The video discusses two stories: one about a man named Ted Zoo who attempted to climb Mount Fuji in the winter without the necessary equipment and training, resulting in his death, and another about a group of geocachers who were caught in a flash flood while exploring an underground tunnel in the Czech Republic.
Ted Zoo, a 47-year-old thrill seeker, decided to climb Mount Fuji in the winter of 2019. Despite not having the necessary equipment or training, he started his journey, live streaming his progress. He managed to reach the summit, but on the way back down, he lost his balance and fell, plunging hundreds of meters to his death. His viewers alerted authorities, who found his body the next day.
The second story involves four geocachers in the Czech Republic who decided to explore a strictly off-limits five-kilometer long underground tunnel. The tunnel periodically floods, and on June 9, 2018, they decided to go in. However, the weather forecast called for torrential downpours, which resulted in a flash flood that caught them by surprise. Two of the geocachers were sucked underneath the water and drowned, while the other two managed to swim almost two kilometers in the tunnel before they were rescued.
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1. The speaker has covered a lot of cave diving stories on their channel and today they are going to cover a unique and scary situation.
2. Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, rising up to 3,776 meters.
3. It's a volcano, but it's dormant, with the last eruption occurring in 1707.
4. Despite being dormant, tourists are allowed to climb Mount Fuji between July and September. However, in the winter months, the mountain becomes treacherous with snow and ice.
5. A 47-year-old named Ted Zoo decided to hike Mount Fuji in the winter of 2019, live streaming his journey.
6. Ted Zoo was not a mountain climber and did not have the necessary equipment or training for the climb.
7. He was wearing street clothes and only had climbing poles and a smartphone.
8. As he moved up the mountain, the path narrowed and became more covered in ice.
9. Ted Zoo fell and began rocketing down the side of the mountain.
10. GPS users were unable to pinpoint locations on a map using their GPS before May 2, 2000, when the U.S. government discontinued its use of selective availability.
11. Dave Ulmer, a GPS enthusiast from Oregon, created a GPS treasure hunt by hiding a notebook and pen at a precise GPS location and posting the coordinates online.
12. Geocaching, a term coined to describe this activity, has become popular worldwide, with people hiding various items in locations marked by GPS coordinates.
13. On June 9, 2018, four geocachers in the Czech Republic decided to climb into a strictly off-limits five-kilometer long underground tunnel.
14. The tunnel floods periodically, and the geocachers were caught in a flash flood that washed them toward the lake entrance.
15. Two geocachers were sucked underneath the water and drowned, while the other two were able to swim to safety.
16. Shulta, an island off the coast of Croatia, is known for its beautiful pebble beaches and crystal clear water.
17. However, it also has an underwater cave that kills virtually everyone who goes inside.
18. On September 10, 2002, Miroslav Kuklas, a 31-year-old vacationer, decided to scuba dive in the cave.
19. He got lost in the cave and, realizing he was running out of air, plunged his dive knife into his heart, ending his life.