diving team

[@Lrripper]

Editing

[@luisk6007]

I don't know what I'm doing with my life anymore.

[@maydaperez7537]

Jesus is the way ask him he will give you the way out to explore a new life

[@josephmiranda-steele9487]

MAYDA PEREZ don't make me throw up

[@americanallthewayredneck3917]

Outta my league..but i enjoy watching

[@MrBat000]

Go diving with sharks....

[@onyx2k206]

Wow! How amazing! They go and risk their lives to go and see dirt underwater. Somethings I’ll never understand

[@KB-gd6fc]

I am a diver currently working on my DM and Sidemount. I have an increasing fascination with cave diving that is starting to worry me.

[@tankmaster1018]

This is still the recreational activity that I want to participate in the most, but at the same time am more scared of then any other activity, including skydiving, base jumping, and wing suit flying... Holy shit, I want to do this so bad but I am so scared of my light running out or getting trapped underwater in one of these caves that I am scared that I will never get a chance to experience it myself...

[@goproadventurevideos3594]

Im going to earn cave diver certification soon, really the thought its not that scary. If a light runs out you carry a back up light. Your buddy has a light and a back up light. No problem at all. If the line breaks theres ways to go about resurfacing. Get out there and do it, if you die it would have been doing something awesome.

[@alipura146]

"recreational activity?" get your facts straight. its technical diving.

[@claytonmorse8646]

tankmaster1018 take with you a good supply of alprazolam

[@putabitcha4821]

tankmaster1018 What is life without risk

[@user-dx4wm1nf3c]

tankmaster1018 i

[@garrosh9215]

i wonder if they listen to soothing black metal while they dive

[@bradleyvdw4659]

obi juan I understand what you mean😂...go to oslo

[@zebrastrong9291]

Divers often wish we could jam out while down there... Unfortunately a significant number of potentially deadly complications are first noticed by the sounds they make. You’d be amazed how fast and far sound travels underwater

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

Yes, some peaceful Brodequin 🤪🤘

[@videoloops1]

Those bubbles will stay trapped forever on the roof of that cave. That somehow makes me sad

[@DaggerZ555]

Forever? They will pop

[@E3ECO]

That looks terrifying.

[@Misty994]

Don't know why I read it as underwear cave diving... It piss

[@smilemore5408]

I read it as underwater cave digging lol

[@dav00ss]

+Crash Bandicoot it divening

[@EverlastGX]

ma lord

[@DaggerZ555]

In your underwear there's one cave no one will dare dive into

[@keithsaunders6342]

As a cave diver, I would to understand why they dive in the winter. Do the caves drain in the warmer months? Are the mosquitoes unbearable? Is it just easier logistically because you can use the frozen rivers as transportation roads?

[@namtang]

Ursuit is awesome. I'm happy to be one of the ursuit's family members :)

[@jasondark8514]

so altitude, cave and under ice!! WOW Would love to do a dive like this, one day!! :) what a dream!

[@Yourcringe420]

I’m literally just here out of curiosity

[@fgkayla8924]

how can they do this when its so cold omg

[@Th3budtender]

I wonder if air pockets just keep getting bigger...like in deep deep underwater caves...more divers bigger air pockets?

[@michaelmoorlock490]

Beautiful. I wonder what created that pattern on the cave walls?

[@munyjiji]

Yeah. Its really pretty.

[@michaelmoorlock490]

***** Thank you David, very kind of you to answer :-)

[@despite-everything8144]

+Michael Moorlock it's also pretty too!

[@EpicGamer69]

Water

[@hugh_jas1337]

Erosion

[@punxidem]

I love it (L)Youre doing some incredible discovering guys...I LOVE IT!

[@elizabethgaspodnetich4322]

This is so beautiful, but deadly, at least for me it would be! Is there a reason why they only dive this cave in the winter? Seems like it would be warmer to wait until summer, but I am sure there is a good reason that a couch potato like me wouldn't know. Have fun guys, and stay safe!

[@alphaduck2926]

During the summer animals specially predators tend to come out specially during the spring so it’s best to avoid any underwater cave exploration unless you want to meet with a huge fish that could potentially eat you or some other creature. Almost all animals including fish are going through hibernation or are sleeping during the winter too so you are all on your own with no one to bother you or you bothering the ecosystem too much.

[@expeditionbjuralven2426]

While huge fish is not normally a very big danger in Bjurälven, the current is... Summertime the current can be up to 20 knots and it is impossible to enter the cave. This is why we go wintertime, when the current is much weaker. Also, during winter we can drive snow mobiles and this allows us to bring in our equipment while making least possible impact on the nature in the Bjurälven nature reserve.

[@aliaoutrey950]

So addicting to watch...imagine what it must be like to do!

[@firedathan]

May your dives be many and your life long.

[@TrueLifeAdventures]

Nope.

[@adityajhala2265]

3:34 someone dropped the shovel

[@humpy1980]

I could never do this. I would panic so bad.

[@markrutte5637]

mrballen brought me here

[@Kurups101]

4:20 is beautiful

[@aliensoup2420]

So they are motivated by seeing something nobody else has seen before. Maybe it is unseen for good reason... there is nothing to see. Dark, cramped tunnels, and empty walls. Slight chance they might discover something noteworthy. If I was going to do something that risky I would want to be assured there is something REALLY spectacular at the destination.

[@CameronBrtnik]

This was 2015...how much have they explored now??

[@wtfman468]

I would NEVER enter a cave. Never in my life... I think my biggest fear is tight caves like this...

[@diveinstructordaniel1095]

If no one ever was there how is there a guideline ? 😂 But very nice Video

[@bokeflo]

Great footage of amazing cave diving. National Geographic at it's best.

[@tauriel]

Where is this ice Age place??

[@billybob4211]

I liek turtles

[@nickpstl]

+Meatgamer turtles fart

[@juanalfonso7701]

My father used to do this after I was born, he's a professional diver.

[@BriiBabyyxoxo]

Dive talk brought me here.

[@VentilatorenBumser]

But why dive it in the winter? Just dive in the summer, when its warmer and there is one less danger to encounter while diving

[@legolasgreenleaf5257]

I like so much this expeditions, explores caves underwater etc it's very magic! Hail from Brazil, são Paulo!

[@liquidfish4873]

I hope nature will someday give humans the ability to survive underwater xD

[@lgarcia67]

To each it’s own. Personally I find this to be claustrophobic, without the fact that it’s super risky. Don’t mind the pictures; but doing it myself? No thank you. Rather a nice beach with a cold beer as my next vacation.

[@andrewrodriguez1613]

Are these guys helping in Thailand ?

[@apamaneechoung8573]

Andrew Rodriguez The water there might be too warm for them, lol...

[@darcgibson5099]

literally a minute of footage from the cave.

[@crystallising7068]

Darc Gibson and?

[@jeffeeeeeee]

good point

[@DaggerZ555]

Yes, that's what's in the video

[@rontourage7384]

Summer time?? Why winter? BRRRRRRrrrrrr, cold! No, thanks! This video had no quality of the dive! Save your time and find another video to watch.

[@berevelynsefah199]

Is really beautiful yet scary ...I wonder if some wild something won't come out at them at any point. .....lol.....looks beautiful and peaceful

[@BenJones-eh8jz]

why do you go just in winter. can you go in summer as well?

[@ytv31]

Cave diving in the night solo.

[@TheSun_89]

Well the title was very misleading...all talk and almost no action. Could’ve done without the tacky background music too.

[@AirCrash1]

Where's the cave diving? 6 minutes of BS and 30 seconds of actual diving.

[@alexkenzi123]

I got cold just watching this

[@atlnative8222]

Their cave diving not curing cancer National Geographic, can you just show the cave diving instead of your corny production

[@Emily-rc2mz]

underwater spelunking is bad enough, but during the winter when the water is frozen over?? absolutely not lmao

[@mokhan9436]

Total stupidity signing your own death, live life enjoy God has made the world beautiful above ground

[@franciseric3090]

Claustrophobia and hypothermia

[@mysisterisafoodie]

This sport is a death trap and honestly should be illegal. The only way a cave diver stops cave diving is when they die.

[@chiefaj4745]

Nervousness the cause before failure, fear and Death

[@CS-zb3km]

Great production value but wish that we could have seen more of the actual dive and better footage there

[@essentailoilsbyjane3674]

you go left, then right then right then left.. but if you go right then left, then left you die

[@blissgirl9052]

Loved this video, such an interesting and intense group of folks. Do they only dive in winter? And if so, why?

[@MrYEAY55]

I think it is too have easier access to the caves with all the equipment. I'm not completely sure though.

[@yourmomsgoat5840]

Imagine first person to ever try it and comeback like it’s fine 💀

[@squidcub2501]

And then BAM exploding subnautica fish comes swimming at you

[@zKaRiisMa]

skip to 3:14 thank me later.

[@greenbeansean]

You've been thanked... later.

[@gerardoperez7612]

This is why I live in Los Angeles. Looks cold.

[@pajeetsingh]

Why do you have to turn it like some kind of art video. Do documentary.

[@AJ-pb6th]

Short film? I'd say it's a very long trailer for a documentary about underwater cave diving.

[@Showtube887]

This makes me cold...

[@dirtyblond2332]

Be safe out there, my brothers and sisters.

[@dragonslayer98767]

Wow. First person to see a hole in the ground filled with water and nothing else. This just seem suicidal.

[@LOSANGELESDRIVING]

Thank god I haven’t reached this stage of desperation yet.

[@MisfitsFiendClub138]

Irony of underwater cave diving is there are tons of warnings telling people without vast experience to not attempt it, but the vast majority of cave diving deaths are highly experienced divers 🤔

[@blizzardblaze1649]

Because inexperienced people don't dive in caves... If inexperienced people cave dived more, they would die

[@Tokmurok]

@@blizzardblaze1649 yeah they would die way more than experienced divers too. This guy is basically saying it's ironic there a tips about driving saftey yet most accidents and deaths in a car are people with a driving licence lmao.

[@favvgfarees4132]

stick to this content, your fake underworld series is too far fetched

[@andrewboos-hartig6206]

Most people dont know this but, you can hide your weed in there.

[@psjasker]

Godless young people looking for meaning - quite sad!

[@Quinntiful87]

Why are we not just sending robots. your life is worth more.

[@felixthecleaner8843]

how do they cope with the cold? do their suits keep them warm - if so how?

[@sieglindewallon5858]

Its because they used dry suits. They wear normel clothes under it. No water can come in

[@sauce1232]

These suits are made for cold water. Your body warmth the inside of it like when you're in your bed sheets

[@XPninja64]

I cri evry tim

[@SixesSeven]

Mi too

[@yadisuparlan1139]

under water like on the out of earth

[@alexwillis7980]

Why don't they go in the summer??

[@darksoul479]

I wouldn't go in that place if it was full of diamonds.

[@soumyea]

So amazing I'm going to try this someday!

[@erikgonzalez8775]

were can i find the whole documentary

[@jerykiing9842]

bordom brought me here.

[@justinsidener4953]

Donald brought me here as well. Royalties

[@philtripe]

well we know it doesn't go to china