A daring lad tackled his fear of tight spaces by dangerously squeezing into a cave network no wider than a Subway sandwich without even knowing if there's a way out - taking five hours to wriggle through. When Ally Law and pal Jack Jerrard found a covered hole in the side of a hill near Bangor, North Wales, they set themselves a 'claustrophobia challenge'.
Panic-inducing footage shows the pair struggling to crawl through the tight tunnel where 26-year-old Ally explains 'I'm regretting doing this, this is horrible'.
Throughout the challenge, groaning Ally and Jack, 30, are even forced to shuffle through '30cm-wide gaps' on their stomach.
Once Ally has freed himself from being wedged in a painfully tight spot he admits he 'got panicky' and 'hit the fearful stage a little bit'. When Ally and Jack got their bodies wedged in one thin section Ally said 'we're done', 'we're stupid bro' before they manage to clamber back and find another route.
After 30 minutes of climbing upwards, Jack sees the light of day for the first time in five hours and muddied Ally emerges at the side of a hill to declare 'we made it. We're alive people'. The content creator claims the challenge was about 'overcoming a fear' and says it felt 'amazing' to breathe in fresh air after being inside the unnamed large hill from 10.30am to 4pm.
His video has been viewed almost 100,000 times on Ally's YouTube channel, with users claiming they 'felt claustrophobic just watching it' and 'couldn't think of anything worse' to do. Ally said: "I used to be terrified of tight spaces so it's just about overcoming a fear.
"At one point I was wedged in pretty hard and it was touching my back and belly. My neck was aching as well because I had to keep my head to the side because it wouldn't fit. We started to think we might have to head back but it's a good job we didn't because we were in there for five hours anyway.
"You can't see anything down there without a torch on. It's a different level of darkness. Even with light you lose all awareness of whether you're going down or up. It throws all your perception out. We didn't know it would come out the other side. We figured if we went deep into it we'd be able to get out the same way if the worst came to worst.
"I know it's probably not the best motto to have but if you can get in you can probably get out.
"It felt amazing when we got out. You'd never think you could taste fresh air but it tastes and you can feel it. Being able to breathe fresh air was amazing. I know it's not safe and there's dangers of it but we wouldn't do anything where we think we'd die or get stuck."
His 'cheap' torch batteries even failed in the pitch-black shaft, leaving them with only one headtorch between the pair until they luckily began working again. Ally says he didn't realise how many people were freaked out by tight spaces until he saw the reaction to his video.
One said: "I couldn't think of anything worse."
A second said: "You could never give me anything to do this. I choose life."
A third joked: "Respect to you guys, you really do have balls of steel. I thought I'd get in the spirit and crawl under my bed to watch it. That was enough for me."
A fourth said: "I feel claustrophobic watching this! fair play man."
