The were told not to cave dive here... but they did anyway | The Radium Cave Disaster

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  • Some friends entered the Radium Cave System, which is known to be radioactive. On this dive, they broke every rule when it came to cave diving. Unfortunately, something went horrifyingly wrong during their dive.
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  • @plops993
    @plops993 6 місяців тому +2552

    No one should use “took dive safety very seriously”, and “chose not to use a guide rope” in the same narrative

    • @thesussexbunion
      @thesussexbunion 6 місяців тому +174

      Nor "decide to split up to cover more ground. "

    • @Perfectpearl
      @Perfectpearl 6 місяців тому +4

      @@thesussexbunion6:28
      😢

    • @bunnykiller
      @bunnykiller 6 місяців тому +33

      well if it wasnt this, he would have done base jumping without a parachute...

    • @trustyaxe
      @trustyaxe 6 місяців тому +16

      @@bunnykiller Almost guaranteed to produce the same results, lol.

    • @LynxSnowCat
      @LynxSnowCat 6 місяців тому +14

      I usually presume there's an unspoken "...seriously [by the established standards of the time]."
      And amend/append in conclusion "...since this incident, these [repeatedly stated common sense items] have become standard practise. Though it was not until a subsequent incident when [episode hook] that [subset of items] were codified by [limited scope of organizations]; and later by [playlist hook] incidents illustrating why [petitioned organization] is now being asked to make it the defacto standard by adopting similar measures."

  • @Mara-d2x
    @Mara-d2x 6 місяців тому +2556

    "They decided not to use a safety line" as they squeezed through a 3-foot opening to a radioactive cave with homemade flashlights and gear pieced together with odds and ends from the hardware store, to enter uncharted tunnels. "Murray took dive safety very seriously." Hmm...

    • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810
      @injusticeanywherethreatens4810 6 місяців тому +116

      Murray is like that guy that uses protection with his wife every Sunday . But on tinderwhen she's not looking? Saying that he doesnt use protection there is an understatement lol.

    • @jus10lewissr
      @jus10lewissr 6 місяців тому +65

      Right! I'm not even willing to call him an "experienced diver" at this point, regardless of how many times he'd gone cave-diving, or the fact that he knew all the safety measures and how important they were to follow.

    • @abigail1023
      @abigail1023 6 місяців тому +17

      @@jus10lewissr Maybe he knew all the safety measures but chose not to follow them.

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 6 місяців тому +42

      ​@@abigail1023u know that's worse right?

    • @3goats1coat
      @3goats1coat 6 місяців тому +33

      Objection! He only had *one* homemade flashlight 🤣

  • @wuteva34
    @wuteva34 6 місяців тому +1422

    “No guide line”. GAME OVER

    • @HobbyOrganist
      @HobbyOrganist 6 місяців тому +66

      And "Home made flash light"

    • @reallypantik6283
      @reallypantik6283 6 місяців тому +6

      @@HobbyOrganist wrong flashlight :))))

    • @ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked
      @ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked 6 місяців тому

      Not always.

    • @crabarmy1776
      @crabarmy1776 6 місяців тому +6

      Might as well play russian roulette (depending on the cave and dive ofc).

    • @chrisinglis5631
      @chrisinglis5631 6 місяців тому +9

      ​@@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunkedJust like getting hit by a car doesn't always kill you. 😂

  • @blendz-3ther
    @blendz-3ther 6 місяців тому +4342

    “uncharted” “didn’t have the training” “spilt up” that’s an interesting way of saying they were all suicidal

    • @gdwnet
      @gdwnet 6 місяців тому +298

      They went cave diving in to an uncharted cave without the right level of training and yet I am someone who plans out a one mile walk around the local hiking paths! Some peoples appetite for risk is so much higher than anything I'd ever be comfortable with

    • @levitatingoctahedron922
      @levitatingoctahedron922 6 місяців тому +17

      wuss

    • @SomeTypicalTourist
      @SomeTypicalTourist 6 місяців тому +110

      ​@levitatingoctahedron922 at least they are not dead 😂.

    • @gdwnet
      @gdwnet 6 місяців тому +177

      @@levitatingoctahedron922 If taking precautious, being safe and not dying because I didn't get the right training for something makes me a wuss then I wear it with pride.
      I'm curious though, what moronic things have you done that means you are not a wuss? Go on, do tell. Any untrained cave diving? Climbed Everest? Go on!

    • @levitatingoctahedron922
      @levitatingoctahedron922 6 місяців тому +25

      @@gdwnet everest is a hike that rich old people and women go on, not sure why you're acting like it's some impressive feat of bravery.

  • @dinosaurjuice
    @dinosaurjuice 6 місяців тому +2620

    no one's ever seen it but it's said to be the most beautiful cave in the world 😂😂😂

    • @WitchidWitchid
      @WitchidWitchid 6 місяців тому +309

      I don't care how beautiful people claim it might be. I am not going to take that kind of risk just to look at some rocks. I don 't care if they are the prettiest rocks I ever did see.

    • @saladsthompson
      @saladsthompson 6 місяців тому +27

      ​@@WitchidWitchid😂😂😂

    • @johnoneill5661
      @johnoneill5661 6 місяців тому +85

      That's exactly what I was thinking 🤔🤔🤔

    • @tactitard7645
      @tactitard7645 6 місяців тому +66

      ​@WitchidWitchid you clearly haven't seen the right rocks yet

    • @FucccGoogle
      @FucccGoogle 6 місяців тому +3

      That's what I was was wondering

  • @kirigherkins
    @kirigherkins 6 місяців тому +546

    Born too early to explore the galaxy, born too late to explore the world: born just in time to go missing on cave dives

  • @Galdenistal
    @Galdenistal 6 місяців тому +3583

    I use the "Rule of 100%" for my dives, I use 100% of my air on land and 0% in a cave.

    • @KingCharlesThe1stLV
      @KingCharlesThe1stLV 6 місяців тому +408

      I'll occasionally "dive" into the food pantry in my kitchen and never go further than 1 ft past the entrance - just to be safe. Also my family always know where to come looking for me 😂

    • @remembervendicator111
      @remembervendicator111 6 місяців тому +71

      😂😂😂 ya'll wilding lmaooo

    • @Faded_Muffinz
      @Faded_Muffinz 6 місяців тому +85

      @@KingCharlesThe1stLVthey see half ur damn body just hanging out 😂

    • @Kellethorn
      @Kellethorn 6 місяців тому +4

      Lmaaaoooo

    • @Kellethorn
      @Kellethorn 6 місяців тому +5

      ​@@Faded_Muffinz😂😂😂

  • @ScoutSniper3124
    @ScoutSniper3124 6 місяців тому +474

    When I was a novice diver, I was swimming along the bottom of Puget Sound in about 40 to 50 feet of water on a night dive. My buddy diver crossed in front of me kicking up silt off the bottom. No worries I continued swimming along the bottom (or so I thought) for another 30 seconds or so without finding an end to the silt cloud. As I stopped to get my bearings, I raised my head and found I was on the surface, I had no idea I was rising let along the entire 40 or 50 feet to the surface. It's VERY easy to lose your bearings on a dive, cave diving without a safety line is sheer suicide.

    • @realmcafee
      @realmcafee 3 місяці тому +15

      being in the water at night is just insane. check yourself about psychopathology before your final stage to menace of society is done. it’s not too late.

    • @SlumpTia
      @SlumpTia 3 місяці тому +4

      Damn!!! you floated (swam) your way to the top …so freaky. makes me think of that russian that sank to the bottom in less than a minute. freaky shit!

    • @RM-xl1ed
      @RM-xl1ed 3 місяці тому +9

      ​@@realmcafee🙄🙄🙄 ok bud

    • @Parah_Salin
      @Parah_Salin 3 місяці тому +1

      I miss the Puget sound. Spent 10 hrs on Whidbey Island

    • @JTC33
      @JTC33 2 місяці тому +3

      I love Puget Sound and Washington state. ❤ 👍

  • @eucliduschaumeau8813
    @eucliduschaumeau8813 6 місяців тому +949

    “They decided to split up” was the moment that I knew that this would end poorly.

    • @robertheinrich2994
      @robertheinrich2994 6 місяців тому +45

      old D&D rule. never split the party.
      it will always go south.

    • @kroveris
      @kroveris 6 місяців тому +65

      I dunno, the second i saw the words 'cave diving' I knew this would end poorly! lol

    • @shlock1459
      @shlock1459 6 місяців тому +18

      Seems like the Murray was determined and impossible to convince. I

    • @grottorabbit
      @grottorabbit 6 місяців тому +12

      "Viewer Discretion Advised" at the start of the videos is always a good indicator!

    • @serge470
      @serge470 6 місяців тому +20

      No, the moment when they decide not to use the safety line

  • @spnclws
    @spnclws 6 місяців тому +135

    Stories like this remind me of a demotivational poster my high school English teacher had. It said something like "sometimes your legacy is to be an example of what NOT to do"

    • @evonekky3672
      @evonekky3672 2 місяці тому +5

      Sounds like Stockton rush

  • @ryansharp4691
    @ryansharp4691 6 місяців тому +1036

    F- THAT. Just LOOKING at the diagram of the cave system gave me a panic attack. "Only had ONE light source?!?!". ARE YOU SHITTIN' ME?!?!

    • @amberblyledge7859
      @amberblyledge7859 6 місяців тому +34

      I think the full use of the word is appropriate here.

    • @jenniferviolet4034
      @jenniferviolet4034 6 місяців тому +12

      Ikrrrrrrr omgggggg😵😵 Givin me anxiety just thinkin of it lol

    • @ShamelessFNGRL
      @ShamelessFNGRL 6 місяців тому +49

      It gets worse when you realize they didn't even know at the time what the cave looked like, the diagram is from way later.
      Still watching the vid and it's still getting worse xD

    • @penguin12902
      @penguin12902 6 місяців тому +31

      I usually take more than 1 flashlight when I'm going on a night hike when I'm camping...and I'm not underwater and have a cell phone in my pocket lol. This dude really never had a flashlight die on him and thought yeah...I trust my life to these batteries!

    • @genericamerican7574
      @genericamerican7574 6 місяців тому +9

      I would not want to dive in shallow water far from a cave *in broad daylight.

  • @comalab2387
    @comalab2387 6 місяців тому +401

    I heard Deathtrap Cavern is a beautiful diving location this time of year.

    • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810
      @injusticeanywherethreatens4810 6 місяців тому +27

      *"Ya mee tooo ! Im actually here right ...nowjsn...hRrnnnghnglug"*

    • @blablabla361
      @blablabla361 6 місяців тому +54

      Suicidal Springs is also a happening spot.

    • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
      @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul 6 місяців тому +16

      What's in those caves that's so important? A pot of gold? No, death awaits in those claustrophobic caves.

    • @foilerea4170
      @foilerea4170 6 місяців тому +4

      😂

    • @БубылдаПахомов
      @БубылдаПахомов 6 місяців тому +8

      We’re divin’ into Blind alley gloryhole with this one 🔥

  • @weasel7396
    @weasel7396 6 місяців тому +713

    It was rumored this area was the most beautiful cavern in the world, and it was past an area nobody has ever gone, mmmm?

    • @michaelmartin8422
      @michaelmartin8422 6 місяців тому +68

      Who started that rumor.

    • @bevleighlange3312
      @bevleighlange3312 6 місяців тому +68

      I wondered about this as well - I guess one can't fix stupid. I don't understand WHY people do this to themselves 😮

    • @teenprez
      @teenprez 6 місяців тому +25

      Yes I kept wondering WHY people thought that

    • @RT-hh8kl
      @RT-hh8kl 6 місяців тому +44

      This is exactly what I was thinking. If no one had ever been there how would they know it's the most beautiful?

    • @Ganymedia9
      @Ganymedia9 6 місяців тому +18

      That's such a good point! I had just assumed there was a drone or something that had been sent through and saw something amazing, but this is way too early for that. The other possibility is that some people had made it through and thought it was beautiful? But it super sounds like a tall tale, definitely something that should be thought about more before going into the cave like this.

  • @andrewbenson8427
    @andrewbenson8427 6 місяців тому +148

    I like Donald already. "Forget this I want to live!" Leaves back to land.

    • @susanbengston3208
      @susanbengston3208 Місяць тому

      Don, smart man, He listened to his gut instinct.

  • @alecedgerly1277
    @alecedgerly1277 6 місяців тому +495

    Radium Springs, come for the tingly water, stay ‘til you glow!

    • @amberblyledge7859
      @amberblyledge7859 6 місяців тому +14

      Like slightly too old Keifer? When it gets old is my favorite time. Spicy yogurt.

    • @breannathompson9094
      @breannathompson9094 6 місяців тому +23

      My teeth are itching!

    • @Perfectpearl
      @Perfectpearl 6 місяців тому +4

      😂😂😂😂

    • @Perfectpearl
      @Perfectpearl 6 місяців тому +8

      @@breannathompson9094teeth itching??!! 😂😂😂😂hilarious 😊

    • @ellaelliott4415
      @ellaelliott4415 6 місяців тому +4

      Oh my god 😂

  • @gawainmorrison
    @gawainmorrison 6 місяців тому +1695

    Cave diving 🚫
    Watching cave diving on UA-cam ✅

    • @richiesilva4077
      @richiesilva4077 6 місяців тому +21

      I concur

    • @WitchidWitchid
      @WitchidWitchid 6 місяців тому +24

      It's dangerous enough exploring caves that are not underwater and that are filled with breathable aire. Doing it completely is exponentially more dangerous.

    • @thatcherrycat1198
      @thatcherrycat1198 6 місяців тому +20

      Watching stories of diving disasters ✅✅

    • @qtpiballer
      @qtpiballer 6 місяців тому +18

      I watch these videos on TV while I'm cleaning. My son said, I'm never going cave diving/caving. Mission accomplished lol

    • @NeasCZ
      @NeasCZ 6 місяців тому +3

      Cave diving can be made reasonably safe with proper training. Nearly all cave diving disasters I've seen on YT can be attributed to untrained people making series of beginner mistakes.

  • @omnirath
    @omnirath 6 місяців тому +1078

    Okay so Radium, Cave how many scary words is needed for people to not go in there, it’s a freaking fallout location at this point

    • @robertheinrich2994
      @robertheinrich2994 6 місяців тому

      we have a underwater cave that is to a good extent still unchartered. how could it be more dangerous? oh, how about making it radioactive.

    • @PhilipWestcott-yp1ob
      @PhilipWestcott-yp1ob 6 місяців тому +89

      Probably full of mirelurks.

    • @breannathompson9094
      @breannathompson9094 6 місяців тому +62

      I know, might as well rename it Dunwich Mine

    • @alexyo2440
      @alexyo2440 6 місяців тому +12

      For this generation yes, but it does actually heal bones, arthritis and bone cancer

    • @Araknis_Slade
      @Araknis_Slade 6 місяців тому +56

      @@PhilipWestcott-yp1ob I mean, they're basically swimming in Nuka-Cola Quantum so...

  • @batu_cagan
    @batu_cagan 6 місяців тому +542

    Everybody gangsta till the mastercard logo gets seperated in a cave

  • @Corksy
    @Corksy 2 місяці тому +87

    0:14 MasterCard walks into a cave...

  • @Geronimo_89
    @Geronimo_89 6 місяців тому +388

    "Murray took dive safety very seriously" 😑

  • @janneaalto3956
    @janneaalto3956 6 місяців тому +541

    Cave diving is probably the worst hobby for someone with a stubborn bend.

    • @cesaravegah3787
      @cesaravegah3787 6 місяців тому +18

      Is by far the deadliest "sport".

    • @Flanneryschickens
      @Flanneryschickens 6 місяців тому +50

      "Cave diving is probably the worst hobby" you can stop right there and be accurate 😂

    • @ellaelliott4415
      @ellaelliott4415 6 місяців тому +10

      And yet it’s one that appeals to them the most smh

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 6 місяців тому +8

      Second only to parkour

    • @mkjk2534
      @mkjk2534 6 місяців тому +5

      One of the most dangerous, sure. But I guess the sense of pride and memories are unbelievable if you survive. IF you survive.

  • @asdf9890
    @asdf9890 6 місяців тому +192

    The cave map on the lower right is awesome! I often get lost in these stories because I can't picture where they are in the cave.

    • @amberblyledge7859
      @amberblyledge7859 6 місяців тому +6

      Like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon RRT all over again.

    • @sabelmwheeler9279
      @sabelmwheeler9279 6 місяців тому +11

      I agree! I'm sure it's difficult to do but it would be awesome if most UA-camrs did this! It made it so much easier to follow along!

  • @sct913
    @sct913 6 місяців тому +49

    When divers decide to go through passages so small and restrictive that they have to remove their tanks and contort their bodies in unusual ways so they can fit, one has to wonder how many of them really give serious thought to the fact that they're going have to go BACK through that same restrictive passage in order to get out of the cave, but with less air/gas and possibly fighting the onset of fatigue at that point.

  • @barth9580
    @barth9580 6 місяців тому +350

    Cave diving is pretty risky as is, but to do it with homemade equipment is just insane.

    • @sometimeslifehandsyouapple1085
      @sometimeslifehandsyouapple1085 6 місяців тому +24

      Or a safety line. Why????!

    • @catatoblob8598
      @catatoblob8598 6 місяців тому +23

      Because it was 1955 and before a lot of the equipment was commercially available, I imagine. A lot of modern cave diving rules + equipment are based off of lessons learnt from past failures, and this was one of the first ever recorded cave diving deaths.

    • @dynamicworlds1
      @dynamicworlds1 3 місяці тому +2

      There's one really important rule for cave diving.
      Don't.

    • @rj-wz7do
      @rj-wz7do 2 місяці тому

      Ocean Gate

  • @gorgono1
    @gorgono1 6 місяців тому +627

    11:23 He was so lost that he even started swimming outside of the map

  • @Cofarl
    @Cofarl 6 місяців тому +149

    I feel I am now an expert on not going cave diving.
    It's easy... Just keep yourself dry and above ground.

  • @trendybrowne
    @trendybrowne 6 місяців тому +525

    Nobody will ever pay me enough to find myself swimming and exploring under the Earth

    • @mcegypt20
      @mcegypt20 6 місяців тому +10

      My exact thoughts. Hellll no 😂

    • @Alfred-Neuman
      @Alfred-Neuman 6 місяців тому +4

      What about 10$ ?

    • @dominikmikus3069
      @dominikmikus3069 5 місяців тому +4

      @@Alfred-Neuman nah not even for 1million dollars my life is worth more than some money

    • @GrubbyPaddler
      @GrubbyPaddler 2 місяці тому

      I’d do it… but no to having to squeeze myself anywhere… 6’3” min

    • @gerggerggy7757
      @gerggerggy7757 2 місяці тому

      Exactly. No way Im going in such tight quarters, especially full of water

  • @marietighe6328
    @marietighe6328 2 місяці тому +21

    RADIUM SPRINGS.... oh sounds like such a magical place 😂😂😂

  • @dminard1
    @dminard1 6 місяців тому +79

    The cavern was so beautiful that no one who has seen it has returned

  • @POLARTTYRTM
    @POLARTTYRTM 6 місяців тому +280

    The bigger an underwater cave is, the more you SHOULDN'T go in. Why would someone go into an uncharted area of an underwater cave outside of a charting expedition is so beyond me. Recklessness really is the worst enemy in such extreme activities that are already super dangerous even under ideal conditions.

    • @sulcusulnaris
      @sulcusulnaris 6 місяців тому +22

      It is in our nature to take risks, to cross boundaries, to dare to try something new. Otherwise we wouldn't be who we are today. Just think what technological inventions are necessary to make such dives possible and what inventions are yet to come that will open up completely different areas of application. Compare it with the desire to be able to fly, which was ridiculed or considered crazy back then.

    • @FM-hz5sj
      @FM-hz5sj 6 місяців тому +32

      ​​@@sulcusulnaris all very true, without risk and pushing ourselves there would have been no advancement. I think the main issue here though is not the risk taking, but the sheer recklessness, disregard for planning and safety, and arrogant over confidence which put several people in extreme danger. Murray got what was coming to him TBH

    • @POLARTTYRTM
      @POLARTTYRTM 6 місяців тому +32

      ​@@FM-hz5sj Absolutely what I wanted to say. The problem is recklessness in an already super-dangerous activity under ideal conditions. Putting other people at risk because of your sole recklessness is so messed up.

    • @funonvancouverisland
      @funonvancouverisland 6 місяців тому +3

      It's in our DNA

    • @CornerPressurE
      @CornerPressurE 6 місяців тому +8

      Its called adrenaline and wanting to be the first. If everyone was like you we would still all be cavemen.

  • @jez2466
    @jez2466 6 місяців тому +121

    If no one has ever been, how can it be rumoured to be the most beautiful cave ever?

    • @ellaelliott4415
      @ellaelliott4415 6 місяців тому +5

      Exactly

    • @WarbirdPhoenix
      @WarbirdPhoenix 6 місяців тому +18

      Keyword: "Rumored" 😏

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield 6 місяців тому +3

      Siren call

    • @echotwo5813
      @echotwo5813 3 місяці тому +6

      How can any pile of wet rock be more beautiful than other pile of wet rock?

    • @domnick7886
      @domnick7886 Місяць тому

      These guys did nothing safely. They even broke rules of open water diving. Entering an environment they were not trained to enter and not knowing what they needed to know spelled doom.

  • @OnlyKaerius
    @OnlyKaerius 6 місяців тому +163

    The rule of two flashlights minimum is outdated, it's now three minimum.

    • @NestorSaliven
      @NestorSaliven 6 місяців тому +10

      Until they invent glowing wetsuit which gainst evergy from the friction with your skin, no amount of extra lamp is enough...

    • @OnlyKaerius
      @OnlyKaerius 6 місяців тому +2

      @@NestorSaliven I mean canister lights can be good for 12+ hours, you'll be running out of gas long before the light runs out, unless you're diving double rebreathers or something(yes, that's a thing for some cave explorers). So you dive with that, and two backup lights, and even just single 26650 powered lights will last for like 2h+ each.

    • @valkyrie1066
      @valkyrie1066 5 місяців тому +8

      You are ABSOLUTELY indebted to your equipment to keep you alive. Guide ropes, sufficient (MORE than sufficient) lights, etc. Home made diving equipment????????? *facepalm*

    • @truesoulghost2777
      @truesoulghost2777 5 місяців тому

      Should have brought General Grievious

    • @Holychickendinner
      @Holychickendinner 5 місяців тому +4

      The same rule goes for brain cells, but they didn't follow that.

  • @travissapienza4930
    @travissapienza4930 6 місяців тому +33

    I love how often its stressed how safety minded the guy that brought one flashlight and no guildline into a cave not only had he never been, but no one had explored before fully.

  • @FatRescueSwimmer04
    @FatRescueSwimmer04 6 місяців тому +239

    I've almost died while Cave Diving, back in the late 90s I regularly Dove in Caves w/o a proper Certification.... didn't have any issues until I did and it almost cost me my life. Like when I surfaced I had maybe 2 mins of air left. Had to skip decompression stops and everything so I got the BENDS BAD. That was the last time I Cave dove uncertified. Take it seriously it's more dangerous than one would expect.

    • @amberblyledge7859
      @amberblyledge7859 6 місяців тому +31

      Glad you are ok.

    • @Zandalorscat
      @Zandalorscat 6 місяців тому +12

      Wow, glad you made it out of there!

    • @LilTurtle353
      @LilTurtle353 6 місяців тому +48

      Almost ended up on the channel, the certification they require is no joke

    • @msrodrigues2000
      @msrodrigues2000 6 місяців тому +25

      Better watching those videos than being featured in one of them

    • @xenos_n.
      @xenos_n. 6 місяців тому +16

      Well I expect it to be extremely dangerous considering how many of these videos I've seen.

  • @AdenaKaiba
    @AdenaKaiba 6 місяців тому +26

    "They decided that they would split up shortly after entering"
    Ah 🤨. This is off to a wonderful start.

  • @lordravenblade
    @lordravenblade 6 місяців тому +217

    Radium springs? Like, the radium that killed a bunch of people who thought it was a cure-all and made the jaws fall off a bunch of ladies who painted it as a glow-in-the-dark marking on watch hands? That radium? Are we sure they weren’t just trying to get superpowers or something?

    • @jimb0678
      @jimb0678 6 місяців тому +23

      I'm reasonably sure that the radium played no part in this event. Radiological exposure is based around the principles of time, distance and shielding. In the case of the radium girls they were exposed all day (time) at close proximity (distance), and some ingested it, removing all shielding and massively increasing effective dose. The dose from incidental exposure in a cave would be negligible.

    • @lordravenblade
      @lordravenblade 6 місяців тому +37

      @@jimb0678 yeah I know. I’m saying it’s like going to “uranium springs” and expecting good things.

    • @thomasjoychild4962
      @thomasjoychild4962 6 місяців тому

      @@jimb0678 and also water is a really good radiation shield.

    • @chrism4008
      @chrism4008 6 місяців тому +13

      To be fair, those ladies also painted it on their teeth, and licked their paint brushes if i remember right

    • @wombatnumbat989
      @wombatnumbat989 6 місяців тому +28

      @@chrism4008 The ladies were encouraged to lick the bristles of the paintbrush to keep the strokes very fine.

  • @gnomie2.0
    @gnomie2.0 6 місяців тому +134

    Listening to the list of rules they ignored is just WILD!

  • @brianluisi7616
    @brianluisi7616 6 місяців тому +236

    Not having a safety line from the caves intro is crazy, im okay with high levels of risk, but thats like whitewater kayaking without helmet, life jacket, or drysuit.

    • @edgarramos1499
      @edgarramos1499 6 місяців тому +29

      Nice analogy but it's not accurate enough. It's more like bungee jumping without the bungee cord or sky diving with out the parachute.

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas 6 місяців тому +17

      He had the parachute.... just no cords to connect the chute to their packs.

    • @Mugwump7
      @Mugwump7 6 місяців тому

      Or kayak

    • @cheerfulsatanist
      @cheerfulsatanist 6 місяців тому +1

      While holding lit dynamite and playing Russian roulette

    • @valkyrie1066
      @valkyrie1066 5 місяців тому +1

      Remember, thou art mortal....thou art MORTAL! Some people NEED reminding.

  • @sydneycardew1923
    @sydneycardew1923 6 місяців тому +60

    Literally saying "Let's split up, we'll cover more ground that way!" shows a startling lack of genre awareness.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield 6 місяців тому +6

      Not even Fred would've done that

  • @danielgrayling5032
    @danielgrayling5032 6 місяців тому +88

    When the radiation hazard of the location is rendered largely academic by everything else wrong with it.

    • @thomasjoychild4962
      @thomasjoychild4962 6 місяців тому +14

      Water is actually an excellent radiation shield.

  • @ShadeEmberi
    @ShadeEmberi 6 місяців тому +474

    Cave diving is just unaliving yourself with extra steps.

    • @loridavis5699
      @loridavis5699 6 місяців тому +21

      An a dollop of terror

    • @Gabes_Game_Cave
      @Gabes_Game_Cave 6 місяців тому +13

      Slowly unaliving yourself in what I would consider one of the worst ways possible.

    • @loridavis5699
      @loridavis5699 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Gabes_Game_Cave i cannot imagine

    • @jackiepowell7513
      @jackiepowell7513 6 місяців тому +6

      No such word.

    • @jackiepowell7513
      @jackiepowell7513 6 місяців тому

      No such word Kathy orwell

  • @outlawjoseywales6159
    @outlawjoseywales6159 6 місяців тому +172

    HEY BUDDY, I have an old spark plug, a beer can and a pencil. Let's build some diving gear and go underwater exploring!

    • @darknes7800
      @darknes7800 6 місяців тому +8

      Famous last words "No no no, wait.....here hold my beer and watch this"..........(place tragic ending here)

    • @Patricia-kh3bg
      @Patricia-kh3bg 6 місяців тому +1

      🤣

    • @DrDeuteron
      @DrDeuteron 5 місяців тому

      I prefer wing suit BASE jumping in scuba gear straight into the cave….it’s a rush.

    • @GrubbyPaddler
      @GrubbyPaddler 2 місяці тому

      Hell yeah brother

    • @TheChampionofEnki
      @TheChampionofEnki Місяць тому +1

      That's a pretty funny way to say "underwater dying" 😂

  • @ecm84ee
    @ecm84ee 6 місяців тому +151

    I still dont understand underwater caves as beautiful. Seen one, youve seen them all. 'Oooo, rocks underwater. Look more rocks. And more wet rocks.' Yeah that was worth risking your life; wet rocks.

    • @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648
      @SeekingTheLoveThatGodMeans7648 6 місяців тому +11

      but PURTY wet rocks?

    • @insideAdirtyMind
      @insideAdirtyMind 6 місяців тому +20

      You mean, radioactive wet rocks

    • @NintendoTransformer
      @NintendoTransformer 5 місяців тому +24

      Caves can look very diverse, actually. They do not all look the same. And part of the appeal of diving is being free to explore without judgement, as well as seeing things no human has ever seen before.
      But obviously, don’t make your own gear and also maybe don’t go diving at a fast travel point from a Fallout game

    • @ash-is-napping
      @ash-is-napping 4 місяці тому +3

      I feel the same about caves, but underwater caves (underwater anything really) is just so beautiful to me. Each to their own.

    • @PeasantTest
      @PeasantTest 3 місяці тому +2

      There can also be important historical fossil lying in those caves.

  • @ryansharp4691
    @ryansharp4691 6 місяців тому +199

    "Made their own gear...". Right... What could go wrong...

    • @IreneWY
      @IreneWY 6 місяців тому +10

      That's not so uncommon. Even today very specialised gear is made by the divers. As long as it's up to specifications and regularly serviced.

    • @mattmatt6572
      @mattmatt6572 6 місяців тому +7

      Gotta be lead lined wet suits when you go to radium springs

    • @AdmiralZinji
      @AdmiralZinji 6 місяців тому +7

      @@IreneWY "Homemade flashlight". There are no excuses for this.

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas 6 місяців тому +6

      ​@@AdmiralZinjicirca 1955...

    • @ShadowManceri
      @ShadowManceri 6 місяців тому +3

      Well it wasn't equipment failure so what's the problem? Flashlight, no matter how good it is or how many you have is practically useless once you kick the ground. If there is silt you actually want dimmer light. Very powerful light just makes you completely blind as you only see the silt. If you have like ever driven a car at night during snowing, you know exactly what happens when you turn on heavy lights. You see only the snow as those reflect so much of the light back, blinding you totally.

  • @aeternosolus52
    @aeternosolus52 6 місяців тому +50

    It's mindboogling that a man with so much experience can show such a monumental lack of judgement. Rest in peace Murray, you died doing what you loved.

    • @methylene5
      @methylene5 5 місяців тому +4

      Not back then it wasn't. If Murray had binge watched all the vids you have, things would be different. There are things you do today that people in the future will be horrified of.

    • @NintendoTransformer
      @NintendoTransformer 5 місяців тому +5

      I think some people just get way too confident after a while. They think they’re so experienced that they can take big risks.

  • @extraordinary_ordinary
    @extraordinary_ordinary 6 місяців тому +95

    If this happened in 1955 then there is no way dude was a Navy SEAL since they weren't even founded until 1962. He might have been a Navy diver or UDT but he definitely wasn't a SEAL.

    • @kenwillis8487
      @kenwillis8487 6 місяців тому +39

      He was a Navy diver, also known as frogman!

    • @Angelonwheels24
      @Angelonwheels24 6 місяців тому +7

      He never said he's a seal he was in the navy

    • @marcoperches3078
      @marcoperches3078 6 місяців тому +33

      The narrarator said seal.

    • @robertsettle2590
      @robertsettle2590 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Angelonwheels24.....like hell he didn't!

    • @griffindault
      @griffindault 4 місяці тому

      ​@@kenwillis8487just like Jesse "the body" Ventura

  • @jbkgjbkg
    @jbkgjbkg 5 місяців тому +18

    These days we should just send aquatic drones into caves like these.

  • @tarasherman2714
    @tarasherman2714 6 місяців тому +68

    NOT ONE THING about shimmyinĝ through a tight angled , dark wet, radoactive tunnel where i have to move just right to take ONE breath... Miles under the earth surface with one flashlight...is the slightest bit appealing.

  • @MrDlt123
    @MrDlt123 6 місяців тому +32

    I'm a PADI dive instructor of 40 years and still have zero interest in cave diving. Big NOPE!

    • @xxArsen1xx-OnPsn
      @xxArsen1xx-OnPsn 4 місяці тому +2

      The military historian in me can't resist a good wreck but I'll be damned if I die with empty tanks in a God forgotten crevice short of the entrance to fing Agartha itself 🫡😂

  • @Kriegerdammerung
    @Kriegerdammerung 6 місяців тому +26

    You can come back FIVE times and keep expanding the map of a cave, going easily little by little. You can't do that if you go, go, go and die there :/

  • @FM-hz5sj
    @FM-hz5sj 6 місяців тому +94

    Proper Darwin Award material.

    • @injusticeanywherethreatens4810
      @injusticeanywherethreatens4810 6 місяців тому +1

      ...well... maaaaybe he already reproduced before this...
      Maybe. Itd be a reckless thing to do as a father though...

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 6 місяців тому

      you already earned that after being rejected 87 times

    • @HardDriveGuruOfficial
      @HardDriveGuruOfficial 6 місяців тому +1

      @@Blox117 Do you know what the Darwin Award is?

  • @13fsteven
    @13fsteven 6 місяців тому +76

    The uncharted and unexplored places in caves are always the most spectacular…

    • @bitterspice5525
      @bitterspice5525 6 місяців тому +4

      True!

    • @alecedgerly1277
      @alecedgerly1277 6 місяців тому +4

      In what way, shape, or form does that make any rational sense whatsoever?

    • @13fsteven
      @13fsteven 6 місяців тому +24

      @@alecedgerly1277 ever heard of sarcasm? Exploring uncharted areas in search of a spectacular hidden chamber is a very common trope in cave diving tragedies.

    • @ooupskitty7006
      @ooupskitty7006 6 місяців тому

      To die for 🤷🏼‍♀️

    • @krustycreme1093
      @krustycreme1093 3 місяці тому

      ...just like how for some people, other people are always going to be more attractive and alluring than their own loyal loving spouse!
      Both past times take you down a dangerous uncharted path that leads to destruction!
      Stick to when you're supposed to go and follow the rules in life and make the most of what you've got!
      Just seen a friend blow up his own family and devastate his wife who went off "cave diving where he shouldnt have been going!".
      His wife is gorgeous and awesome, but he just couldnt help himself!

  • @Chad_Thundercock
    @Chad_Thundercock 6 місяців тому +8

    "Most beautiful cave in existence"
    "Unmapped and unexplored"
    Logical contradictions are hard.

  • @MxSpikeSpiegelxM
    @MxSpikeSpiegelxM 6 місяців тому +10

    The mastercard logo really knows how to navigate cave systems

  • @dharmagirl5889
    @dharmagirl5889 4 місяці тому +7

    The suggestion that "they took safety seriously" is strongly contradicted by the prior listing of all the bloody stupid things they did.

  • @helenchilcott6024
    @helenchilcott6024 5 місяців тому +11

    Splitting up to save time? Diving into radioactive water? Home made flashlights? Not laying a dive-line? If Murray took dive safety seriously, he'd have turned back with Donald, no matter what he'd miss out on by going on with the dive, especially as he was going into an uncharted cave. Ah, men, adrenline and folly are a deadly trio...

  • @worldline7147
    @worldline7147 6 місяців тому +17

    Radium: "I will kill you: just give me some time." Cave: "Hold my beer."

  • @ohyeahno16
    @ohyeahno16 6 місяців тому +8

    I love the way you tell these tragic stories. You explain things very well so that everything is easily understandable for non-divers like myself, the graphics make sense and makes it easy to follow the divers and see where the cave goes. Best of all, you keep one volume the whole time, there's no loud/soft/loud/soft etc. Thank you for doing these videos and raising so much awareness about diving tragedies and mistakes without making diving seem absolutely terrifying. Great videos, man.

  • @knobjob2839
    @knobjob2839 6 місяців тому +53

    A home made flashlight?? Ok, bro.....

    • @ifensler
      @ifensler 6 місяців тому

      It’s really not hard to make

    • @jackster2568
      @jackster2568 6 місяців тому +6

      Not everyone's definition of home made means a bit of tape and super glue

    • @staomruel
      @staomruel 4 місяці тому +1

      Homemade because you couldn't get one off Amazon back then.

    • @knobjob2839
      @knobjob2839 4 місяці тому

      Then go to k-mart ffs

    • @CrusaderSports250
      @CrusaderSports250 3 місяці тому

      ​@@knobjob2839stories from 1955, different level of equipment availability.

  • @mainpage725
    @mainpage725 6 місяців тому +132

    I’ll never understand the fascination with cave diving.

    • @appletree7376
      @appletree7376 6 місяців тому +11

      I like the videos

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@appletree7376yeah this

    • @lostbutfreesoul
      @lostbutfreesoul 6 місяців тому +13

      Exploring places little explored is a thrill for many.
      I, however, prefer to keep breathing on the surface....

    • @MrKokuen
      @MrKokuen 6 місяців тому +2

      It's an elaborate way of unaliving yourself and your would-be rescuers in the most inconvenient place possible. What's not to like?

    • @NestorSaliven
      @NestorSaliven 6 місяців тому

      Nobody understands suicidal people.

  • @truss2005
    @truss2005 5 місяців тому +13

    It’s amazing the insight you have to what a person who died was thinking.

  • @dianaquill9969
    @dianaquill9969 6 місяців тому +15

    Gosh, not using a safety line is insane to me. At least they had a line that helped the others.

  • @Numb3r3dDays
    @Numb3r3dDays 6 місяців тому +44

    1:21 What? If you inhale, you're not "compressing" your lungs, you're filling them. Which is the exact opposite thing you do when you're trying to squeeze through a restriction. You *exhale* to get all the air out to decrease the breadth of your chest so you can fit better. Unless I'm misunderstanding something about this specific squeeze.

    • @sunny3264
      @sunny3264 6 місяців тому +9

      I heard that too he had it backwards

    • @ellaelliott4415
      @ellaelliott4415 6 місяців тому +3

      Yeah he spoke wrong. I was thinking that too

  • @ellaelliott4415
    @ellaelliott4415 6 місяців тому +8

    That panicked feeling is called KNOWING YOUR LIMITS AND LISTENING TO YOUR GUT. No guidewire? Homemade gear?! Not telling people where they were going?! Splitting up?!?! BEING IDIOTS?! Arrogance is a killer. Ugh. I’d never EVER. You go in together, you leave together too…

  • @seanbaskett5506
    @seanbaskett5506 6 місяців тому +3

    That little f*kin' red dot on the map really got way the hell off to the right, didn't it

  • @wilkifrog6
    @wilkifrog6 6 місяців тому +81

    Cave diving is suicidal

    • @KallusGarnet
      @KallusGarnet 6 місяців тому

      Everyone will die one day, you won't live forever.

  • @loridavis5699
    @loridavis5699 6 місяців тому +40

    Well at least i know i will never die stuck in a tunnel underwater

    • @Loralanthalas
      @Loralanthalas 6 місяців тому +12

      Oof. Never say never. God has a wicked sense of humor.

  • @spartans114s
    @spartans114s 6 місяців тому +5

    Watching this is like:
    "Murray and Donald had no explosives training but liked exploring explosives factories."
    "They decided to enter the explosives factory, lighting the way with homemade wood and oil, hand torches."
    "Murray and Donald were both very serious about explosives factory safety."
    "They decided not to bring the 'Stops All Explosions' rope with them."
    "When Donald felt unsafe, Murray continued on alone into the section of the factory named, "Will kill you if you are alone," but he had a homemade stick figure drawing of a person on paper so he didn't feel alone and continued on."
    "Murray died."

  • @sharonsekhon9475
    @sharonsekhon9475 6 місяців тому +19

    Your videos scare me so much. Yet, here I am watching.

  • @TheOwlGuy777
    @TheOwlGuy777 5 місяців тому +4

    I'm from Albany, GA and Radium Springs has been gated over for a long time. The flood of 1994 destroyed the resort and Albany is such a cesspool, there is no interest in redeveloping it.

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n 2 місяці тому +5

    Darwin would crawl out of his grave to hand out this trophy.

  • @Asymmetrical-Saggin
    @Asymmetrical-Saggin 6 місяців тому +62

    They only needed to break the first rule for me to know this wouldn't be good.
    My rules for caving...
    1. Don't go in a F cave.
    2. Repeat rule 1.

  • @sabrinavenuti4812
    @sabrinavenuti4812 4 місяці тому +6

    Looks like a Mastercard floating through the tunnel

  • @gerggerggy7757
    @gerggerggy7757 2 місяці тому +2

    I got anxiety immediately at the “remove tank, angle your body, and depress your lungs so you can squeeze through “ part. No way!

  • @kenwillis8487
    @kenwillis8487 6 місяців тому +52

    I’ve been diving b4, and I’ve been caving! Enjoyed both! But no way in hell am I ever cave diving! They’re better left as separate activities in my opinion!

    • @react_33
      @react_33 6 місяців тому +5

      caving is alone a deadly activity, now imagine adding the restriction of limited breathes you could have during caving.

    • @thefinalday5858
      @thefinalday5858 6 місяців тому +1

      Like a certain man once said
      I rather deeptroat a cactus than go into the ocean

  • @phuckerpower
    @phuckerpower 6 місяців тому +30

    A story close to home and I've actually still never been to Radium Springs. Maybe that's why I haven't heard this story. I also didn't know and never dawned on me Radium Springs was named after the element, I thought it was just an original name.

  • @chrisc6857
    @chrisc6857 6 місяців тому +4

    First I thought caving was dumb. Then I thought cave diving was dumb. And now we top them both, with RADIOACTIVE cave diving! (shakes head sadly)

  • @standoughope
    @standoughope 6 місяців тому +15

    Cave divers awake every day with "Goodness gosh, I need to..."

  • @genericamerican7574
    @genericamerican7574 6 місяців тому +18

    *_It’s has been said to be the most beautiful cavern in the world though no one has seen it…._** First 🚩*

  • @ernestoherreralegorreta137
    @ernestoherreralegorreta137 6 місяців тому +5

    Cave diving most important survival rules:
    1. Do not dive into any cave. Ever. For any reason.
    ...
    Got it. Couldn't have said it better. Time to kick back and relax watching others who question the rule that rules over all other rules...

  • @SomeOne-vh1rm
    @SomeOne-vh1rm 6 місяців тому +54

    Dude went to the out of bounds area on the map ;/

    • @ZeroFische
      @ZeroFische 6 місяців тому +4

      He leveled up on map discovery

  • @prostreetbeetdhd4586
    @prostreetbeetdhd4586 2 місяці тому +4

    The name "RADIUM" would have kept me away.

  • @informitas0117
    @informitas0117 6 місяців тому +4

    Sonic downing music intensifies.

  • @SamP-by7iv
    @SamP-by7iv 6 місяців тому +4

    "Hey man, you think this 'Radium Spring' place might be a little radioactive?"
    "Nah!"

  • @malcolmliang
    @malcolmliang 5 місяців тому +9

    Overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

    • @sublime1558
      @sublime1558 2 дні тому +1

      I was just playing that game love the reference 😂

  • @carfo
    @carfo 4 місяці тому +3

    "cave diving is dangerous, but not dangerous enough. let's go incredibly unprepared and pick a place that is infected with radon. sounds like a plan"

  • @RobertAltenburg
    @RobertAltenburg 6 місяців тому +57

    Scuba tanks contain "air" (or maybe nitrox, tri-mix, or some other blend). unless the person has a rebreather or the dive is very shallow, they are not going to have a tank of "oxygen".

    • @alecedgerly1277
      @alecedgerly1277 6 місяців тому +20

      He also said you had to inhale to compress your lungs lol

    • @cathyd74
      @cathyd74 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@alecedgerly1277 oops

    • @atxchaser
      @atxchaser 6 місяців тому +1

      Alec that was only to squeeze thru a pass.

    • @loridavis5699
      @loridavis5699 6 місяців тому +8

      @@atxchaserwhen you inhale your lungs expand. Smh

    • @Cosmiccoffeecup
      @Cosmiccoffeecup 6 місяців тому +4

      Well it was 1955. We're they making blends back then?

  • @Perfectpearl
    @Perfectpearl 6 місяців тому +8

    “Tight passages must be carefully navigated. Perfect Air management must be used to maneuver compressed, sharp tunnels. It’s extremely dangerous! If you get stuck, you WILL NOT make it out.”
    However…….

    • @Perfectpearl
      @Perfectpearl 6 місяців тому +1

      “They broke every rule there is. They only used one light source, they didn’t have a guide line, didn’t follow the rule of thirds for air management.”🤦‍♀️

  • @ExploreGamesAndMore
    @ExploreGamesAndMore 6 місяців тому +18

    Going to give the whole radioactive cave diving game a miss.

    • @miriamllamas224
      @miriamllamas224 3 місяці тому

      That should be enough to keep people away.

  • @ThatSockmonkey
    @ThatSockmonkey 2 місяці тому +4

    I can do lots of things. Some of them could be considered somewhat dangerous. Going into confined passages full of water is not one of those things.

  • @CDRaff
    @CDRaff 6 місяців тому +13

    1:23 Inhaling expands your lungs.

  • @UnhealthyHeartbeatObsession
    @UnhealthyHeartbeatObsession 6 місяців тому +7

    These are called "recreational" activities, but the amount of hard work required makes this anything but.

  • @Ivellios23
    @Ivellios23 6 місяців тому +30

    "they broke all of the rules!"
    after this, rules were made
    confirming what I've always known... safter rules exist because someone was killed/died that way.
    can't break a rule if the reason the rule exists is because of you.

  • @michaelcribb7205
    @michaelcribb7205 6 місяців тому +9

    This is yet another example of why I will not go cave diving or spelunking in caves 😂 every since I seen the nutty putty incident I wouldn't even if I was offered a million bucks

  • @KatieKatTG
    @KatieKatTG 6 місяців тому +13

    "Adrenaline Junkie" was absolutely already a term by this point

  • @toomuch4em
    @toomuch4em 6 місяців тому +21

    They didn't have any Radaway?
    Also, homemade euipment? No guideline? Sheesh.

    • @HardDriveGuruOfficial
      @HardDriveGuruOfficial 6 місяців тому +2

      To be fair, this was 1955, and diving safety technology hadn't matured to a point where it was available to buy. But there's no excuse for no guideline!

  • @__________________________Fred
    @__________________________Fred 6 місяців тому +7

    Who would go anywhere without a safety line when you know that visibility can go to 0 in a second?

  • @popsiclesshubert9609
    @popsiclesshubert9609 4 місяці тому +3

    first warning sign should have been that its called goddamn "RADIUM Springs"

  • @mahons8
    @mahons8 6 місяців тому +10

    The grass is always greener, over there.

  • @jus10lewissr
    @jus10lewissr 6 місяців тому +7

    "They took safety seriously." Yeah, no. Apparently not. 🥴