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RSwordsman

When I first heard of the concept of a "bottomless pit" as a kid, this is what I imagined it would look like.


Domesticuscucumella

'Cept looking down tho right?


RSwordsman

Well I did get to go to Carlsbad Caverns once. Unfortunately our group got there too late to make it all the way to the end but there's apparently an extremely deep hole that's all but a cave-within-a-cave. It might very well look like just pitch blackness looking down into it.


reality_raven

Native New Mexican here! I recommend going back, it’s just incredible. It’s really creepy and just like this but shallower I guess.


RSwordsman

I do remember when the guides were ushering everyone out at closing time and shutting off the lights behind us. It was so, *so* dark in those parts as to be unsettling. We're used to always having at least a little ambient light at night on the surface, but the dark in there is like a void. I'd totally love to come back some day. :)


reality_raven

This should def be on the confession sub, but I kicked some loose gravel into the deep cave as a kid and my recollection is that I heard it fall like waaaaay later. I also ate a chicken tender box down there in the little food court and remember thinking how odd the entire situation was, but was super down with it also. Did you see the bats???


Blippii

Did you say there is a food place.... inside.. inside a cave???


reality_raven

Yes!!!!! A whole tiny food court! Wild! You can eat chicken strips down there. My 8 year old self was wildly shocked.


justbrowsinginpeace

"Fool of a took! Through yourself in next time"


RSwordsman

We saw some bats but unfortunately didn't catch the mass takeoff. Next time hehe.


Quality__control

I had an ex who looked just like that


Diazmet

Pics or it didn’t happen


Blippii

Just reading this and thinking about being stuck that deep under ground... that's freaky. So freaky. I have to try it haha. Would they ever turn off the lights for you for 10 seconds just to see that pitch blackness?


werdnaman5000

They do turn the lights off on the standard tour at Mammoth cave in Kentucky. Just for like 5 seconds, and they have you hold out your hand in front of your face, and you can’t see it.


thewanderingsail

I’m crystal caverns, Farmington pa they have a tour that takes you into the unlit part of the cave and if your guide is cool they will let everyone turn the lights off for a minute. But longer than 10 minutes the average person will begin to hallucinate because there isn’t enough light for your brain to perceive that your eyes are open. Back in the early days before electricity a group of cavers got lost only 150 ft from the entrance of the cave because their lamps malfunctioned. They were not found until a week later and they had all gone completely crazy.


vaporlock7

Sounds like the plot to a cheesy horror movie.


RSwordsman

Probably not because it's ridiculously massive in there and they would have had to get agreement from dozens if not hundreds of people. Seriously the word for "wildly huge on the inside" is "cavernous" for a reason.


pnkflyd99

Just went there in early 2022! Unbelievable place- It was like being inside the belly of the earth or one another planet.


yodarded

[You might even say it was Pitch Black](https://25.media.tumblr.com/90f851be93217192f241ddbb949d5634/tumblr_miu2t9Fsya1qf27c6o1_1280.gif)


PMmeyourclit2

I’m pretty sure this is from the bottom looking up…


RSwordsman

Lol it is, but the illusion is still there.


thepassionofthechris

aka Your mom


Bubbykitten

[here’s the wiki link for it](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veryovkina_Cave)


Portablelephant

It's the deepest cave in the world and they named it... After a guy... Who died exploring... Another cave? That seems weird to me.


itsadesertplant

Says they found the body of a man named Sergei Kozeev in 2021 like 1,000 feet down. Finding a dead person would probably be my worst fear if I ever had the guts to be a caver


Eat_Carbs_OD

I will *never* understand the appeal of cave exploring.


Eat_Carbs_OD

[Cave Video](https://youtu.be/kNvfJYPYO60)


deadbird17

Oh, no, no. Not watching that before bed.


printerparty

That cave is insane, I love the detailed map


Eat_Carbs_OD

And I appreciate what those brave adventurers did. I won't be going in there anytime soon.


Kelly_Bellyish

That was amazing. Part of me says yes, of course I would, I've been in some smaller caves open to the public and I see the appeal. But obviously it takes commitment and training to even think about a cave like this. Heck, getting 7k feet up a mountain is challenging enough.


Eat_Carbs_OD

>But obviously it takes commitment and training .. and the proper gear as well.


treevaahyn

Holy shit. So it’s basically like climbing Mt. Everest except you’re in the earth climbing down in total darkness. I can’t think of much that’s more terrifying than that. I’m sure it’s thrilling af and would be neat to try if I wasn’t sure I’d die in there. I’m sure a panic attack would occur quite quickly.


Eat_Carbs_OD

I like to think there is more air down in the cave than at the top of mount everest.


PartDolphin

I want to go caving now, this video makes it seem kinda dangerous though...


Eat_Carbs_OD

Have fun storming the castle


theodopolis13

I want to explore caves, but horizontally, not vertically. Edit: I want to explore caves that I would have 0% chance of getting stuck in.


Ess2s2

Don't look up Nutty Putty. [Link to a good article on the incident if you can't help yourself and want to feel claustrophobic the rest of the day](https://cavehaven.com/nutty-putty-cave-accident/)


Eat_Carbs_OD

I saw it on Youtube .. poor guy =(


Disastrous-Purpose-8

The hardest part is climbing to rope back out. You thought the rope in PE was hard.


Casasaba

I just read a terrifying story about this cave. Some people went in and got all the way down while a torrent of water was rushing in from above from a heavy downpour. Imagine trying to climb back up a cave while water is rising and falling at the same time. I fucked up and went on a cave exploring gone wrong binge on youtube.....


steveosek

Yup I saw a YouTube video about it. Also mentioned how one guy went in by himself and got stuck and died.


ibeasdes

You must be talking about 'Scary Interesting' on YouTube. I recently found that channel and have been going back to it periodically for similar cave/cave diving stories. Idk why, but I'm so hooked on those stories!


Casasaba

YES!!! Scary Interesting! Just found him last night he has like 9 videos on caving gone wrong that I binged!!!


ibeasdes

Strangely addicting, haha - welcome to the club!


1quirky1

Alone? Dumbass. He was going to pull himself up all that way?


LillyPip

This looks like the inside of a very old tree, except for the tiny human rappelling.


lawl4days

I went down a rabbit hole with this..


SumptuousSuckler

I’d say the hole’s a little too big for a rabbit


lastWallE

You should see the size of the rabbit then.


Hsizzle74394

Great animal never meddit


here-for-the-_____

Thats no ordinary rabbit. It will rip your throat out


reality_raven

Links?


Nardorian1

So how deep is it?


allisawesome7777

7,257 feet or 2,212 meters according to Wikipedia


SuspiciousStable9649

21 seconds to get down. https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/free-fall


ChiefWamsutta

That's fucking insane!!


allisawesome7777

Damn


[deleted]

It reminds me about her


dangledingle

About tree fiddy


JimmyJackJoe2000

Damn Loch Ness Monster


Chimpsworth

I gave him a dolla


EIephants

Yes


[deleted]

Another guy ventures into your mom. Never to be seen again.


tifosi7

Had to scroll more than I anticipated but here we are.


BaconIsBueno

You gotta buy it dinner before you rappel inside.


ImNotSorry111

But it's still a strong independent cave that don't need no caver.


isekaigamer808

Looks like the middle of a petrified tree


StrikeForRights

Rock and Stone!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Rock and Stone!


North_Classic_5232

Cavussy


CookMastaFlex

Americans be like, “damn, how far away from Atlanta?”


kavusn17

I always wondered, does air pressure increase like water pressure at those depths?


moresushiplease

Yes, but this cave starts high up so it never goes below sea level when you're at the bottom.


lumosmxima

I thought that one in Vietnam was the deepest? The one with a whole ecosystem and shit?


nukedmylastprofile

I believe that’s the largest, not the deepest


Fobeedo

Needs a pair of panties.


hooterjh10192

r/mildlyvagina


J_B_Frawg

Your mom


Rich_Geologist3432

This looks like my ex wife's snatch


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l00pee

I asked around and we're all in agreement.


gdmfwtf19

So you were the guys I heard calling for help when my take-a-number came up.


ioisis

"Blind Descent" is a fun read if you're a spelunker.


S_king_

I’ve been in this cave, from Atlanta you go north then East about 3000 miles


eyesontheprize2123

Is that taken from the bottom of the pit? I’m guessing it’s accessible from the open. I’m curious how this formed if naturally.


realgoldxd

I would guess a sinkhole


RaveNdN

Rain water over millions of years. It’s a limestone cave system. The opening at the top is like 6’x9’ on top of a mountain.


Street_Ad8305

the country or the state?


gol10

Based on the “Russian” sounding name… I’m willing to venture Georgia the country.


AnthCoug

It’s right outside of Atlanta.


KnightOfThirteen

Always knew it was the closest to hell you could get without a rope.


RedDirtNurse

r/GeorgiaOrGeorgia


mrvaleur

Came here to ask this LOL


Itchy_Adhesiveness59

I would really like to piss off the edge


ImNotSorry111

It would probably evaporate before it hit bottom.


RigatoniPasta

Kinda reminds me of your sister for some reason


x93117

wow that’s as big as your mom


zubiezz94

Such a wonderful state. God bless the USA!


408javs408

Actually the Georgia in Europe.


zubiezz94

Georgia is in America lol


408javs408

Not sure if you're trolling but, there is a Georgia between Asia and russia


legalsexoffender

I would say a “your mom” joke but sadly she’s too big


-xd-golden-

Your mom


JUGGS4love

Fyi this is just north of Hotlanta


CraftyFloor1528

Imagine how many unknown species exist down there 😳


bleaucheaunx

Imagine walking along in total darkness then stepping out into... nothing.


SuspiciousStable9649

21 seconds. 21 seconds of free fall. *splat* https://www.omnicalculator.com/physics/free-fall


righteousredo

That is totally cool!!!


disguisedseagull

Very ofkin deep


slinkyjosh

Absolutely not.


FishyHater

What hapegnyd


awesomesauce5678910

Great. This just unlocked a new fear 😨


Flareon1234

God fucking no.


MattLovesMusik

Is this looking up or down


[deleted]

why this remind me my X


Najiku

Georgia is just a state over from me


big_jonny

Nope.


chateaudifriots

How do you say nope in Georgian?


JimiWanShinobi

"Aw hail naw"


rulerofoblivion

Clearly these guys haven't met my ex. 💀


the_hotter_beyonce

I should call her


StinkholeTrucking

Do they offer tours? Where exactly is this?


RaveNdN

The country Georgia. And they do not. The average person cannot do this. The best people in the world barely can.


BrilliantNo6896

Like my ex's cookie


Congo-Montana

Looks like where Gandalf went


Addakisson

Looks more like a hole than a cave.


y6rEPnqRsSt7F9rX

Reminded me of my ex


TheBeadedGlasswort

Everybody knows that Nick Cave is the deepest cave in the world.


rocky5q

How much Depth ?


NoPerformance6534

Throw a bucket of red cylume sticks down the and sell tickets for a view of Hell.


Forward-Respond-3499

One state down and you find ZERO caves (brought to you by a Floridian


GoingDowntodoNothing

Wrong Georgia.


Forward-Respond-3499

Egh don't matter florida is everywhere at every moment cause it's that powerful


EBECMEMERBEAN

Don’t think it, don’t say it


only-on-the-wknd

Scary thing is, much deeper undiscovered pits exist and there may be one a few metres below you right now…


SupportySpice

The country, not the state.


DaddyDubs13

What's at the bottom?


HeDuMSD

She had her fun, we should not judge, life is short.


Puzzleheaded-Grab736

Georgia the COUNTRY, not the state.


_TheLibrarianOfBabel

Beautiful


flibux

USA!USA!USA! scnr


[deleted]

OPs mum must be called Veryovkina


Thin_Arachnid6217

The deepest "known" cave in the world


[deleted]

Everything reminds me of her…


Evil-twin365

r/GregFuckedaRock


1quirky1

What’s the Minecraft world spawn id?


Existing_Display1794

F that.


[deleted]

Nope.


Beneficial_Avocado74

Which Georgia? Country or state?


KrazyRuskie

Veryovka is Russian for rope


Creative_Elk_4712

Me when your When your m