When The Only Cave Exit Looks Like This

That last story… pure negligence on David’s part. He 100% should be held accountable. He is the guide for a guided tour. You don’t just leave your group like that.

Unless the cave is big enough to play basketball in, I'm not going in there

This channel has confirmed that my fear of caves is completely justified Edit: Also David is a terrible cave guide

17:18 It was at this point that David set out everything needed to charge him with criminal negligence. He knew that at least one person on the tour had physical difficulties moving through the cave, so leaving them without any experience help was profoundly irresponsible.

Phil truly behaved like a leader trying to save the kids without thinking about his own safety. The parents have trusted the right guy.

The third story is a sad reminder that safety protocols are written in blood.

One thing I like about this channels is how some stories aren’t complete disasters, with either minimal or no casualties at all like story 2, giving just enough of a change of tone to add real suspense to the rest of the stories

That first story was different than most of the unprepared disasters. Those scouts came completely prepared for everything...except pollution. Their leader never could have prepared for that. What a tragedy.

That last story, yeah no that's totally David's fault and the company should be held liable.

Guided tour means your guide is with you. If the guide has to leave, the group is to stay put until the guide comes back. Then not getting help ASAP, especially with a head injury and a tourist that was struggling? That should be criminal. Just listening to these stories makes me claustrophobic. Luckily, I get to be a bit scared without any more danger than I would ordinarily have in my own home.

As long as cavers and divers exist this channel will never die

Story 3 is just a grave reminder that safety protocols and adequate supervision is so very vital in many situations, however benign they may seem. They're kinda like umbrellas on rainy days - at most a little annoying if you didn't get to use it, but you will DEFINITELY regret it if you didn't bring it and ended up needing it.

I've been in caves, but none where I've had to do more than squat down a bit to get through. There's no way I'm climbing into an opening I have to squirm and crawl through.

I know of a 13 year old girl who was hit in the head by a puck at an NHL game. She never lost conciseness and though she had a terrible headache from the blow she seemed to be fine. She did not want to stay at the game as the cheering made her headache worse. She and her mom made their way back to the car, but in the parking lot the girl suddenly collapsed and died without warning. Autopsy showed she had not suffered a skull fracture or concussion but the injury had caused a blood vessel in her brain had been weekend and it started to bleed a few minutes after the impact. This caused slight pressure on the dura which was the source of he pain. As she made her way out to the car the vessel failed and nearly instantly killed her. Don't mess with head trauma. The person might seem fine even if they are already dying.

When my step-dad was a kid, him and his friends would use clothes lines to zip line off cliffs in the sandstone caves in St. Paul Minnesota. He still doesn't understand how any of then never died.

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I can't believe the tour guide from the last story :O just up and left wtf

I’m surprised at how many experienced cavers don’t think to check the weather before planning a caving expedition to make sure theres no storms that could cause flooding

Ah yes my scheduled reminder to absolutely never go spelunking

Story 3 the supervisor abandoned them. Imagine if you're in a plane and you had a pilot say just have a look around and then land the plane at the airport and then he parachutes out of the plane, that's what he equivalently done. 😐😐😐