Glacier Caves Discovered On Mount St. Helens | Oregon Field Guide

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  • Опубліковано 12 тра 2020
  • Eduardo "Eddy" Cartaya and a team of adventurers set out to explore a new cave system in one of the most dangerous landscapes in America: the crater of Mount St. Helens. Braving rockfall and avalanches, the team launches a 5-day expedition to be the first people to explore a cave system within a glacier that has grown up to 300 feet thick in places. The expedition uncovers a never-before seen world of ice and steam and volcanic beauty. Originally broadcast in 2014.
    OPB is revisiting decades of stories our reporters and producers captured while working with scientists, photographers, adventurers and explorers on the volcano since its eruption on May 18, 1980.
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  • @LL.Johnson
    @LL.Johnson 4 роки тому +38

    When I was a kid my grandpa took me to an ice cave in Eastern Oregon. It was not a cave formed of ice, but a cave formed of earth, coated with ice crystals. It was a hot summer day when we went to the cave. I recall it being somewhere in the Cove/Union area of the region. This was not a tourist spot, and I doubt many people even know about it. The cave was up on a steep hillside above a road. Quite difficult to get to, and there was little sign of human activity in the area, so I doubt it's very well known. The cave entrance was about 1-2ft across, and as you approached the hole it got very cold. I recall a fallen tree had slid down the hole at some time in it the past, frozen in time. Inside the cave glistened with a million sparkles. It was quite a sight to see considering the stark contrast of heat outside. I remember thinking it would be really cool to climb down the log to explore inside, but that would be far too dangerous.
    I doubt I would ever be able to find it again, considering how obscure it was. One of those magical bits of knowledge passed down by a past generation of cowboy.

    • @daisycocoa2557
      @daisycocoa2557 4 роки тому +2

      Terrible - One ..you should go back and find that cave, sounds cool

    • @marcusholtzheimer9316
      @marcusholtzheimer9316 4 роки тому +1

      I live in Bend if you find any leads please let me know!!

    • @1.4142
      @1.4142 4 роки тому +4

      There are so many popular tourist destinations that everyone posts on social media, yet there must be so many hidden gems like this one out there waiting to be explored!

  • @pilotman012
    @pilotman012 4 роки тому +14

    Well done. That was fascinating.

    • @FSEVENMAN
      @FSEVENMAN 4 роки тому

      Absolutely you're correct my friend ...

    • @FSEVENMAN
      @FSEVENMAN 4 роки тому

      @XWriter100 thank you...

  • @curthensley3265
    @curthensley3265 4 роки тому +20

    Preparing for what could go wrong? Your caving in an ice cave on a active volcano.

    • @estusflask982
      @estusflask982 4 роки тому +2

      @Brian Landers If I'm not mistaken they had several weeks warning that Mount St. Helens was going to erupt in 1980.

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 4 роки тому +3

      People still don't know the difference between Your and You're?

  • @freddydurst5721
    @freddydurst5721 4 роки тому +18

    Godzilla won't be happy after he finds out his lair was used.

  • @BrodyYYC
    @BrodyYYC 4 роки тому +2

    As somebody that has a fair amount of OCD I love that he yelled "Rope!" even though he obviously knew nobody was down there.

    • @UnitSe7en
      @UnitSe7en 4 роки тому +2

      Same way you yell "Clear prop!" when starting an aeroplane even though clearly nobody is there. It maintains good practice.

    • @Keys879
      @Keys879 4 роки тому +1

      @@UnitSe7en Little known fact: Airplanes don't actually have starters, you are actually yelling for the Gremlins to get off the propeller so it can spin freely.

  • @MartsEntertainment
    @MartsEntertainment 4 роки тому +2

    Outstanding, this was incredibly entertaining, insightful, and just plain cool to watch. I’d definitely watch every piece of footage filmed on this trip pleasingly!

  • @Suckmyjagon
    @Suckmyjagon 4 роки тому

    Awesome content thanks

  • @charitymadden1363
    @charitymadden1363 4 роки тому

    Wonderful work. Be safe❤❣

  • @overland.viking
    @overland.viking 4 роки тому

    Great video. I sure miss my climbing days.

  • @janec.9706
    @janec.9706 4 роки тому

    Awesome !👏👏👏

  • @johnakaoldguy3158
    @johnakaoldguy3158 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent video. I remember it live decades ago. We really live on a living breathing planet 🌎🌍🌏.

  • @janec.9706
    @janec.9706 4 роки тому

    Tree growing amazing!

  • @davidpineda1864
    @davidpineda1864 4 роки тому +1

    Wow that was cool.
    All those people are far braver than I
    They got some great footage.

  • @jozz2248
    @jozz2248 4 роки тому +1

    There are lots of cave systems around that area. The Ape Caves being one of the easiest to visit the inside, but even randomly walking near the campground you would find tunnels running sideways near the ground's surface that were formed by lava.

  • @UnitSe7en
    @UnitSe7en 4 роки тому

    Since you have links to the team, is it possible to get links to the photos he took? That is a magnificent place.

  • @erinikeuchi6447
    @erinikeuchi6447 4 роки тому

    Great story. I moved away from the one and the POV channel still makes me feel close

  • @matts2581
    @matts2581 4 роки тому

    That was the shiz' guys. Thank you. 🤗

  • @ianmatthew7716
    @ianmatthew7716 4 роки тому

    Yes!!!

  • @alephtav4254
    @alephtav4254 4 роки тому +1

    GOD Amazing Art..

  • @rdgurule
    @rdgurule 4 роки тому +1

    I live just south of MSHs get to see it and Mt Hood most everyday. That nasty weather that moved is very typical.

  • @thelaughingtiger146
    @thelaughingtiger146 4 роки тому

    Hell yea!

  • @patprop74
    @patprop74 4 роки тому +3

    Who brought a gold pan and or a metal detector? I know if I was going in a cave under a glacier, I would bring both of those lol

  • @s.o.s.exploration2412
    @s.o.s.exploration2412 4 роки тому

    Anyone else got a craving for vanilla & chocolate swirl ice cream after they dropped in? 🤣 Very kewl! A tree starting to grow, nature finds a way is all I have to say.

  • @rubenbraekman4515
    @rubenbraekman4515 4 роки тому +6

    They ripped that little tree sapling out? Bastards!

  • @JadieJamz
    @JadieJamz 4 роки тому

    That time lapse was the shiznite!

  • @davidmcmullen3864
    @davidmcmullen3864 4 роки тому +1

    More info on Glaciers please

  • @justintime753
    @justintime753 2 роки тому +1

    It's cool that you get to sleep warm

  • @bp2352
    @bp2352 4 роки тому

    It must of been like a clam bake sleeping in those tents.

  • @toocutepuppies6535
    @toocutepuppies6535 4 роки тому +7

    Some people are just destined to die in weird places, in weird ways. I'll just watch from the couch and dig my fingernails into the armrest.😳 Of course, if it blows I'm close enough that I'll probably turn one of those Pompei statues - still clutching the couch!

    • @DianaTheWarrior
      @DianaTheWarrior 4 роки тому

      To each their own, but since we all are gonna die eventually, I really hope I'll die in some weird place, rather than on a couch or in a bed!

  • @lumberchicken007
    @lumberchicken007 4 роки тому

    I don’t recall...where there any scientists in the group?

  • @Nonotkidding
    @Nonotkidding 4 роки тому

    This is a fun adventure worth watching while pretending it's actually happening personally by recalling similar personal experiences throughout life, realizing the possibility of actually going into the Godzilla Hole of Mount St. Helens is more a dream, but conciliated by Eduardo "Eddy" Cartaya and another team of adventurers will set out to explore the dangerous crater cave of Mount St. Helens again. I eagerly await another well produced adventure video of technical work and fun adventure, God speed.

  • @davidnikulka1437
    @davidnikulka1437 3 роки тому

    Is that a strip of solid gold in that mountain face just below the red rock ?

  • @alephtav4254
    @alephtav4254 4 роки тому

    What an adventure and Risky Life Challenging Hobby..

  • @melodiefrances3898
    @melodiefrances3898 4 роки тому +6

    I actually can't see taking this risk. I appreciate the video, but this seems kinda suicidal.

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 4 роки тому

      That's why you're here and they're there don't ya think?

    • @mmarlow6697
      @mmarlow6697 4 роки тому

      Hundreds of years ago they thought sailing to far out in the ocean was suicidal ....

    • @marcusholtzheimer9316
      @marcusholtzheimer9316 4 роки тому

      M Marlow yeah idk why you do thin on an active volcano instead of a just a deep ass cave

  • @pizzafrenzyman
    @pizzafrenzyman 4 роки тому

    Crevasse or Cave?

  • @chronicawareness9986
    @chronicawareness9986 4 роки тому +1

    anyone hear about the storys of the military coming in and evacuating dead / injured Bigfoots when st helens blew ? i wonder if there is any bodys in these glacier caves

  • @Suckmyjagon
    @Suckmyjagon 4 роки тому +5

    That’s where the Sasquatch live in heated caves like this .

  • @Suckmyjagon
    @Suckmyjagon 4 роки тому

    The pacific goes under the SW coast all way to the Canadian border probably further.

  • @guytremblay1647
    @guytremblay1647 4 роки тому

    sure the glacier will grow , Its sitting in the shadow of whats left of the north flank where it rarely gets enough sun to melt and more polar air coming from the north add to this the fact that it sits high in altitude and the glacier grows instead of melting

    • @paulwinterstein
      @paulwinterstein 4 роки тому

      That glacier, though on the north slope and in the crater, still gets plenty of sun. That's a function of latitude. If the amount of sunlight were the determining factor there wouldn't be many glaciers anywhere in the world. Also, the Cascades of Washington don't get polar air coming in from the north. The weather mostly comes off the Pacific. This glacier is growing because the accumulation of snow exceeds the melt. Altitude and topology probably account for that.

  • @420van01
    @420van01 3 роки тому

    What could possible go wrong here? Caving in the crater of active volcano that is geologically active with earthquakes happening everyday.
    I wonder what their life insurance costs? SMH...

  • @macattack14778
    @macattack14778 3 роки тому +1

    I seen Harry's Ghost around there. Honest

  • @Law0086
    @Law0086 4 роки тому

    Those caves might be gone in a few years. Probably more.

    • @dinkledankle
      @dinkledankle 4 роки тому

      @Brian Landers That couldn't have been more obvious. I'm just saying.

  • @erickort1987
    @erickort1987 4 роки тому

    godzillas toilet,LOL

  • @GaliSinatra
    @GaliSinatra 4 роки тому +2

    Nope, nope, nope. Oh wow, go figure....steam making holes in ice.

  • @mikeyd946
    @mikeyd946 3 роки тому

    Yes let’s a cave on an active volcano. Don’t complain

  • @MrBlizzard769
    @MrBlizzard769 3 роки тому

    Ice caves on an active volcano ? Not even I’m that stupid

  • @soupofthedave
    @soupofthedave 3 роки тому +1

    I refuse to believe his real name is Cornelius Peeples, i mean, I can understand being called woody instead

  • @TibblesWibbles
    @TibblesWibbles 4 роки тому

    Are you really reading word by word from the documentary you just cut out the documentary part were they explain their story.

  • @jontalkasquan8487
    @jontalkasquan8487 2 роки тому +1

    The Sasquatch lives in those caves.

  • @m8trxd
    @m8trxd 4 роки тому +2

    Me, a nurse in 2020: Heeeeeey can I get one of those masks........

  • @davidanalyst671
    @davidanalyst671 4 роки тому +1

    There were too many clouds in the middle of the volcano, so the helicopter pilot wasn't comfortable flying in. They walk to a pickup point, and then they all go back home. Why are they trying to make the end so dramatic? I've been in storms 10 times worse than this... on top of a mountain. you were inside the mountain.

  • @juliamihajlovich
    @juliamihajlovich 4 роки тому +1

    No thanks.

  • @jonnyqwst
    @jonnyqwst 4 роки тому +1

    Their spirit and courage reminds me of Star Trek

  • @mariedriskell8752
    @mariedriskell8752 4 роки тому

    WTF? OMG!!!! Please if you go back take us please. God Bless you inquisitive people!😛😋😜🥰😘😇😇😇😇😇🎊 don't 4get us....
    And don't WAKE THE DRAGON...(LOL)

  • @Marimilitarybrat
    @Marimilitarybrat 4 роки тому

    Terrifying, amazing. I HATE caves. I don't even like MRIs. Are there families at home waiting for you?

  • @SyriusStarMultimedia
    @SyriusStarMultimedia 4 роки тому +2

    Scientist, “Nothing actually exists. At least until I discover it and one of my colleagues that I like verifies and proves that I discovered it.”

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 4 роки тому

      When did they say those didn't exist?

    • @SyriusStarMultimedia
      @SyriusStarMultimedia 4 роки тому

      @@SirKolass Great question. What I wrote is an assumption based on subjective generalization. I am speaking to the larger problem of existence, discovery, testing, verification and finally, the attitude of colonization. But, I wrote it as flat, not funny humor. Imagine, if you will, that you are sitting in your living room and in walks Christopher Columbus with 2 scientists in tow. Columbus claims to discover you and your stuff. 1 scientist verifies you and your stuff. At that conclusion the other scientist starts running tests to prove you and your stuff were discovered and that you exist. They then introduce you to the world, which kills you and takes all of your stuff. Columbus becomes an international hero. You are forgotten as if you never existed. This has actually happened many times around the world. The explanation I gave you is why I wrote the short joke. But it is not funny. Do you get it?

  • @Mark-vc7rm
    @Mark-vc7rm 3 роки тому

    Who pays for this?

  • @vstabill36
    @vstabill36 4 роки тому

    I thought glaciers were retreating with this 'global warming' and all. We even have one growing right here before our eyes and all.

  • @dickfitswell3437
    @dickfitswell3437 4 роки тому +2

    I hate when they throw in a fake stat on glaciers melting. I find it troubling that a glacier is growing next to a volcano but everywhere else they're melting. Sure okay

    • @MrWils25
      @MrWils25 4 роки тому +2

      Dick Fitswell I’m sure you’ve done more research than anyone on the subject. Thanks.

  • @cruisersonly
    @cruisersonly 4 роки тому

    Some guys with too much money and spare time poke around in an ice cave and act like it is a big deal. Yawn. I've enjoyed a few glacial ice caves and never felt the need to make a tv show over dramatizing it all to prove to the world that I was a Cool Kid.

  • @updownstate
    @updownstate 4 роки тому

    You people are nuts.

  • @nicholastomcheck4392
    @nicholastomcheck4392 4 роки тому +4

    Knuckleheads gambling with a volcano.

    • @scottgauer7299
      @scottgauer7299 4 роки тому +1

      They're big boys, they can make their own choices

    • @elizabethjansen2684
      @elizabethjansen2684 4 роки тому

      science not like you'd understand that

    • @nicholastomcheck4392
      @nicholastomcheck4392 4 роки тому

      A volcano can burp at any given time with gas build up. The human body burps from gas build up.

  • @oc999567834
    @oc999567834 4 роки тому

    Must be nice to be a trust fund baby

  • @malp6280
    @malp6280 4 роки тому

    I know the volcano is off limits to the majority of ppl, however having ppl diving into the ice-caves seems abit pointless, except for risking life for no reason....
    yes ok other ppl haven't been their "their ice caves" it makes no difference to anyone except risk takers..
    then adding how its been reported the glacier has increased in size over the years, ok.. however I'd also be interested in seeing how the mass of the ground has also increased upwards along side the main build-up within the crater, then again these expedition's don't seem to have any scientific purposes. I'd also question the ppls ability due to the apparent "struggle" getting down the mountain due to transport difficulties, yet these are well suited, trained & experienced mountain climbers/cavers etc hmmm

  • @BaquePhotography
    @BaquePhotography 4 роки тому

    Do people not know about robots, robots trailing a cable. You don't have to go in the caves anymore. And if you call me not adventuresome, I'm going to call you death loving crazy. so there I did it in advance.

  • @rrich52806
    @rrich52806 4 роки тому

    DIDN"T A GROUP JUST GET BOILED ALIVE IN HAWAII. YOU GUY ARE TAKING THE RISK. DON'T COMPLAIN

  • @davidduran416
    @davidduran416 2 місяці тому

    😂😂😂 ohh not possible... jajaja and this incredible technical...??? Jajaja