Caving Video: Pwll Y Gwynt 

I agree. I'd rather have it just the natural noises of caving....the music is kind of distracting. But thanks for the videos, I love watching all of them. Seeing as I'm too scared to do this myself. I would have panic attack after panic attack. I'm surely not someone you'd want with you in the types of caves.

This is an example of not being able to please all of the people all of the time. Some viewers like the music and some don't.

Keith Edwards yes that is a fair point Keith. I have watched all your videos and find your voice very therapeutic and that is why my personal preference is to have no music. I think the problem is that every time I turn the volume up to hear your voice I have to turn it down again because of the music being so dominating. Perhaps if it wasn’t so loud it may be better. Thank you for taking the time to respond though. Ps you are a brave bunch as there is no way I could cope with such tight spaces. The hardest I’ve ever done is White Scar Cave haha

Wow! Thanks for watching all of the videos. You must be a glutton for punishment. :-) This video was made in 2013 and hopefully my editing skills have got better since then. I've just played the video, for the first time in several years, and have to agree with you - the music is far too dominant. White Scar beyond the show cave is excellent. I will have to video it one day.

I'm a fairly new subscriber and was going to post the exact same thing. These videos are way better without the music. The music absolutely ruins the imersiveness of the video, it's so out of place it's almost obnoxious. Other than the music the video was amazing! Not sure why I watch them, those tight spaces freak me out, but the caves are strikingly beautiful, thank you for sharing! (But please lose the music, it really does suck lol)

I knew someone would like my choice of music. I've added the tracks that I can remember the names of to the description. For some time now I've added the names of the tracks to the video description in case I get asked.

Pleased you like the vids. In this cave the way out is the reverse of the way in. The tight sections are quite short so meeting someone coming the other way would not be a problem. It's also a rarely visited cave, what we call a collector's item, so the chance of meeting anyone else in the cave is very slim.

Keith Edwards what about if someone gets stuck...that is someone that is not part of your team considering I've now watched 20 vids of you'res or so and it seems none of you would ever get into that position in the first place. (Most likely you would back out.)

I can't help but think when you get into a really tight squeeze that half of you is pulling back refusing to go through knowing you have to do it again. When the woman in blue was hung up in the beginning I bit a hole through my lip! I didn't know I was even biting it until I tasted blood. She is my hero!... And Mark, he keeps going in KNOWING he's going to get hung up.

It is a pain carrying the cases but they contain cameras, flash guns, video cameras and video lights so without them we couldn't make the videos.

@@CaverKeith Do you carry a satellite phone with you?

@@maureenkidd6629 Hi. Unfortunately phone signals do not pass through solid rock so we don't carry phones. Once we are underground we are effectively cut off from the outside world. Perhaps this is one if the reasons people like to go caving? 😊 Rescue teams have low frequency radios which take a bit of setting up but will transmit a signal through the rock. The surface and underground radios have to be vertically aligned.

@@CaverKeith Thanks Edward for this information.

Thanks for your good wishes. We probably are nuts.

It was a little snug in places.

Im like 100 pounds less then you and i still wouldnt be in there

So do I! It's refreshing to get a comment from someone who really gets caving. Thanks.

I guess caving is not everyone's cup of tea, but I really do enjoy the adventure aspect of caving. There's nothing else quite like it.

Keith Edwards yes nothing quite for sure.. I have been totally immersed in watching all ur videos ... are u on a cave rescue team and go out on shouts regularly? because your skills are irreplaceable and rare

I am a member of a cave rescue team and have been on several call-outs over the years but as I do not live near any caves this doesn't happen very often.

Keith Edwards Lol, I love your vids but am really amused by the remarkably high number of queries they inspire regarding claustrophobia ( including several from myself) in comparison to other caving video sources. I wonder if it has something to do with your signature style of cave cinematography? Must say this particular cave utterly fascinates me.......

Hi Tony. This cave is a bit of a collector's item. Very few cavers ever visit it. I would like to go back one more time as I was suffering from a frozen shoulder last time we went and wasn't able to manage the climb up to the final pitch.

Thanks for the great comment. This is quite a sporting trip but great fun.

We haven't managed to get Mark stuck anywhere, yet!

+max sanderson Probably just a little bit deranged.

Keith Edwards certainly brave

It certainly is.

This cave is certainly one to be ticked off as done, never to be re-visited without good reason.

Lmao

Lmao.

Thanks.

Keith Edwards you guys are pretty brave man!

Well we're either brave or stupid.

With all the gear they're using I would think this is advanced level stuff, but I have no idea

I would love to try a open horizontal cave for the first time! 😃

I had the same thoughts. And Imagine this guy is in Front of you in a tight path.

Thanks - pleased you liked the video. The are a number of small, tight, wet caves in the UK. They are not to everyone's taste.

Thanks. It took 2 visits to make the video. After the first visit we said we would not go back, but we needed more video to complete the story. I don't think we will being going back again!

Over time portals become exposed after rains and other weather events. Especially land slides. All the dirt slides right off the bedrock, exposing caverns one would never see otherwise! There are thousands of unexplored caverns around the world. Wild to think that all these cave systems truly go further than we ever see. There could be a small hand sized crack that timately leads to another big beautiful cavern, but we will never see the majority of them, being just out of reach.. fascinating stuff. Plus with tectonic plates always shifting, new caverns are constantly created/ exposed. Granted over thousands of years, still a work in progress as the earth changes

The first explorers survey the cave. With known caves, especially the complex ones, it's always best to go in first with an experienced caver who knows the routes.

Keith Edwards I’m late but whos the first person to find the routes

Challenge, adventure and a great sense of achievement.

I can't honestly remember but I'd guess at a couple of hours, possibly a little less. The squeezes will slow a party down and the mud in the crawls really sticks to cordura so it's like crawling over velcro. The cave system is what we call a collector's item.

The air quality in caves is normally excellent. Caves are a mass of interconnecting passages and even those that are too small for humans to enter can still carry a good flow of air so caves are generally quite draughty places. One is much more likely to come across a build-up of CO2 in a mine as they are man-made with a number of blind headings so there is no air flow. The only place in a cave where I've come across poor air quality is when digging out new cave passages where there is no air circulation. In these cases we have used battery-powered fans to blow air in or out from the dig face. Thanks for watching and pleased you like the video.

@@CaverKeith, thanks for the reply. I've always wondered that so now I've learnt something new. I've only ever been in caves when i was a kid, at Creswell Crags before they barred them all up. Not exactly what you're used too. I find all your videos fascinating! Getting to see you all in places that only a few people have ever seen is Amazing. Thanks for recording it all and i hope you keep it up for many years to come.... Ian

Thanks Ian. I do enjoy making these videos and it's a bonus when someone says that like one of them.

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omg wtf ohh thanks

No. I don't think so. I don't think you would understand.

For the lolz.

Keith Edwards why you think so?

Caves are full of holes so air circulates. The air quality in the vast majority of cave passages is very good.

Keith Edwards does feel fresh ??

It *

It's just a talent what I have.

sudhir khalokar There is no need to take Oxygen. The air quality is very good.

I always read all of the comments but I'm almost certainly the only one and after all it is my channel. 😀

Wow.

Possibly, but I've tried fishing and, I don''t know why, but it doesn't give me the same adrenaline rush.

@@CaverKeith haha as an avid fisherman this made my day. Love your channel!

Thanks Jason. I hope you get as much pleasure from fishing as I do from exploring caves. This cave was a bit of a challenge but that's what made it so memorable.

It's nothing really to do with anxiety, tightness or being uncomfortable. It's just not a system that is really worth going back to again and again, and one of the scaffold bars at the top of the first pitch is badly corroded needs replacing for reasons of safety.

Keith Edwards wow I did notice the bars u guys had to use going down , I can imagine it needs maintenence that makes sense . and have u ever been cut off from making it back out of a cave and had to wait for water levels to go down ?

No, we are always very careful to look at the weather forecast before going into a cave.

Thanks

That's certainly one conclusion one might draw from our escapades.

A good sort of nuts though 👌

I like to think so. We really do have fun and great memories.

Not really.

😀

oh well never mind. There are plenty of other videos for you to watch on RU-vid. How about this one - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GYZcUyIy274.html ?

That's nice to know.

Not possible, this is the best hobby I've ever had!

@@CaverKeith lol I’m kidding

Noted!

Hi Ms LOUISE. You do seem to be watching quite a lot of my videos. Thank you very much, and also thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope my video editing and use of music has got a little better since I made this video. Cheers.

HI George. You are right. I hope I've got better at choosing music since then. It was my attempt to engender a bit of excitement. I failed miserably!

@@CaverKeith Hi Keith, yes sorry I didnt realise how old this video was - been on a binge of your stuff today and absolutely loving it. Thank you for the content

Binge watching. Music to my ears. Thanks for your dedication. It is appreciated.

I am.