The descent

[Grolin]

So a while ago im pretty sure there was a YouTube video done by a caver about everything wrong with descent from a caving perspective. Have I imagined this whole experience or is it no longer on YouTube.

If anybody knows where it is I would love to find it.

 

[PeteHall]

Twas @cap n chris and it's here:

 

[Grolin]

Thank you that was very fast.

 

[mikem]

He also spoofed a 2 day expedition to goatchurch back in 2012:

Thread 'A decade later (!): Goatchurch The Movie'

May 2, 2022

This autumn is a decade since the spoof expedition docudrama Goatchurch Cavern: The Movie was made by chums Kev Speight, Bruce Blagden and me; it was mostly an exercise in tongue in cheek humour, heavily based on a film by international rock climbing God, Matt Helliker (Moonflower) from which much of the narrative was plagiarised, combined with a journey of discovery in film editing techniques using Sony Vegas software at the time, plus a dual comedic translation into irreverant and dubious Spanish. Having worked many years leading groups into the novice cave of Goatchurch it struck home...

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[tony from suffolk]

He also spoofed a 2 day expedition to goatchurch back in 2012:

Thread 'A decade later (!): Goatchurch The Movie'

May 2, 2022

This autumn is a decade since the spoof expedition docudrama Goatchurch Cavern: The Movie was made by chums Kev Speight, Bruce Blagden and me; it was mostly an exercise in tongue in cheek humour, heavily based on a film by international rock climbing God, Matt Helliker (Moonflower) from which much of the narrative was plagiarised, combined with a journey of discovery in film editing techniques using Sony Vegas software at the time, plus a dual comedic translation into irreverant and dubious Spanish. Having worked many years leading groups into the novice cave of Goatchurch it struck home...

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That was a spoof? Dammit, but I bought a copy of that DVD & it all looked pretty genuine to me. Oh God, I feel such a fool…

 

[tdobson]

Twas @cap n chris and it's here:

This is mandatory viewing for anyone who mentions that stupid film to me.

An incredible contribution to our training lore.

 

[mikem]

Filmed in the UK, although most of underground was sets. Part 2 they had a bigger budget and did it in the states.