⚠ Enter At Your Own Risk · Arizona Underground · Est. Never
Abandoned mines. Vertical shafts. Rotting ladders. Zero apologies.
Who We Are
Rex, Neil, and Aaron. A group who looked at "DO NOT ENTER" signs and heard an invitation. Arizona's underground is a century of forgotten history — copper empires, silver rushes, ghost towns with roots that go straight down into the earth.
We crawl through it, rappel into it, and climb out of it on ladders that should have been condemned before your grandfather was born. Sketchy, dangerous, dirty — and completely worth it.
The Crew
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✦ The Rogue Explorer
The guy who finds the mine, figures out how deep it is by throwing a rock and counting, then goes in anyway. Rex is the reason this channel exists — and possibly the reason it shouldn't.
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✦ The Kiwi Kid
New Zealand born, Arizona adopted. Brought a healthy respect for danger from down under — then abandoned it somewhere at the bottom of a 300-foot shaft. Documents everything so someone can find the footage later.
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✦ The Wandering Warrior
Former Marine, certified medic, and resident explosives expert. A pro gun fighter who could defuse a situation — or escalate it — with equal confidence. Also, undisputedly, the group's sex symbol. Don't tell Rex.
The Hazard Manifest
Rattlesnakes
They were here first. They know the tunnels better than you do. Respect accordingly.
Rotting Ladders
Hand-cut timber from 1890. Several hundred feet of trust in wood older than the automobile.
Collapses
You crawl over them. Through them. Because the passage is on the other side.
Mountain Lions
Arizona has them. They have opinions about who belongs in their territory.
Javelina
A pig-adjacent creature with a terrible attitude and zero interest in de-escalation.
Gila Monsters
Venomous. Slow. Absolutely confident they can ruin your afternoon.
"Normal is a choice.
We chose different."
100,000 abandoned mines.
Most people walk past them.
Rex (the rogue explorer) · Neil (the kiwi kid) · Aaron (the wandering warrior) · Arizona underground
Follow The Descent
Pick your platform. All four if you're serious.
YouTube
Full expeditions. Raw footage. Watch Rex, Neil, and Aaron squeeze through collapses, descend vertical shafts, and find out what's at the bottom of 100-year-old mine workings.
Behind-the-scenes shots, trip updates, and the community of people who understand why a group of grown men crawl into dark holes for fun.
Yes, LinkedIn. Because the professional network follows the Kiwi Kid, the Rogue Explorer, and the Wandering Warrior down into abandoned industrial workings too.
Field Research
100,000 abandoned mines across Arizona. We've been cataloguing them. Search by location, depth, hazard level, and access status — the most complete field reference we know of.
The only rule
Arizona has 100,000 abandoned mine openings.
Most people walk past them. We go in.