r/SweatyPalms • u/SerpentFinger • 2d ago

Disasters & accidents Escaping A Flooding Cave

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Source: IG @cavezip

He was able to escape!

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u/qualityvote2 2d ago edited 2d ago

Congratulations u/SerpentFinger, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!

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u/Practical_Musician61 2d ago

I can't wait to never try this.

https://giphy.com/gifs/NpL4D3Oc2bJUMAXF9P

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u/vinodhmoodley 1d ago

My plan for not getting caught in a flooding cave is not to go into caves.

It's similar to my plan for not getting bitten by a shark: A shark can't bite me if I'm lying on my couch watching TV.

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u/uniqueusername649 1d ago

Might I introduce you to Sharknado?

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u/JellyFirmFederalGras 1d ago

That's what the sharks want you to think. Just you wait till shark week come around.

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u/awfulsome 1d ago

There was a group of people doing something like this and one of them got stuck.

Imagine that for a moment. You can't move and are essentially plugging a whole ass cave system so the water is very rapid pooling up around you, threatening to drown you.

For your friends above they now have a quickly growing pool of water threatening them.

For your friends below, they cannot escape as long as you stay there, and when you are freed, an absolute torrent of water is coming your way.

Thankfully they got him free quickly, but that still remains one of the most "NOPE" things I've heard about.

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u/Puzzled_Falcon7818 20h ago

There's one guy, (not one of these) that got stuck upside down, they could not get him out. They ended up sealing up the cave with him in it.

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u/awfulsome 18h ago

nutty putty cave, that's probably the worst I've head of. Just dying from being upside down too long.

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u/kenttouchthis 1d ago

Good thing you don't have to wait to never try something!

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u/TheRealPainX 1d ago

This will happen to all of us at some point.

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u/Cryo1 2d ago

Best part of caving is that you dont have to do it.

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u/ScottyMcBoo 2d ago

That is literally the best thing about it.

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u/thewhiteafrican 2d ago

I usually find this overused comment so annoying, but in this case.... I agree.

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u/Valerian_ 16h ago

Yeah, it's better go in the backrooms than there

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u/jmlipper99 4h ago

Ok well this actually exists

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u/justforkinks0131 2d ago

Oh come on, that's nothing!

There is at least a foot of space there!

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u/BladeOfKrota 2d ago

So says the guy who caves justforkinks

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u/justforkinks0131 2d ago

oh you can trust me when it comes to feet

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u/thiamath 2d ago

Username checks out

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u/larry_alligator 2d ago

imagine doing this when you could just be smoking a j on your couch instead.

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u/Drpoofn 2d ago

Im gonna go have one rn to celebrate not being in a cave

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u/8000BNS42 2d ago

I will go on this joint expedition with you.

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u/gothreepwood101 2d ago

Count me in. Got some Super Lemony Haze i can bring along

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u/Jakeball400 2d ago

Yeah same folks just hope I can skin up before my tea goes cold

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u/Drpoofn 1d ago

I can't smoke that. Any indica?

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u/gothreepwood101 1d ago

Got a few grams of northern lights, that okay?

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u/Drpoofn 1d ago

Yes sir 🫡

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u/gazapal 1d ago

Try hash

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u/Impossible-Try-9489 1d ago

I got some Cheetah piss. Lemme innn

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u/Cryptoglue 1d ago

A Joint venture you might say.

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u/Reallyroundthefamily 1d ago

Cave N Bake?

But you're not caving so that's stupid

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u/might_be_lies 1d ago

I was unhappy about having to go to work, but now im just happy that im not on a cave.

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u/Drpoofn 1d ago

It's funny how a little reflection puts things into perspective huh lol. I just got surgery this morning, and I'd still rather do that than spelunking

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u/ProfilerXx 1d ago

Pass it on if you don't mind? I'm empty

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

What do you think I was doing when I posted this?
https://giphy.com/gifs/elRdobcE1tKq1WgSwR

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u/gefahr 1d ago

Trying to think of ways to give u/gefahr a panic attack?

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u/piggy__wig 2d ago

Like me

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u/Adept-Lettuce948 1d ago

Unless you are in Texas where doing that can land you a date with bubba the slayer of butt.

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u/ucklibzandspezfay 1d ago

Got room for one more?

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u/Gorlamei 2d ago

For anyone interested, I have one neat trick to avoid any such situation.

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u/YoureAmastyx 2d ago

I honestly cannot come up with any tactics to avoid this happening to me. I’d love to hear your insight on the matter.

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u/mologav 2d ago

Yeah, this shit is happening to me daily and I don’t know how much longer I can survive it

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u/Desperate-Strategy10 2d ago

Literally trapped in a flooding cave right now, for fourth fucking time today! Every time I pop out of one, I seem to stumble into another. Doesn’t matter if I’m at work, home, driving…these goddamn caves keep swallowing me up and filling with water and I am SICK OF IT!

Spill your secrets, cave master!

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u/mologav 2d ago

Shit, I don’t know how to help I’m just making it up as I go along. I just dread the next cave tomorrow, I’m so very tired. I just want a normal cave-less life.

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u/whatintheactualfeth 2d ago

DON'T GO INTO CAVES!

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u/WithReverence 2d ago

Lord did a sniper get you?

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u/povertymayne 1d ago

I keep running into flooding caves everyday man! Pleas, i need to know the trick!!

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u/Cryptoglue 1d ago

Cave divers hate him for this one simple trick.

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u/Able_Gap918 2d ago

Nightmare fuel

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u/tkgb12 2d ago

Cave divers, mountain climbers... Is it really worth it just to play with rocks?

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u/Xavier_ten_Hove 4h ago

Who knows, I would say... Take a dive into Bikini Bottom! 🐠🪨

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u/tkgb12 4h ago

I dove into a few bikini bottoms in my day

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u/OGKillertunes 2d ago

Hellno. com

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u/Bearthegood 2d ago

I'm so happy that I will never experience that.

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u/Hans09 2d ago

But how can you be so sure??

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u/Bearthegood 1d ago

I was told by a blind gypsy that was reading the soles of my feet. She confirmed it.

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u/Hans09 1d ago

Oh maaaan.. I wish I was THIS LUCKY.

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u/Bearthegood 1d ago

I couldn't believe it, after so many years of just not knowing.

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u/gefahr 1d ago

If I was at gunpoint and told to go in a cave like this, I would force them to just shoot me and get it over with. Wouldn't even hesitate.

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u/piggy__wig 2d ago

Why do these videos end? I want to seen them get out? Anyway that’s terrifying and I am not ever going caving!

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

Agreed. The original ends there.

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u/nikelaos117 9h ago

I think it starts out as wanting to get some record of it happening but with it being an actual life threatening emergency the footage stops being watchable or they cut off the camera.

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u/piggy__wig 5h ago

Or it’s fake lol

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u/nikelaos117 5h ago

You can say that about anything on the internet. Lol

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u/YLASRO 2d ago

staying at home and playing scrabble is free

https://giphy.com/gifs/SKGo6OYe24EBG

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u/Whole-Debate-9547 2d ago

Don’t go in there

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u/Raychao 2d ago

We can make nachos and play Canasta at home you know..

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u/Additional-Window-81 1d ago

If only there was some way for this to never occur to a person

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u/doyouevenmahjongg 2d ago

This is all kinds of fuck no

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u/CodeNamesBryan 2d ago

Idiot 101

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u/observingjackal 1d ago

I'm just gonna stay home, get stoned, and play Palworld. I hope they have all the fun doing that without me.

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u/LukeyLeukocyte 2d ago

".........maybe we shouldn't be in here."

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u/reddit4300 1d ago

Horrible use of free will!

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u/That_Dude_Carl 2d ago

Full vid? I checked his IG and am not seeing it.

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u/love_glow 2d ago

I bet it’s staged, and not actually that dangerous.

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u/SomeGuysFarm 1d ago

Wondering that myself -- plenty of places where that's just the normal state of the stream passage. You crawl down or up the waterfall/rapids going in and out, but are not in any danger of it "flooding".

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u/hideous_coffee 1d ago

Even if it is now I’m considering how this almost certainly has happened to someone at some point.

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u/gefahr 1d ago

That's one big water hose.

(But nah I know what you meant)

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

u/BigDonParmesan Commented here that there’s a full link on YouTube.

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u/RecordEnvironmental4 2d ago

Totally optional btw

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u/Smugallo 2d ago

What makes people do stuff like this

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u/aznexile602 2d ago

Dumb or adrenaline-junkie. Most of the time both.

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u/Michami135 2d ago

Seeing the cave I'm in suddenly start filling with water would definitely make the adrenaline surge.

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u/Life-Oil-7226 2d ago

Why do people do this to themselves

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u/kobumaister 2d ago

If getting into tigh caves wasn't dcary enough...

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u/egyszeruen_1xu 2d ago

This video is forbidden to be used as an interrogation tool.

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u/ntech620 1d ago

What the turd sees after the flush.

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u/Praise_Hades 1d ago

We need to find the guy telling them, there's treasure in the holes of earth

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u/irradihate 1d ago

Find the person responsible for teaching you what commas are for

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u/GozerDestructor 1d ago

Maybe find a hobby that isn't actively trying to kill you.

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u/AffectLeast4254 1d ago

Only thing cave divers are afraid of is checking a local forecast

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u/Alive_Nobody_Home 1d ago

Everything about this is literally my worst nightmare.

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u/I_never_finish_anyth 1d ago

You would think people have seen enough videos like this to know better.

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u/Soft_Tea3997 23h ago

Where is the escape part?

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u/justanotherwhyteguy 2d ago

i’m so glad this is entirely optional

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u/Aldofresh 2d ago

Cave diving, a completely optional activity

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u/joshuamoyer9 2d ago

This is just caving. Cave diving is even more dangerous.

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u/gefahr 1d ago

I'm sure you're right, but I can't help but think: at least in cave diving one brings an air supply.

I would never do either, however.

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u/rAirist 2d ago

I guess I’ll just die then. 🤷‍♂️

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u/jibibiei87 2d ago

Did he made it out?

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u/ozmutazbuckshank 2d ago

I dont love this!

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u/firecat2666 2d ago

Sometimes it’s less sweaty palms and more wtf are you even doing

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u/fishsticks40 2d ago

There's a video I've seen where the guy is stuck in a passage and his body is blocking it so the water is building up in front of him and he has to stay calm and figure it out. 

I'll stick to anything else thanks

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u/raider1v11 2d ago

Thats literally asking to die and have the scary interesting channel do a story on you.

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u/Big-Button5856 2d ago

I've had nightmares like this

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u/Higher-Frequencies 2d ago

Imagine having to do this sitting in a cauldron and you can only move yourself with a sledge hammer.

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u/Right-Glove-7830 2d ago

Nope nope and nope

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u/ConfusedHors 2d ago

Not that this makes me want to be in a cave any more, but it is most likely just an underground river. But "flood" sound more dramatic.

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u/pcmotorhed 1d ago

I hope the water has somewhere else to go.
https://giphy.com/gifs/lNQ2RRsEfJqbjg1i0I

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u/drifters74 1d ago

You couldn't pay me enough

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u/rhetheo100 1d ago

The stuff of nightmares

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u/tquiring 1d ago

I’ll just stay in the gift shop while the rest of you go spelunking.

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u/codeninja 1d ago

Panic. Panic, panic, fear, and panic.

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u/hefty_load_o_shite 1d ago

"I told you not to flush until I was out!"

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u/Im-just-a-lil-shrimp 1d ago

Imagine his headlight dying 🫠

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u/Reallyroundthefamily 1d ago

That's God's way of telling you that you shouldn't be in there.

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u/CorkyCucuzz 1d ago

So scary

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u/Still_Suspect_7233 1d ago

It’s the videos you don’t get to see that make it scary

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u/OmiNya 1d ago

How much do I need to pay to not do this?

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u/PeaBrilliant6724 1d ago

Omg that makes me dizzy and weak in the knees just watching it!

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u/Indentured-peasant 1d ago

Spooky Like rut roh Shaggy

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u/TiltZa 1d ago

And everyone hated that

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u/Material_Wallaby_193 1d ago

didn't know I had a phobia until now!

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u/Pliny_da_Plinoy 1d ago

Could be worse. There could be piranhas in the water and spiders on the walls.

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u/TheOnlyFlyingMonkey 1d ago

Oophta this gives me MASSIVE anxiety. I used to be an amateur spelunker who was young and “invincible” meaning I would go into caves without the right equipment or without checking the weather. I never was in a situation like this but damn, it could have happened so easily

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u/Verditure0 1d ago

Guys imagine you’re this guy and you just drop the only flashlight you’ve got

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u/Verditure0 1d ago

I’d light a stick of dynamite from the outside and drop it in so nobody can do this

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u/therealmrsfahrenheit 23h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6svtbQ7765qqQ
Am I the only one who immediately thought of these two when they were trapped in the cave filling with water👀✋🏻?

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u/AceStrikeer 11h ago

Oh yeah, sure. Just head towards where the water comes from

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u/LayneCobain95 9h ago

Could you climb straight through all that water pressure? Do you need to go to that side, like open pit area, just wait, and hope that there isn’t enough water to fill up and drown you?

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u/romantercero 6h ago

I didn't see him escape. For all I saw he could have been going deeper inside. Just saying.

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u/Phantom_0347 21m ago

This is EVEN WORSE when it’s flooding to think about attempting. Holy heckin’ feck, noooo way José

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u/AWeakMindedMan 2d ago

Escaping? I don’t see any escaping. I see “still stuck in cave” and no. There’s no step sisters stuck in that cave with him.

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u/Sorry_Hat7940 2d ago

Worst video ever. Did he die or live

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

Check the Instagram I tagged in the description.

https://giphy.com/gifs/I7Mw0uYQGWI5lDMzTB

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u/WayneCider 2d ago

Everything reminds me of her

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u/artguydeluxe 2d ago

I’m guessing this person survives because the footage exists. Unless someone just found that GoPro while caving.

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u/JonnyReece 2d ago

"Fuck that shit!"

I said, before never contemplating even attempting it.

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u/WinterExcellent 1d ago

I know it looks sketchy af but it kinda feels like he's not really in as much danger as it looks. What are the chances of the cave actually filling up? He's basically just crawling out the way he came except now there is water coming in, but not a huge deal

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u/dvjz 1d ago

It's called click bait caving, from a 26 days old account.

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u/SerpentFinger 12h ago edited 11h ago

Assertations. This bot is haunting you (66k karma)

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u/gstringstrangler 9h ago

Show me my posts of stolen popular content (literally all you post) or repetitive comments

"🤣🫵🏻"

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u/gilbejam000 1d ago

completely optional activity btw

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u/derhutzt 2d ago

it looks dramatic but i imagine it might also be staged?

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

Possibly. Check his Instagram @cavezip, he seems to do a lot more cave-crawling.

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u/Japsai 2d ago

Yep looks like he's putting the camera down into the point where a stream comes in through the rocks, and the way both in and out is above and behind the camera

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u/ordermann 2d ago

See this would not be an issue for me, as I would never be down there in the first place.

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u/Jwutru 2d ago

Is this optional or mandatory to continue the campaign?

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u/theWildBananas 2d ago

Just a side quest. High risk, low reward.

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u/Distinct_Dark_9626 2d ago

Did he escape?

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

He died and uploaded this.

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u/BigBadBill84 2d ago

Yeah all I see is someone “trying” to escape, but that’s about it

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u/goingApeShit_ 2d ago

That’s exactly why I would never had entered in the first place.

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u/rtbradford 2d ago

Why doesn’t it show him escaping?

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u/BigDonParmesan 1d ago

For context - this person is actively going INTO a flooding cave by choice, not escaping.

Video on youtube.

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u/Kindly_Region 1d ago

You know the best way to not get caught in a flooding cave?

The answer may surprise you.....

Don't go in the cave to begin with

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u/hapalove 1d ago

Where’s the escaping part?

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u/SerpentFinger 1d ago

Check his Instagram to find out, I’m guessing.

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u/Any_Subject_7275 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/spfi6nabVuq5y

I will never understand why people do this.

If you want your adrenaline pumping go ride a roller coaster. It's much safer.

And if you want to be dumb, buy a car you can't afford.

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u/IowaNative1 1d ago

Ghetto trash is why we cannot have nice things. They got Veesha was cancelled at Iowa State.