Cave diving gone WRONG │ the Pollonora Cave TERROR

This cave diving story is very detailed and different from most cave diving stories. Artur was a true adventurer who inspired his peers and future generations of cave divers. Unfortunately, this is a story of cave diving gone wrong. The Pollonora 10 cave is situated in Galway, Ireland. Since no one knew the cave's depth or whether the area was free of sinkholes, it was strictly forbidden for anyone to approach it.

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[Daris_TH]

I've learned from these videos that if one of my friends ever introduces me to cave diving, I'd instantly know that they secretly hate me and are trying to snuff me out.

[apriot]

I have noticed cave diving is a lot like wingsuit flying. It doesn't matter if you are a beginner or expert you are going to die. Being an expert just means you get to do it a bit longer before you drown.

[vagurl]

“You’re always running out of air”; that’s a very good point. Makes diving scarier.

[eyesopenwide]

One thing seems certain…. Diving and ego are a deadly combination.

[LTDANMAN]

i really like it when you show maps of the cave and then arrows to see where they are

[kdbrown]

Fun fact: Rick Stanton and John Volanthen were the same two divers featured in the film "13 Lives, " in which they successfully rescued 12 boys and their soccer coach in Thailand.

[mjunderhill]

From watching all these videos I know 2 things. 1. Always use a line. 2. Don't squeeze into tight spaces. If it is a tight space just don't bother mapping it. It is kind of pointless anyway since the passageway aways either enter into a chamber that goes nowhere or continue to narrow into nothing.

[davidhay]

I remember my scuba instructor in 1984 at Salem State college, he had a friend who was wreck diving, he went into the wreck through a hole in one side of the boat, All of a sudden the boat flipped over and blocked the hole, there was no way to get out, after half an hour just as his air was running out, The boat flip back over and the hole was exposed, he rushed the surface as his air was running out, got on the boat, went back to shore, through all his diving equipment in the nearest trash barrel and said f*** this s***, that was a story from Louis j Wilkie, My NAUI diving instructor in 1984

[nea]

I don't get it. They always say that they have air for like six hours or something, so he stays in the cave mapping it until 5 1/2 hours and then when even the slightest problems arises, he is out of air.
Why not map for three hours and then keep an emergency reserve for the very possible event that the ascent takes longer than the ideal time?
All these stories are so similar. Their ropes come loose, they stir up silt and can't see, they can't find the exit etc.

[grzesiekgregory]

I remember most of these photos and clips as I usually was there at the time.
Arthur was a very good friend of mine.
Missing him a lot...

[ericastapleton]

Goes to show just how dangerous cave diving is when even the highly experienced can get into difficulties. Very sad. RIP Arther. Thank you @MrDeified ☆

[Huia]

"Horror" and "tragedy" honestly seem to be synonyms for cave diving at this point 😆😅

[juslewissr]

I actually had to give these caving-gone-wrong videos up about a year ago, despite how interesting they are, because of some weird form of very intense anxiety they were giving me. I don't know if anyone else can even relate but it's like I can feel (obviously imagined) what the cavers are feeling when squeezing through insanely tight spaces, running out of air, getting lost or stuck, etc, etc, and it got more and more overwhelming with every video I would watch which made me finally break away from them entirely. Unfortunately, there's a huge part of me that loves the content (in both dry caving and underwater caving) and I accidentally found my way back due to being unable to resist a really interesting-looking video I saw today and then watching related video after related video. I've typically already seen the stories I come across through multiple channels that have already covered them but I don't think I've ever heard/seen this one, so here we are, hoping this is the last one for the day and that I don't end up falling down a YouTube rabbit hole filled with more related content. Lol

[scottoshea]

Thankfully a coroner was there to determine that drowning was the cause of death. Otherwise we all still might not know how he perished.

[michaelhill]

He broke one of the cardinal rules of cave diving (i.e. always dive with a buddy).

[roxanne]

Is it weird that videos like these got me interested in scuba diving? The technology, the techniques used, its all so cool, especially dive computers and rebreathers. So anyway, im now open water diving certified.

[bradhurd]

These people are crazy. I would never do this. I can barely watch it.

[realDanielAugustine]

I've watch many similar channels and have concluded that yours is the best. The effort you put forth really shows. Great channel and video.

[johnmcdevitt]

This is why I'm glad my dad gave me an option for him to teach me or someone else, he taught me 'tough love' eg do not take ANY chances whilst diving, in diving chances lead to death nothing else

[mosienko]

My theory is that cave divers don't actually believe that they might die. It probably comes as an incredible surprise to them when it happens.