Cave diving is risky but how safe is it relatively to other sports? And why do we seem to think that cave divers are a suicide cult?
The reactions that most people have to cave divin in general are based on 1) Ignorance and 2) fear
But what are the actual statistics?
There's been studies done from reports by DAN showing that actually trained cave diver fatalities are extremely low between 01 July 1985 and 30 June 2015 – 167. From which only 67 are for trained cave divers.
Note that the first book on standardizing cave diving techniques and knowledge came only in 1979 in the "Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival" handbook by cave explorer Sheck Exley. Since then training, procedures, equipment have improved dramatically. Around 70s, diving was the wild west in general. People did all sorts of crazy stuff like dive on air way past its safe limits.
Nowadays, cave diving is very safe. In fact, safer than many other sports like american football which if not kills then injures millions. Nobody watches an american football video and says “there’s nothing in this sport worth injuring oneself for”
Also, I want to point out that this grim reaper sign is a thing mostly in the US. In Europe, as far as I know and the caves that I have been to don't have any signage.
Cave diving is safe as long as you follow the rules, just like flying an aircraft is a safe hobby if you get the proper training and follow rules generally it shouldn't go bad, there are adherent risks going below certain depths
I hear Reaper I hear Norm Macdonald "Hey uh…fun fact…more than 300 divers have died in a cave JUST like THIS one! Did ya…did ya know THAT? It's a FULL…UNDERWATER…CAVE…I can't be any clearer…unlike this cave where ya can't see a damn thing!"
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It looks like the grim reaper is flipping the bird.
The middle finger was personal😂
Some deaths happen from GOING TOO DEEP
Not for the faint of heart…but definitely for the faint of brain
Devils asscrack
Rise Talokan!
"I want to know whats beyond that warning making it so special, I am going!" Someone's thought anywhere
You should just have a sign that says go ahead and find out.
No balls. Fucking do it.
The dumbest hobby in the world.
Cave diving is risky but how safe is it relatively to other sports? And why do we seem to think that cave divers are a suicide cult?
The reactions that most people have to cave divin in general are based on 1) Ignorance and 2) fear
But what are the actual statistics?
There's been studies done from reports by DAN showing that actually trained cave diver fatalities are extremely low between 01 July 1985 and 30 June 2015 – 167. From which only 67 are for trained cave divers.
Note that the first book on standardizing cave diving techniques and knowledge came only in 1979 in the "Basic Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival" handbook by cave explorer Sheck Exley. Since then training, procedures, equipment have improved dramatically. Around 70s, diving was the wild west in general. People did all sorts of crazy stuff like dive on air way past its safe limits.
Nowadays, cave diving is very safe. In fact, safer than many other sports like american football which if not kills then injures millions. Nobody watches an american football video and says “there’s nothing in this sport worth injuring oneself for”
Also, I want to point out that this grim reaper sign is a thing mostly in the US. In Europe, as far as I know and the caves that I have been to don't have any signage.
Detecting multiple reaper class leviathans in this are are you sure what your doing is worth it
Yes! At the entrance!
Yes I have seen it
Cave diving is safe as long as you follow the rules, just like flying an aircraft is a safe hobby if you get the proper training and follow rules generally it shouldn't go bad, there are adherent risks going below certain depths
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Where tf are you? Subnautica?
I have decided that people really are completely crazy! No thanks to the ‘cave diving experience’🙄😳🤿👎
just a quick 1 sec photo n were good
The third fact ignores that even WITH cave dive training and equipment people still die.
I've swam in caves before — it is dangerous — you can get lost and not know up from down and drown.
I hear Reaper I hear Norm Macdonald "Hey uh…fun fact…more than 300 divers have died in a cave JUST like THIS one!
Did ya…did ya know THAT? It's a FULL…UNDERWATER…CAVE…I can't be any clearer…unlike this cave where ya can't see a damn thing!"
You know white folks don’t give a dam they are going to go in the cave anyway 😂
Oh bubble guppies!