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Anonymous Mon 30 Jan 2017 16:32:56 No.941366 View View Reply Original Report

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Caving thread?

Caving thread.

Hit Pettyjohns Cave a couple days ago as part of a cleanup operation with a sizeable group, then did some exploring a bit deeper in.

Who else loves caving here?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jan 2017 17:14:25 No.941391 Report

Quoted By: >>941418

Floyd Collins loved it to death.
Or maybe he loved it to a couple weeks before death.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 30 Jan 2017 17:41:03 No.941418 Report

Quoted By: >>942275 >>942330

>>941391
Doing what you love is a good way to go. He died living.

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Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 02:55:29 No.941778 Report

Quoted By: >>941790 >>942555

My brain has built in software telling me not to do that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 03:28:15 No.941790 Report

Quoted By: >>942271

>>941778
I really don't understand the fear a lot of people have. It's some of the greatest fun, besides SCUBA diving, that I've had.

As long as you have a helmet, a buddy(ies), and proper equipment, you're usually perfectly fine.

I honestly can't name a single time where I've felt fearful or anxious or in imminent danger while caving. It's like exploring an alien world, or even a time capsule considering some of the goodies you can find. A friend of mine found some old-style Budweiser cans that were last made in the 70s.

I dunno, to each his own, of course, but I think when the initial fear is faced and swallowed down, you find that it is nowhere near as bad as you imagined beforehand.

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Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 21:22:45 No.942271 Report

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>>941790
I think it's because people don't want to be sandwiched by tonnes of fucking rock to the point where they may not be able to move.

It's pretty logical senpai

Plus there was that guy who fucked up in putty hole or peanut hole, or something like that. Who died there. Like a big old upside down bitch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 21:26:43 No.942275 Report

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>>941418
Maybe so, put it on your gravestone.

There is also a thing as dieing too early. I have lost too many friends that way, too.

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Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 21:35:07 No.942283 Report

Quoted By: >>942365 >>942474

~200' below

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Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 22:09:45 No.942298 Report

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>>942275
Man, you sure are cool. I'm jealous of your hard core friends and hard core life style.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 23:10:48 No.942330 Report

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>>941418
RONG
He starved to death after two weeks of being stuck between cold hard rock with water dripping down on him.
>After four days, during which time rescuers were able to bring water and food to Collins, a rock collapse in the cave closed the entrance passageway, stranding him in the cave, except for voice contact, for more than two weeks. Collins died isolated, of thirst and hunger compounded by exposure through hypothermia.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 31 Jan 2017 23:20:00 No.942332 Report

Quoted By: >>942361

I think that this is genuinely insane. I know it's popular around the world but the risk of experiencing the most excruciating death (however small) doesn't seem have to be matched with an appropriate payoff. At least sky jumpers will die instantly if they fuck up.

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 00:25:04 No.942359 Report

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>>942298
My sarcastic friend, don't be jealous of the dead, it makes you appear small to others.

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 00:32:37 No.942361 Report

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>>942332
It's not like every cave is a horrible tiny little tube you worm your way through. Here in the NW there are caves big enough for you to explore standing tall. Besides, plenty of thrillseekers die out in the open, too.

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 00:38:34 No.942365 Report

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>>942283
2/3

>>942361
And...

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 00:39:39 No.942366 Report

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>>942365
3/3

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 03:28:28 No.942474 Report

Quoted By: >>942522

>>942366
>>942365
>>942283

Very nice! Where was this at?

I get the risk of death and all, but really, why tiptoe quietly through life only to arrive safely at death's door?

Maybe I have a screw loose, I dunno. I've been told that before because of other stuff I enjoy.

Die living!

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 03:41:58 No.942494 Report

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Going to repost some of the most terrifying caving pics I've saved from 4chan.

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 03:54:27 No.942511 Report

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Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 04:17:21 No.942522 Report

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>>942474
Roughly 20 stories below ground in a dry cave.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 04:47:18 No.942528 Report

Quoted By: >>942850

i prefer somewhere with a view, actually. but more power to you.

ever find cool shit?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 04:52:34 No.942531 Report

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Whole lotta nope in this thread for me lol.

It's weird, I can run and jump around on heights where I could easily fall to my death and not have a care in the world, but the thought of being confined just makes me incredibly uncomfortable.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 05:37:45 No.942555 Report

Quoted By: >>945946

>>941778
laughed at this harder and longer than i should have.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 01 Feb 2017 19:52:28 No.942850 Report

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>>942528
OP here, found what may as well be a residence in Pettyjohns last weekend.

There were batteries, a coke can, two beer cans (Budweiser and PBR), burnt wood, ashes from a fire (not a good idea at all), a wrapper for Ramen noodles, and the remains of a joint.

No lie. It was in a very tight spot too, you'd miss it if you weren't searching every nook and cranny there was, which we were to clean the place up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 04 Feb 2017 02:34:04 No.944051 Report

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcP3o8RO_wM spooky

wouldneverdo/10

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 07 Feb 2017 06:29:57 No.945946 Report

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>>942555
Checked

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Anonymous Thu 09 Feb 2017 09:07:50 No.947227 Report

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oh shit op, where do you live? Northwest Georgia here. Ive been wanting to cave again but all my HS friends went poof

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Anonymous Thu 09 Feb 2017 09:37:22 No.947232 Report

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>>942505
BOGDANOFF!?!?!?!

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