Derek, I can't adequately express how much I appreciate the hard work you put into your videos. Your videography equipment is the best, allowing me, at age 77, to instantly go back in time, bringing back sensual memories so I can smell the musty rock, feel the cold water, feel my muscles strain, my arms and legs bend to reach all those places, and love the tight passages along with the vast chambers. So, so glad you do what you do! Good luck with your future work at Sistema Cheve. I envy you!

@williamorford6966

5 ай бұрын

I can see what you mean. My pal and I have both turned 70 and we still go on our Old timer trips a couple of times a month. We finding parts of caves we used to rush past in the effort to get to the more extremes of a cave. It’s the whole thing of being underground and with a friend talking about the stupid things we used to do as teenagers 😂

@gmaneis

5 ай бұрын

@@williamorford6966If you can still enter a wild cave at 70, you're doing great! I was in good shape at that age, 7 years ago, but I still wouldn't have gone underground anymore. Afraid of a heart attack, I guess, same fear as when taking forever to shovel snow.

@DerekBristol

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I know you don't get a lot of views but I appreciate the crap out of your videos! Thank you!

"This claustrophobia stuff is KZread gold" 😆 Love your videos Derek!

@DerekBristol

5 ай бұрын

Ha! Extreme tight spots, nearly drowning, almost falling to death, lost and no way out... these seem to be the way to get "likes" and subscribers. I'm trying to resist the urge.

I love your videos. They’re part of why I started posting my trips! Your cinematography is amazing!

@DerekBristol

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

These videos are so amazing. They have a certain awesomeness about them which I can’t explain 😂❤

Hey Derek, Good video, Thanks again

Thanks Derek , Amazing as always

Thank you so much for showing us this. Stunning

Amazing cinematography as always Derek. Thanks so much for your time away from caving to film and edit this video. What a beautiful and fun cave. And just love that the group camped, socialised and had fund too. None of that here anymore in Australia...

Very nice🎉🎉❤❤

Crazy stuff

Hey man I’m from Veracruz but migrated to the us you should check it out there’s caves out there like no other I know spots that are really beautiful and undiscovered I’m in Dallas texas and the caves near here are good but they don’t compare! Good video stay safe out there.

Man I would be all over this cave, I'd take biosamples from every pool Biochemistry for the win

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*sigh* I miss caving

@DerekBristol

4 ай бұрын

Caving misses you

This all looks very civilised with a lot of fine passage. I can see why it's popular. What's the cave temperature? Ours is 2-3C so camping is rather grimmer than it looks here.

@amymorton4542

5 ай бұрын

11 C was measured at camp 6 in 2021

@DerekBristol

5 ай бұрын

I would have guessed 10-13C depending on elevation. It definitely feels colder at the higher elevation camps, and warmer at the lower ones.

They did make a documentary on the 2021 right?

@DerekBristol

4 ай бұрын

Yes. National Geographic - Explorer: The Deepest Cave

Love your stuff. The claustrophboia comment made me chuckle. I'm obsessed/love big caves (parks) but the tight spaces make my skin crawl and brain boil. I started watching your video to try and fight that fear but its only worked a little. Those spaces you go through make me so uncomfortable.