Miles from the ocean, there's diving beneath the streets of Budapest
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·August 18, 2025jedberg
I'm wary of cave diving because of the safety issues, but this feels like one I would do. With the fairly controlled environment, warm waters, and guide lines, it feels like about the safest cave dive you can do!
block_dagger
Only in my most terrifying nightmares do I find myself cave diving. Kudos to those who enjoy it.
krunck
You've got to be extremely detail oriented, precise, and disciplined to do it right. I've got a friend who does it and I support him on his dives(hauling gear, etc) but I have zero interest and am not cut from that kind of cloth. Give me tight, muddy, cold, AIR FILLED caves any day though.
chatmasta
I’m detail oriented which is exactly why I’m unwilling to bet my life on not missing a detail.
nemomarx
how much safer is normal cave spelunking? I hear about accidents pretty often with that too, or getting into a crevice you can't back out of...
My father used to be a technical cave diver. There are plenty of beautiful diving places inland. For example the Dubnik opal mines, which are not so far from Budapest.
I'm proud of him, but I'm very glad that he's not doing it anymore. If something happens or if someone panics down in the cave then it's easy to stir up the mud and loose your guideline. It takes just a moment, but when it happens it is super serious and dangerous to everyone in the expedition.