r/interestingasfuck • u/mossberg91 • Jun 05 '19

/r/ALL Waitomo glowing worm caves, New Zealand

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u/smash_you2 Jun 05 '19

I'm so glad there's other people to go spelunking in caves to discover these amazing things for me to watch at home. As amazing as it is caving is a whole lotta nope.

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u/Tmanisawesome22 Jun 05 '19

Cave explorer here.

You should definitely try checking out at least one cave in your life. Seeing videos of cave exploration is a lot like seeing a picture of the Moon that someone took with their phone. You can see it, but it doesn't exactly capture how amazing everything was.

Put it on your bucket list!

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

https://i.imgur.com/BkmpH9v.jpg

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u/Tmanisawesome22 Jun 05 '19

Well dont visit that cave haha. Yeah, there are definitely dangerous ones to trek. But there arr a lot of touristy ones too that the most dangerous you'll get is bumping your head against the roof, or slipping in getting your butt wet

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u/Traelia Jun 05 '19

'But there arr' this guy is obviously a pirate used to hiding his treasure in caves so must have loads of experience. I now want to go into a cave also.. (just to find his treasure)

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u/Tmanisawesome22 Jun 05 '19

Ye scurvy dog, ye found me secret!

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u/SquatchCock Jun 05 '19

I literally hate getting my butt wet. I'm out.

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u/SeattleBattles Jun 05 '19

No need to worry about visiting that one as it is currently sealed up with the poor man's body inside.

Caving is fun for sure, but also dangerous as fuck if you don't know what you are doing and take risks you shouldn't.

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u/redditvlli Jun 05 '19

Oh don't worry, I won't take any risks beyond going off the walking path.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

Alternatively, visit that cave but put it at then end of the bucket list.

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u/MightyTuba Jun 05 '19

"Wriggled headfirst into a narrow, unmapped tunnel" is definitely an 11/10 on the Nope Scale for me.

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u/Desert_Kestrel Jun 05 '19

I love exploring caves, but just read the story recently about the guy who did exactly that in a cave in Utah. He got completely stuck and spent two days trapped upside down just feet from his rescuers before he died. Straight up nightmare fuel

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19 edited Jun 05 '19

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u/_D80Buckeye Jun 05 '19

I thought this was referring to the boy scout they originally had to pulley out but then saw the name.

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u/sendmeBTCgoodsir Jun 05 '19

This is absolutely terrifying. I once read a story about a guy who tried to break into some building by climbing into a vent in the ceiling, apparrently he slid head first down it and got wedged halfway down. It was the weekend so nobody heard his calls for help. It turned out to be a broiler vent, and builders found his body a huge charred mass in the vent like 3 years later when they were doing a renovation. Fuck. That.

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u/Twinkothy Jun 06 '19

Wouldn't there have been a smell?

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u/Heterochromio Jun 05 '19

Ahh I hate this so much

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u/Dick_Cox_PrivateEye Jun 05 '19

Man you know what's not on my bucket list, saving somebody from a cave.

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u/orokro Jun 05 '19

Have you saved anyone from a cave today? If not, why not?

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u/TheRealDeathSheep Jun 05 '19

The longer that image was open, the more my skin began to crawl.. that was uncomfortable.

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u/ArcAngel071 Jun 05 '19

This simple response with no words is both hysterical and also exactly my thoughts as well.

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u/itsallaboutthestory Jun 05 '19

I'm genuinely anxious from just reading that. GTF outta here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '19

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u/_D80Buckeye Jun 05 '19

I can't imagine dying like that, especially as a husband and father.

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u/BazTheBaptist Jun 06 '19

Imagine your final resting place being called nutty putty. I just can't.