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Summary: Getting through tight spaces in a cave is part of spelunking that many people find scary; learn about spelunking (exploring caves) and natural facts about caves in this free video.
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Laszlo Turi Laszlo Turi is a caving expert who resides in Budapest, Hungary and has explored a variety of caves for many years. read more
Hello my name is Laszlo. We are going in this matteous cave which is under the Buda hill and I will teach you about caving. I don't know if you are afraid of being in a tight place or not. Mostly we show just for kids that we need a pool hall. You remember from childhood we need a pool. Are you interested in it? O'kay. So just please come up here and take off the helmets because there is no place for your hand if you have a helmet on you. It is good to see it or try it because if you want to be a good caver and in the Buda hills there are many tight caves or tight holes. If you look up you can see that the helmet is the same as the hole so it is very tight. If you put both hands first like this and you step up you just put your hands first and maybe you saw me, there was no place for m helmet on my head so that is why I took the helmet off and you have to step up with both feet. You will feel that if you are here and there is a hole behind this hold so if you step in it, your body can be straight and you just push yourself like this. O'kay it is very tricky because it is very tight and if you move your hip or wiggle your hip like this you find the best position to get through, the easier way. In yourself, just hold yourself like this and you see my hip is out and my knees are almost out and you turn like this. It is not very easy and there is a little hole for your two fingers and this way you can grab the end of the ceiling and then step down with your right and then left. Before you go in a cave don't go alone and don't go without any guide. It is very very important. It is dangerous.