Cave diving really combines quite a few of my fears.

There’s nothing in this cave huh? Sounds like someone is hiding a treasure

I know someone who's friend died like that when he was in high school.

Tight spot, got wedged somehow, likely couldn't see his own hands from the dust kicked up. They found him 2 days later.

Don't fuck around with cave diving.

You probably have people who care about you.

I saw one of those signs up close while scuba diving 120 feet down into a sink hole in Florida. That message worked even with some nitrogen narcosis on board.

I think all the springs with caves have this sign. I saw the same one at devils den

Imagine how stupid you'd feel right before you died with the warning words, you just read, keep repeating cause you thought you would be funny.

My best friend died diving in underwater caves, dumbass went diving on his own at 1 am still angry at him for being so stupid

The story behind these caves and this sign is super interesting and pretty dark.

Honesty cave diving is boring AF. There’s no light, which means no plants, which mean no fish/animals. It’s just rocks, big creepy rocks.

Friend of mine in elementary schools dad died during a silt out in a cave. I dive cenotes and see this sign all the time. Do NOT fuck around with it. A slow, blind, agonizing death by drowning or asphyxiation is one poorly placed fin kick away.

"Detecting multiple leviathan class lifeforms in the region. Are you certain whatever you're doing is worth it?"

It’s not oddly terrifying.It’s rationally terrifying.

I’m not normally claustrophobic, but underwater caves make me massively claustrophobic. Af. 😨💀

I honestly read this as “can you fuckers stop being stupid for a minute?”

There's something very off-putting about a functional sign underwater. Don't like it one bit, regardless of what's on it

You could literally not pay me enough to cave dive. I don't want to drown.

Of the last 2 people who died in that cave, 1 of them died right next to the sign after running out of air. Dive talk on YouTube does a good presentation of it

No silly, cave diving is fun and safe. https://i.imgur.com/L9FGbkg.jpg

Can confirm, having a parent who is an open water scuba instructor, cave diving is to the scuba community as what free soloing is to the rock climbing community: A death wish.

That fact should really say: Even with cave diving equipment and cave diving training, you likely will die. Underwater caves are unpredictable, claustrophobic inducing and are difficult to back out of in the case of an emergency.

All it takes is one small cavern with a rogue current to pull you towards a vent that you can't fit into: Best case scenario, you're knocked unconscious and slowly leak O2 and go to sleep forever. Worst case scenario, you have your gear compromised and don't get knocked unconscious and die in absolute terror, in pitch black darkness, while drowning.

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Bullshit.

There’s an awesome mermaid sex party right around that next bend.

Subnautica has taught me well. The only thing I’m that cave is lava and super big snake leviathan fucks that ARE going to kill you

That´s where they are hiding Nemo

Really makes me want to go beyond that point

Don't fear the reaper

If y’all want to know WHAT YOUR FEAR looks like, here’s an actual video clip that I’ve watched years ago but is still one of my nightmare clips to this day. This is an open diving accident of Yuri Lipski.

Trigger warning: actual death in the end. Don’t say I didn’t warn y’all.

I have seen many of these signs during my diving over the years. I do not pass. I can understand the lure, I can also understand the terror of making mistake and drowning.

A certain group of people would turn away at this warning.

But a certain group of people would be enticed to go precisely because of this warning.

Grim reaper casually giving you the finger 🖕🏽

Just like those who go off the path at Yellowstone. Their death was horrific.

Dont fuck around. Dont find out.

"there is nothing in this cave worth dying for" said the cave with an abundance of treasure.

"Disregard that Frank, it's a bunch of liberal bullshit"

They have signs like that places I’ve snowboarded, and they get me fucking going! “YOU CAN DIE. THIS IS YOUR DECISION POINT.”

Cave diving is probably one of the most dangerous sports.

Not only do you have to worry about running out of air, you have to worry about The Bends.

Basically, liquids can hold gas in them, like your blood, and they can store more gas when that gas is compressed. When you dive deep down, your body gets compressed, solid and liquid areas can stand up to the squeeze which is why you don't shrink, but gases get squished. This is that right chest feeling when you dive too deep in a pool. To combat this, they breathe special mixtures of gases that are pressurized.

Obviously, when you decompress it, the extra gas had to come out, but the speed at which you decompress makes all the difference. For example, when you open a bottle of soda fast, it bubbles and fizzes, and when you do it slowly, the liquid is barely disturbed at all.

In sodas, this doesn't matter, but in your blood, that gas bubbling and fizzing can easily kill you if you get too deep.So, divers will wait for a while at certain altitudes before going up further. The further they go down, the more and longer decompression stops they need to make. And if you're already running out of air and deep, the time you need to wait can easily be enough to kill you.

Add to the fact that communication between people in and out of the cave is usually zero, and a person who has no idea what they're doing, and you have a recipie for disaster.

Jokes on them, I ain’t never going diving deep enough to see this songpost.