Harwood's Hole Adventure Geology - Takaka, NZ

[@outthere9370]

I got seriously claustro watching this. Indeed, not for the faint hearted! Wat a journey! Thanks.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers! 😀

[@Turitea]

Amazing. Thanks for taking me there in my armchair!

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@chrissscottt]

Wow, very cool hole. You won't catch me going down there though!

[@OutThereLearning]

I'm sure you'd love it really :-)

[@bellanas]

I'm glad you went down there so we could see what it was like :) However you wouldn't catch me there LOL

[@OutThereLearning]

I'm sure you'd love to really.... :-)

[@justjane805]

I am suffering from 2nd hand claustrophobia and vertigo just from watching you. A very scary caving experience when I was young put me off for evermore. I'm pleased that there are people like you who are willing to film these experiences so I can watch them from the safety of my living room. My thanks to you and your guide.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment!

[@onnythomson2663]

That is one heck of a nerve journey - thanks for sharing - you captured the textural environment so beautifully.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks :-)

[@onetun6953]

Absolutely great viewing. I've done the passage 2 times in my life and its mind blowing and life changing. I take my hat off 2 you.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you very much!

[@julietmarsh4973]

Its great that you are making these Out There Learning clips around NZ. Thanks, Lovely to see how NZ has been made and what's around

[@OutThereLearning]

Very happy that you like them 😀

[@sixthsenseamelia4695]

YAAAY. Adventure geology day! I'd LOVE to go into that cave!

[@OutThereLearning]

:-)

[@muzikhed]

Wow that was hugely spectacular. There were some pretty tight spaces in there. Lots of nice stuff to look at. Thanks for showing the cave !

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@whatwouldbenice]

Beautiful

[@OutThereLearning]

Indeed it is!

[@user-pp4nd7vw8m]

What a beautiful journey! Thank you!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks!

[@annaellery5962]

Thanks for the video.. it takes me back to my youth doing that cave system.

[@OutThereLearning]

That's great!

[@dempsterthompson4765]

That was fantastic. What a incredible journey. Many thanks

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you!

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video! I **love** Takaka Hill and the geology there.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks. Yes, I get that :-)

[@kiwidonkeyk1656]

Always wanted to see down there, didn't realise it came out again so near. Thanks

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for watching!

[@wenthialovely8143]

Awesome. Thank you.

[@OutThereLearning]

You're welcome!

[@petecooper3701]

Wow! Thanks again for your magnificent effort on this. Can you make these excellent visits longer. I really do appreciate all that you do. Pete on the Isle of Wight.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you for your kind comment and I am glad that you are enjoying the videos. Isle of Wight must be a great place for geology, especially the amazing fossil localities.

[@chrismartin2506]

amazing

[@kiwigecko1]

That was fantastic i looked into that hole in awe some years ago.!

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you liked it!

[@hamishperkins2307]

Amazing! It's a whole other world!

[@OutThereLearning]

It is exactly that for sure!

[@gardenia73mccready79]

Oh my goodness how Mother Nature Truly amazes us humans as to the extent of her magical hands? Look at this creation Beautiful indeed. Yes Thank you Neill Molloy & others. Honestly so much more beautiful than one imagined.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video

[@TIGZ-NZ8563]

Wow, 😳, - Not something I would do, - But it's so beautiful down the bottom under the Waterfall 😲 😃. 👍

[@guyfitter3006]

Incredible. Very entertaining thanks 😊

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@jamestaylor6041]

thank you guys for this very enjoyable adventure through an area I didn't know was there but when I get the chance to visit , I would love to take a look for myself.

[@OutThereLearning]

Our pleasure!

[@YaMumsSpecialFriend]

Fascinating, and also gnarly 🖖🏼

[@OutThereLearning]

Aye to both!

[@bridgetthomson651]

Another fantastic video!

[@OutThereLearning]

:-) Thanks

[@navaho5430]

Almost fell to my death back in the early 70,s throwing rocks down never forget that, also rode my push bike from Collingwood to Nelson in 12 hours, 13 years old cheers

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you survived!

[@retimixshotcrete5870]

So awesome

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers - yes it was!

[@kozakura1]

Amazing! I'd love to do this one day.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks, you should definitely go for it!

[@AndrewJonathanHill]

Brilliant, thanks.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@callumgibson9167]

I'm not sure if it was the way the torchlight was playing on the water, but there were some really amazing, brilliant blue colours when you first got to the stream. It almost looks like Cherenkov radiation that you can see in nuclear reactors.

[@OutThereLearning]

It really was that blue!

[@annaellery5962]

It really is! That's one of the things that stuck with me from 1994.

[@pauln1557]

You handled that trip like a true caver, no dramas, or were those bits edited out!! Did you have previous caving experience? I'm quite keen to do the through trip, but as a 62 year old ex caver, I better hurry up and pull finger..... How exposed is the path back up through the bush? I have a poor head for heights, not too bad when secure on a rope but I hate loose, exposed tracks!! Regards Paul in Darfield

[@OutThereLearning]

There were no dramas - I have done quite a bit of caving and climbing. If you can handle the exposure of the 180m abseil I think you will easily handle the steep track up through the bush!

[@pauln1557]

@@OutThereLearning Thanks for the reassurance, I'd better join the CCG and get some practice. Now where do I buy carbide? I'm joking, I'll need to upgrade my 1980's lighting! Regards Paul

[@sciencecommunicationstarte3666]

@@pauln1557 :-)

[@deltadesign5697]

I've been up Takaka hill twice for music festivals & we were warned about this hole!! Great to see it! Much more impressive than I expected! Did you find any of those massive snails whilst in the bush? Great video 👍

[@OutThereLearning]

Yep - good to avoid falling into it during a festival! - no I didn't actually spot any snails - my mind must have been focused elsewhere :-)

[@complimentary_voucher]

While this is fantastic and I thank you very much for the footage, NOTHING could get me into that hole given the potential for large quakes in the very near future 😬 The ancient rockfalls are enough warning for my chickensh*t self!

[@OutThereLearning]

Not an unreasonable viewpoint!

[@Lara-234]

*Earthquakes laughing in the distance*

[@rachael7887]

I recently toured waitomo caves. The guide said the safest place to be in a earthquake is a cave.... I don't know if they were trying to reassure someone or there is science behind that 🤣

[@WilliamCronin]

Went to luminate in 2012 on the top of takaka hill. went to see this hole and always wondered what the bottom was like. Didnt think there was soooo much inside!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment!

[@ilikemorestuff]

You guys rock OMG!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks :-)

[@haperawehiwehi8661]

Would be great if you could cover some of the Cobb Soapstone/Ultramafics :)

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your interest Jasper

[@DragonHeartTree]

Whew that looks slippery! Fantastic video, incredible adventure! About the calcite accumulation on the rock fall- does it really take that long? I’ve seen plenty of river rocks covered in all sorts of mineral “skins”, all fairly modern. Re: in the creeks near Mt St Helens, the volcano. But I don’t know about calcite, per se. just curious.

[@OutThereLearning]

So it's old, but I have no idea how old...

[@mixmastermootree]

cool!

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers! :-)

[@samuelmiller1691]

Talk about Claustrophobia...I am getting huge The Descent vibes...

[@OutThereLearning]

Ah yes, we seem to have missed out on any humanoids hiding in there luckily 😀

[@samuelmiller1691]

@@OutThereLearning I appreciate the video good sir!

[@Chris.Davies]

Wow!

[@OutThereLearning]

indeed!

[@chrisstaylor8377]

Would like to go there

[@OutThereLearning]

Recommended!

[@janinekaretai4306]

No way!!!

[@OutThereLearning]

😀

[@stewartlee8858]

calcithicate?

[@OutThereLearning]

🤔

[@gardenia73mccready79]

oh & yes you just have to be crazy to want to do this all the time.??

[@OutThereLearning]

Nothing wrong with being a bit crazy is there? :-)

[@gardenia73mccready79]

@@OutThereLearning Love the craziness of it all. Cheers more please.

[@sam27ellsmere]

Beautiful

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you

[@getzvalerevich6565]

amazing

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks, it sure is an icredible place