Castleguard Cave - 6 days in the cave
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Castleguard Cave is Canada's longest. It goes under a mountain and into the valley on the other side, where instead of open air you meet the glacier and have to retrace 11 km of passage, back out the way you came in. This takes a total of at least four days, continously underground.
On the way is some of the most demanding terrain you'll meet in caves, spectacular stalactites, the aptly named "Bitch Traverse" and "Holes in the Floor", and a host of other features and challenges - not to forget the massive entrance barrier put in place by Parks Canada, to (quite properly) keep the unqualified out.
This is only the second film made from the cave, and shows what most people would never see, or dream of doing.
A full-resolution file is available for download if you want to show the film to your cave club etc., contact me at the address in the end credits.
This is a video from 6 years ago and the quality its just amazing
Thank you!
You know we already had 4k in 2014? Not trying to downplay the quality of the video but 2014 is not 1978.
@@pyramidhead6998 Yeah, this is pretty average quality for 2014. It's not bad at all, but it's not even 1080p.
@@pyramidhead6998 Production quality not resolution 🤦♀️
@@XablazedX Production quality not resolution 🤦♀️
Thank you for filming all this, I really enjoyed watching.
Its something so unique to se the world under the mountains, the sound of the rocks, those amazing structures made by ice and stalactites, I never thought those things existed there under the floor.
It was satisfying to watch someone moving through the paths easily like a cat.
All the adventure was recorded really well, with videos and photos, and the mountains from the helicopter.
Thank you for bothering on filming all your adventure.
You're most welcome! I have been four times to this cave and it has had a deep effect on my life since the first trip in 1994. Unfortunately the warming climate is making it harder to get there. The ice crawl tends to freeze solid due to increased melting; and flash flooding makes summertime exploration lethally hazardous.
@@NUSKish it's a great pleasure being able to communicate with a person who had those incredible experiences in life. Even if now its not possible to go there you have proof recorded of the place you went, and everyone who couldn't have those experiencies can see as if they went. Thank you for your response. I enjoyed knowing about the situation.
No idea why this was in my recommended, but you know what? I enjoyed it.
wow these shapes that nature creates are so fascinating. Thank you for filming.
I think the whole ‘20km cave accessible by skiing for 10 hours over a glacier’ is the most Canadian thing ive seen
Indeed, it appeals to /all/ of the explorer instincts. On a trip in 1997 we actually spent 2 days /each way/ due to a continuous snowfall. Even with skis we were sinking 30cm into the snow, as were our heavy sleds; progress was at a glacial pace (cue slightly hysterical laughter).
I've been watching cave videos for the last few weeks. This is by far the deepest I've seen anybody go in any cave. The filming was fantastic. Congratulations on the safe return. I'm following your channel waiting for the next great video
Thanks! I'm working on it, have hours and hours of footage. It just takes a long time to edit.
Thank you for filming, editing, and sharing your experiences. I very much enjoyed these and am inspired to try caving in the future because of them.
Awesome, thanks for taking us along.
Good movie - brought back a whole raft of memories (I went to the ice plug in '74 as part of the exploration team).
Thank you! CC will always have a special place in my heart 💓
Brings me memories when I went caving when I was 15yrs old.i went to Clarksville cave in up-state newyork.(Adirondacks)by the way great spelunking...
Very nice Marek! Lovely getting to glimpse the inner trek!
This is fucking awesome footage this cave has it all!! Two thumbs up!
This is the best thing ever. You guys are amazing. I am wondering if there is more to be explored here or it is fully mapped? I have heard about secret caves that go deep around lake Louise.
10:38 Looked like some grey, dangly-headed cave monster spider-crawling towards the camera
Nature is unbelievably Beautiful. Just needs guts to explore.
I admire anyone who can sleep in a cave. I couldn’t. Freaked me out. Kept me from visiting lech in the early days to be three days underground.
It's when the steady drip... drip... drip... suddenly changes rhythm that you notice :-) Complicated flow paths can easily cause it. Still interesting to experience.
These pics are amazing
Great video
Great share! Thank you All!
You are welcome. It's a truly beautiful and otherworldly place and I'm happy to show it - given that very few people will ever get there by themselves, for good reasons.
At 23:16 the boiling pot starts
So beautiful....wow👌👌👍👍👋👋👋❤❤❤❤
Not sure if your still answering comments, at 14:20 what are those little animals, and are they in water? At the beginning why are thee so many rocks piled up at the gate? do they just keep dropping year after year?
Small crustaceans, adapted to the cave. No eyes, no pigment; they eat organic particles coming in with the water. This is about 8km inside the cave.
The rocks come from inside and are carried out by the floodwater. They pile up against the barrier and have to be carried out periodically to prevent the barrier being broken by the forces.
I'm a cave diver and would love to know in detail what you're packing in and taking out.
9:44 Kerbal space program music lol
Canadian cold. Joined the British Columbia Speleological Federation to share same.
God dam 5 minutes in and still no cave
It usually takes 12+ hours to ski in from the road. More if you happen to get a blizzard. Skip to 6:20 and enjoy the underground!
12 hours? The rescue time if something goes wrong must be agonizing.
Is it always enough air down there? Do you control it some way?
This cave is known to have a draft and good air. Caves in volcanic areas can be deadly
Most caves have natural airflow, unlike mines which can have bad air
8:20 that looks cold
Clearly missing the brain cells for "no way. I could have a terrible death doing this".
awesome (and lowkey terriying) video, guys! you're clearly not shying away from showing your feces, so I have a question about it since seeing a picture of it has left me haunted. what do you do to dispose of the... ahem. waste? asking as a shut in who has never had to think about that sort of thing before.
Shit on a paper towel, double-bag and carry out 😋💩. It's very important, because the environment in there is close to sterile and waste just doesn't decay, not even after decades.
I watch videos like this because I wouldn't do it myself. I really liked this one. It was great that you got a ride in, but I wonder why PC didn't just shovel the rocks themselves when they could fly in.
Were you concerned that the tight places with ice could get you stuck?
PC would have had to hire the helicopter both ways, or spend extra time walking out - they got us for "free" :-). Tight places... Castleguard is not too bad. Have a look at my "Thanksgiving Cave" video ua-cam.com/video/AdPhz0-NeNE/v-deo.html . No, I'm not claustrophobic; I can be concerned in an objective way.
PC would have had to pay for a heli flight OUT again, plus employees time. We skied out. Win/win situation!
A particular concern in this cave is the possibility of the ice crawl freezing up while you're inside. We had a small axe and other tools stashed inside the crawl, just in case.
Thanksgiving Cave was by far the better of the two it had everything you could ask for in a cave. I would love to go through that cave with some Pearl Jam rocking through some ear buds.
Wow. Love it but I'd not be able to do such
Dude, like, how
these are good men
Great video…. When did first man get into this Cave …?
Late 60'ies I believe, look up Castleguard on Wikipedia
15:19 200’ Aven?
Yes. I bolted it in 2005, took 3 days of climbing
How can anyone wade through ice water with no shoes?
Cold feet? Most of us keep our boots on. Some use neoprene socks/booties. After six round trips through the Pools my conclusion is... just wade through. Going inwards you will dry out from the exertions; going outwards you will reach the camp at the entrance and change there.
You are nuts, but so am I, so I do understand this.
I hope none of the guys are snorers, bad luck for the others...
Believe me, after 8-12 hours of intense physical activity you sleep regardless of snoring
How did you managed to get in the cave with those giant balls
The Gaming Bay : Skeletor Err... What giant balls?
@@NUSKish He meant that you have no fear, so your balls must be huge.
12:42 is that shit?
Sure is! You can't leave it in there, so you need to plan ahead
Sure hope they bought plastic bags with them.
KSP music eh
Well, sort of: Both I and KSP use the music that Kevin MacLeod so generously has made available.
Kevin MacLeod is a savior of mankind
why the photo of shit though...?
Because it doesn't decay in there, not even after 30 years. So you have to plan for carrying it out, and it's an important part of your logistics.
@@NUSKish that context and explanation isnt in the video though. Just a photo of shit lol
💩 poo , how ,
12:42 Can you please tell everyone why you thought that is would be necessary, or interesting to show this? Anyone with a thought process already knows that there is no toilet in the cave. Come on man!
Presumably that means everyone also knows that you have to carry the stuff back out again. Because it doesn't decompose there, not even in decades. But I'm sure you knew that already, right?
@@NUSKish Yes. It's kind of difficult for bacteria to break down organic matter when the temperature is too cold. Pedology is a hobby of mine since I love vegetable gardening and landscaping design.
@@edgeofentropy3492 just so, in fact most of the normal ecology and chemistry of decomposition is simply absent. And that influences the logistics. Enough bags/containers need to be brought in, packs don't get much lighter, and woe to those whose shitbags start leaking 😃. Thus, it's worth showing.
@@NUSKish Nah, I don't think so. It is your video and you can show any crap you please. I'm just letting you know that even with the amount of crap that I have seen, that was repulsive. Maybe you thought that it would be funny, or you were trying to be funny. I don't know. I'm just letting you know that after viewing all of the ornate ice formations all I really remember is the steaming pile of crap. I don't know how you feel, but I would want my viewers to remember the ornate ice formations.
@@edgeofentropy3492 They're not ice. It's limestone, accumulated from dripping water over thousands, or tens of thousands of years. If you want to look at pretty caves and never mind all the stuff and thought that actually goes into an expedition like that; fine. What I want to show is all of it, the good and the bad. And if you'd seen what the old toilet site looks like at Camp One, 6.5km (that's a long day of travel in there) inside, then one turd would be the least of your worries. On a previous trip we also did research on the weight and content, so there are some scientific aspects as well.
I find it fascinating that people are so sensitive to something that's utterly natural and that we do 300-ish times a year.
wow climbing on some rocks must be real hard...maybe I'll go down to the local gravel pit and film myself. Probably get more views!!!
Fondful_Memories Wow! Try doing that underground in tight passages where you could get stuck or lost even if you know what you are doing. As for views, there are thousands of videos that no one ever comes across even if they are good.
what is up with the awful music. Made me instantly close the video