The Most Horrific Scenario for a Caver | Caving Gone TERRIBLY Wrong

It was a cold November 11, 2011 when 26-year-old David Roesler, an undergraduate studying industrial systems engineering at Virginia Tech, set out with two friends for a caving trip. Their destination: Stay High Cave, hidden off Clover Hollow Road in Giles County. Known in the caving community as a place demanding respect and caution, Stay High Cave isn’t a spot for beginners. Navigating its hazardous passages requires at least a basic understanding of cave exploration, and attempting it without proper training can easily lead to disaster.

[PowerliftingCollege]

I'm so glad that Dave made it out alive. Most of these stories end up in tragic, painfully slow death after tens of hours of suffering. Huge respect to rescuers who never gave up.

[jmaterne]

The amazing thing about caving accidents is that they’re totally preventable. Just stay out of caves!!!

[harryv]

The nerves of steel, determination, and unlimited patience of the rescuers are to be commended.

[starrystarrynight]

There is a reason only bats and bears live in caves and even they don’t go into the “tight passages.”

[kyleblack]

“Hey, we know you’re an amateur, let’s go into an extremely sketchy and difficult cave?”

[jemkeystv]

Some hobbies are just beyond stupidity, caving is one of them

[innocentrage]

Idk how humanity has made it as far as we have

[mrfish]

2:10 "While he understood the basic rule of staying high...."

For a second there I thought you were about to say there was a misinterpretation.... 😂

[jfyivan]

What I like about this kind of video is that the comment section is as interesting as the content itself.

[debrakleid]

He was incredibly lucky. He is fortunate to have compartment syndrome and not crush syndrome especially with the pelvis and chest. When you remove what’s crushing the patient it can cause shock and death can follow quickly. If you have to have one or the other you would want compartment syndrome over crush syndrome.

[mydreamwindow]

"Entering this cave requires staying high..." As far as I'm concerned you've got to be high to consider even going into a cave like this.

[StephanieRogina-lxpt]

I cried over David’s situation, then I cried because those rescuers were so awesome!! Congratulations to all!! Not very many cave stories end up like this one though, there’s a lot of people dying in caves all the time on YouTube. I honestly don’t know why they continue to go in caves. 😢

[benky]

I feel more concerned for the rescuers tbh

[lisam]

I'm very relieved that he is alive and hopefully healing mentally and physically. This should be a survivors warning and he could be an advocate for the dangers of caving, the risk that is put on rescuers, resources needed for many not just him that get into trouble there have been too many that needed help or died doing this ridiculously stupid thing. If you want to go in a damp, dark and confined place wrap yourself in a gross musty sleeping bag crawling in head first, lights off under your bed then that would be an exploration, never know what you may find under make sure you have 2 experienced under bed explorers so they can hold the flashlight that sound absolutely ridiculous? So does caving

[timarschmalz]

1:50 my left ear is enjoying this very much

[giannnnnnii]

i really dont get it, wheres the fun in squeezing between the most narrow zones in the world just to see some rocks?

[sammoore]

I'll never go into caving in my life I prefer the safety of my room and watching these thanks no thanks. No cave is worth your life man

[marcussmith]

there is just no way I go down into caves.

[Kalleri]

Really glad he made it! These rescuers are true angels in these times of highest need. I will never ever go into a

[BigwaveK]

“Hey man this cave demands respect so when we go in there we gotta be careful”
“What’s the cave called?”
“Blunt burnin bong cave”