Put a bright colored reflective cloth/banner outside the mine or cave your in, tell people when, where and who you are going with. Come prepared for rattle snakes and animals hidden in the nooks of the cave/mine. Have sensors for bad air, and have back up for lights, food and water. GPS, cell phone, and protection like a fire arm and knife. Don't be stupid, use brains for all your plans. Think about your experience level before doing risky stuff. Be safe out there, and come back alive

I love his list of animals he found instead of the cave lmao

Very useful PSA about solo caving. Mineshafts too. In fact, being underground at all is inadvisable.

Re Robin Williams: my husband saw him when he was doing a tour with the USO. He said he was amazing and his humor in person/his stand up was much darker than the children's movies we remember him for, but absolutely amazing and hysterical.
Rest in peace, king

2:50 “I enter every cave I find.”
Okay pack it up boys, that’s all we needed to see.

Honestly? Godspeed to this man. You don’t do that kind of thing for years on end without being well aware that it might kill you. Sounds like, intentionally or otherwise, he died doing what he loved

Potentially life saving tip... If you're ever doing anything sketchy but you do not want to cause anyone concern (like your loved ones or friends) just text yourself what you are doing. If anything happens to you (you go missing etc.) then when the cops get a warrant to check your phone records big bang boom. Bobs your uncle

You cannot really say someone "doesn't sound like" they want to commit suicide based on how they talk, especially online. Suicide hit me very, very close and I guarantee no one saw it coming either

As someone one from Nevada who has spent a fair amount of time in the desert I've learned a few things.

1) Weird shit happend in the desert. Weird shit lives in the desert. Some of it is man made, some of it is natural, and some of it just is.

2) Once the desert claims something or someone it isnt found unless the desert wants it to be.

I hope where every Kenny is he found peace. I hope that if he did walk willingly into the desert's embrace that she holds him close.

the way sheryon thought of—and continued to think of—the desert as ‘our desert’ absolutely gutted me for some reason. i think my grief would make me feel a type of… anger at nature, if it swallowed up someone i loved and never gave them back. but the way she spoke of it was reverent, you know? a solid video. i love hearing about the real human person on the missing file, not just their circumstances.

I have to say, as someone who is an avid hiker myself kenny did pretty much everything you’re not supposed to do if you want to get lost and/or stuck. Hiking alone for long periods is risky for several reasons and one of those being your sanity and ability to make safe decisions.

I will say that when it comes to major depression, there is a level of doublethink involved. A person can be totally invested in a subject, and show genuine interest in it, and then turn around and consider suicide or self-harm. It comes in waves, and you can be on a bit of a peak, able to function, and actively engage in something you enjoy, and then hit a dip and suddenly that previous enthusiasm seems stupid even to yourself. I believe he took his own life. It makes perfect sense to me, as someone who struggles with major depression, too. I want to be an author, and I show an extreme enthusiasm for writing. But when I am at a low, none of that matters.

To me, as someone with similar mental health experience I can say it might have been one maniacal elaborate master plan made by Kenny himself. When contemplating ways of ending it all, it’s common to come up with elaborate ways to confuse people for years to come. It’s like leaving behind one last legacy, having one last laugh. in the first video where he is looking for the M cave he almost seems to foreshadow his own demise as if he knew ahead of time and had everything planned out and was planting a diversion, especially because his phone was left at the same mineshaft. Also, showing his planed rout for his second trip to everyone could also have just been another diversion because he allegedly did say “if I did do it, no one would ever find me”. As the experienced and athletic survivalist had no trouble crossing long distances in limited amounts of time, I find it completely possible that he dropped off his phone at the mine before heading off in some unknown direction having set up two cold trails, ensuring the confusion of people interested like us. However we may never know but keep in mind THIS IS JUST A THEORY. Whatever happened is horrible and tragic and I send my condolences to the family. If you struggle with mental health I encourage you to seek help ❤peace and love  <3

Genuinely I think I know Kenny. There's this guy living at a nearby RV park that my dad became acquaintances with, I wont say what his name out of respect for privacy but he didn't introduce himself as Kenny. But he looks like Kenny. The age would be right, his hair is the same. I was so baffled when I first saw him cause I was like "Is that Kenny Veach?"

Man, I remember hearing about this when I first joined the military. At the time, I was actually subscribed to him and wanted to ask if I could go on one of his hikes. When he disappeared, I largely disregarded the news and assumed they'd find him pretty fast. It deeply saddens me that 1. He has not been found yet, and 2. That I completely forgot. If it meant finding him, I'd gladly go searching into any cave.

I remember seeing a video a few months ago about a guy who went out to go try and find the M Cave, and I personally think he actually might've found it. He showed a spot that didn't look too out of the ordinary at first but when he started pointing out different things about it and the environment around it, you could tell it was obviously a hole that had been deliberately sealed up by people. I even remember the guy getting sick after he hung out around the spot for too long.

Edit: I'm pretty sure this was the video I watched if anyone sees this comment and is curious, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2VpNmvwRSM

If you hear someone calling your name from a cave, no you didn’t.

If he was planning to prove the existence of the cave, he would have taken the camera.

Ive had similar issues w/ finding something like Kenny did, where you see something that sticks out so much you swear you’d recognize the area and item again, yet you cant find it on return trips. Its frustrating and you start doubting it was as awesome as you thought or it stood out as much as it did.

A cave next to an Airforce base that makes you vibrate when you go inside? That sounds like a radioactive waste dump site 💀💀💀