In 2018 , he helped locate a youth soccer team in the Tham Luang cave rescue . After locating and participating in the rescue of the missing team and its coach , Stanton said that he and the other cave divers involved were not heroes , saying , " We ’re just using a very unique skill set , which we normally use for our own interest and sometimes we ’re able to use that to give something back to the community . " In 2004 Stanton and Volanthen set a world record for greatest depth achieved in a British cave , cave diving at Wookey Hole in Somerset . In 2010 Stanton , Volanthen , Jason Mallinson , and René Houben set a world record for longest cave penetration dive , obtaining in the Pozo Azul cave system in the Rudrón Valley in Spain
Tham Luang cave rescue
Tham Luang cave rescue
Richard Stanton (cave diver)