“Cave diving is about as dangerous as wingsuit proximity flying.”
Absolutely, and going down 160 feet is doable, but it’s on ‘the edge’ without very expensive equipment. Bummer for them.
It doesn’t take much to stir up sentiment and then you’re blind.
Mr. Ballen (youtube) had a story about some guy that wanted to cave dive. Might have been this cave. I don’t fully recall it, but the guides with the specialized gear were booked out a few days, but the guy had a plane to catch.
So he used his regular gear. And filmed the entire thing. IIRC he got down to a certain depth, and then just kept sliding down the sloping cave floor to his death. Still alive and conscious and trying to recover I think, but it wasn’t effective and he just kept sliding deeper and deeper.
He didn’t make his flight. And iirc they recovered his camera and it is on the internet now.