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re: Veryovkina Cave incident
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:52 am to Master of Sinanju
Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:52 am to Master of Sinanju
quote:Not near a chilling.
There are many posts about the Nutty Putty Cave incident, so I thought I'd post this lesser known story that is also very chilling.
He went out fighting.... and not armed penned head first upside down... like a dirty dauber does to a spider.
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Posted on 5/12/26 at 11:53 am to Master of Sinanju
My favorite part of caving is that I don't have to do it.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 12:16 pm to MRTigerFan
I'm getting jittery and cramped up just reading a couple posts and seeing the thumb nail of that video. No desire to get stuck in a tiny crack in the rocks. Zero
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:17 pm to 6R12
Had him cut into pieces? Making a Russian stock I guess
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:30 pm to Master of Sinanju
There is a very good book about a nearby cave, Krubera, which is the second deapest cave. At the time the book was written, it was thought to be the deepest. They also talk about Cheve Cave in Mexico. It's a fun read. I'm not a caver, so it was interesting to learn about their explorations of these places, the technology they developed, the time it takes, and the fricking brass balls it takes to do it.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:36 pm to Master of Sinanju
quote:There were likely many ways to ascend with what he had... from a carabiner brake to many generations old (and very simple) hand tied prussics.
very inexperienced.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:43 pm to Everyday Is Saturday
quote:
Going on a cruise
How about a hip hop carnival cruise?
Think I may chose cave diving over that.
This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 1:45 pm
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:45 pm to Master of Sinanju
Stupid is lethal.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:46 pm to Master of Sinanju
quote:
Yet another reason I dont go caving.
Caving in general won’t kill you. Being a complete dumbass will.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:51 pm to Master of Sinanju
At some point this guy probably desperately missed his family and in the process found the meaning of life. So atleast theres that
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:51 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:
and the fricking brass balls it takes to do it.
Plus the lack of brain cells.
Don't forget how important that is
This post was edited on 5/12/26 at 1:54 pm
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:57 pm to Master of Sinanju
Why not make stirrups from whatever material he had available. Or, was he missing accendors altogether? The stirrups just attach to the accendors
Posted on 5/12/26 at 1:58 pm to Master of Sinanju
he was dismembered at his wife's request. 10 pieces were carried out and buried.
----hmm...maybe she was the perp
----hmm...maybe she was the perp
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:04 pm to BottomlandBrew
quote:
and the fricking brass balls it takes to do it.
I've made it through The Natural Bridge Caverns near San Antonio like 5 or 6 times.
I'm a badass...
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:30 pm to AUFANATL
quote:
I had a friend that would go scuba diving in caves. He told me a few close call stories that made me think a person would have to be insane to pursue that as a hobby.
Hard core cavers think cave divers are completely nuts.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:32 pm to SquatchDawg
2 things here:
Yes I would be making a list and going over it pretty closely, but he might be alive today (or possibly not given being that stupid) if he had just told someone where he was going.
Also, had he made it out- If all I told my wife that I was leaving for a week to find the meaning of life, I would expect to come back to a cave where I used to live.
Yes I would be making a list and going over it pretty closely, but he might be alive today (or possibly not given being that stupid) if he had just told someone where he was going.
Also, had he made it out- If all I told my wife that I was leaving for a week to find the meaning of life, I would expect to come back to a cave where I used to live.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:35 pm to Master of Sinanju
quote:
One day, he left his wife and kids and told them only that he would be gone for a week and that he was searching for "the meaning of life."
What an extremely selfish thing to do.
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:40 pm to salty1
quote:
. Or, was he missing accendors altogether?
I think this is the key.
Ultimately the root issue is he set up a scenario where a single point of failure is enough to cripple his options.
Same thing would have happened if he hadn’t forgotten them, but the clamps suffered a mechanical failure of some sort mid climb
Posted on 5/12/26 at 2:43 pm to Godfather1
quote:RIP
Rest in pieces
We have a winner!
Posted on 5/13/26 at 8:49 am to salty1
quote:
Why not make stirrups from whatever material he had available. Or, was he missing accendors altogether? The stirrups just attach to the accendors
I believe the video says this was his third time ever caving. He was just completely out of his league.
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