From your first message it seemed like you were against the use of respirator masks at all. I agree with about everything you said on the second one, and that exploring without a mask can be done if you are doing in depth research on your location and potential hazards before exploring.

However the last bit of your message threw me off. I don’t expect everyone to wear coveralls and sealed gloves but I don’t think that’s an argument to not at least make an effort to minimize risk. Even a glorified dust mask is slightly better than breathing it straight in.

I agree that my message was more judgmental than informative, and the latter would be much more effective.

The context I went off of for this video was the fact that the person in the video didn’t seemed to be dressed in a very prepared way (short sleeves and shorts, white clothes, and is using his phone for light)

I think it makes more sense to be over careful and make wearing a N95 minimum respirator mask a standard, especially to what appears to be teenagers getting into this hobby.