Are there any cavers on here, why do you do it..

I was reading this article the other day..

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-lies-beneath-mossdale-caving-disaster-794268.html

this is an amazing story, but why anyone would want to squeeze themselves into a space 10inch by 2feet for 900 yards is beyond me, (EDIT 900feet not yards) added to the fact that the tunnel can and did flood, that sounds like my worst nightmare, any cavers on here? and what risks do you take?

The low fatality rate in caving is perhaps proof of the risks that are (not) taken and how well they are managed.

Mossdale (I've not read the article but 2 foot by 1 foot by 900 yds(sure you don't mean feet?) sounds like the Marathon or Far Marathon to me) is a bit of a special cave that's not that representative of most caves. Besides im too big to fit in there. But if you consider that more people have walked on the Moon than have got to the back of Mossdals high mud caverns, theres one answer as to why people do it.

Now if you really want the insane ones, cave diving is the way to go

The low fatality rate in caving is perhaps proof of the risks that are (not) taken and how well they are managed.

 

Mossdale (I've not read the article but 2 foot by 1 foot by 900 yds(sure you don't mean feet?) sounds like the Marathon or Far Marathon to me) is a bit of a special cave that's not that representative of most caves. Besides im too big to fit in there. But if you consider that more people have walked on the Moon than have got to the back of Mossdals high mud caverns, theres one answer as to why people do it.

 

 

Now if you really want the insane ones, cave diving is the way to go

Thanks for the correction...yes it was 900 feet.

just crawling 10 feet in that would scare the hell out of me.

I once recall reading that Americans GI volunteers used to go into the tunnels with a pistol in Vietnam to flush out the Vietnamese fighters, i think some people are just wired up different to the rest of us

I don't do caves but abandoned mines are amazing. Google image search "milwr tunnel"

Now if you really want the insane ones, cave diving is the way to go

Really creepy when they do the flooded mine workings and there's machinery and even buildings under the water!

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v5oUxJX1Uqo/maxresdefault.jpg

https://diversofthedark.com/ng/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Ojamo_1.jpg

I was reading this article the other day..

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/what-lies-beneath-mossdale-caving-disaster-794268.html

this is an amazing story, but why anyone would want to squeeze themselves into a space 10inch by 2feet for 900 yards is beyond me, added to the fact that the tunnel can and did flood, that sounds like my worst nightmare, any cavers on here? and what risks do you take?

i'm right there with you banjodeano. your post reminded me of this prison break article ... a 50cm wide tunnel ... you don't know for sure until you're in that situation but i imagine some would be thinking "thanks but that's ok, i'll just stay here in prison ..."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4350768/Sixteen-inmates-loose-escape-Mexican-prison.html

I used to do it back in my Uni days. The main reason was because it was fun. It's not all crawling through narrow tunnels half full with water, there's also abseiling down 50m shafts with a waterfall landing on your head with the happy knowledge you're going to have to go back up.

i'm right there with you banjodeano. your post reminded me of this prison break article ... a 50cm wide tunnel ... you don't know for sure until you're in that situation but i imagine some would be thinking "thanks but that's ok, i'll just stay here in prison ..."

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4350768/Sixteen-inmates-loose-escape-Mexican-prison.html

that would be even worse, the tunnel could collapse at any minute, i suppose caves are pretty solid structures

Giants was one of my favourites, with a bit of practise you could literally fly down the crab walk and the Giant's windpipe was always fun fun fun (about 2.35min into this vid

Better vid here:

Giants was one of my favourites, with a bit of practise you could literally fly down the crab walk and the Giant's windpipe was always fun fun fun (about 2.35min into this vid

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not a chance....I'll get my thrills mowing the lawn lol

Some videos of Mossdale here:

Some videos of Mossdale here:

 

 

Its meant to be "sealed" but I suspect that wont stop the LUUSS

Edit - for those wanting a map there is a good one here...

http://cavemaps.org/surveys/bsa/full/BSA%20CS1%20Mossdale%20Caverns.png

http://cavemaps.org/surveys/ulsa/full/ULSA%20J89%20Kirk%20Bank%20Cave.png

http://cavemaps.org/surveys/ulsa/full/ULSA%20J89%20Mossdale%20Caverns.png

I like the section called "oomagoolie" :-)

On a similar vein to the OP's news story, here's another where the body was left, this time in Castleton:

http://www.thegranthams.co.uk/paul/graves/neilmoss.html