If a deep hole opened up, would humans get crushed by the pressure?

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Let’s say hypothetically a giant hole suddenly opened up that went super deep into the Earth’s mantle or even its core. Let’s also ignore the fact that it will be scorching hot and filled with lava or water. Let’s just say it opens up, it’s dry land, and we start exploring it. I know that the atmospheric pressure would be greater. Would it be similar to the sea where the body would eventually be crushed at a certain depth? And would explorers be required to do something similar to how deep sea divers decompress when they ascend?

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Reminds me of the Anime Made In The Abyss.

Explorers dive into this massive bottomless hole, but due to the pressures they experience they are almost always unable to climb back up. There’s one scene where the main character physically collapses after climbing a flight of stairs. It’s an exaggeration but it’s there

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