A warts and all look at the 2020 deep exploration dive in New Zealand's Pearse Resurgence. A long video probably only for the enthusiast cave diver or geologists! I narrate the dive from woe to go and and give viewers an insight into what it is like to explore a cave to a depth of 245m. Opening image Dr Simon Mitchell.
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What really stands out in this video is that you run through the dive in a meticulous and complete manner. Never boring. no rubbish music track. Just plain cave diving. beautifully done. Simple and complete!
Saw you on Dive Talk. Hopefully you get some financial support from the Dive Talk community to help offset some of the costs. I know it isn't much, but hopefully you will get lots of small contributions that make a real difference when combined. I have 💯 % respect for you.. lost my 5 year old son to brain cancer, and pediatric Anesthesiologists played a big roll in the 12 brain surgeries he went through while fighting it. You are a gift to humanity.
wow 40 min of dive and a total of 16hrs to decompress. you guys are amazing. can you make a decompress video time laps sometime
As someone who will never cave dive, I am fascinated to watch your adventure. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely incredible; watched the whole thing on the edge of my seat. It’s so refreshing to hear commentary (honest commentary) rather than daft Europop in the background. That end point looks amazing- can’t wait to see where you go next. 🙏 thank you.
Wow, some really breathtaking shots there. I appreciated the time you spent discussing the frustration over getting split up and how that affects dives, and that you almost stopped the dive because your mind wasn’t in the best place. Very cool.
I grew up cave diving in Florida, USA. Stopped about 30 years ago. I can't believe how far the sport has come since then! 245m! Wow.
It takes a special kind of self control and mental strength to do this. Places like this are so alien to humans. To almost all living things actually.
I've never done any sort of diving and I still found this spellbinding. Cave diving seems very challenging and rewarding. Thank you for sharing.
I can't fathom the feeling of being so isolated and deep down in a hole filled with water in which one mistake can literally kill you, and there is no help. this is bravery on another level. This is very intense to watch, especially if you can tune into the facts mentioned above. Thanks for sharing this video!
That last cavern and the shaft to the left with silt blown out must have had you planning the next dive, awesome video thank you so much
I'm quite happy living vicariously through you blokes, it just seems like a no-win scenario going places few people have been, the dangers just out weigh the rocks in the water. More power to the ones willing though, hope you stay safe.
Thanks!
Much nicer than the documentaries which consist of 40min talking on shore and 5 min diving footage. Thanks for sharing.
I'm 61 now. Much has changed since my SCUBA diving days in the 80's and early 90's. My deepest 140' dive was a measly 42.5 meters. Great job and great video.
I've just discovered your channel and it is stunning, your videos are amazing, I can't stop watching them all! Btw I want to congratulate and thank you for all the effort you are putting on these, I hope you continue with these long videos, I watch them in my TV as if they were films. Thank you, ( An average diver, who in the future would love to do cave diving, cenotes, mines etc)
I will never understand the desire to go deep into the earth be it diving or walking. I can appreciate the determination to do so, the ability to keep calm under stressful situations and frankly the courage to do it. Me personally, I havnt lost anything in those holes and I dont plan on the first thing I do lose in one to be my life. Stay safe down there!
Awesome footage, and an amazing achievement, never realized how deep it was. I assume you will be planning another trip to explore further?
This is the first cave diving video I’ve watched and I can totally see why people pursue the sport. It was just beautiful and there must be such a sense of excitement when you get to unexplored sections and be the first people to ever see them. Subbed and looking forward to seeing more of your adventures. Thank you so much for sharing!
I couldn’t be happier coming across this video. It takes real titans to go explore into this territory. I am a novice cave diver having learnt to cave dive in Mexico, watching this really gave me thrills. I was really on the edge of my seat. Only a cave diver would appreciate the type of complexity these sort of dives have to offer. truly amazing job.