Day Hiker wrote:That is some creepy shit. Just reading the description invokes strong feelings of claustrophobia.
I've been through some pretty tight slot canyons, and that is my limit. I don't mind the tourist caves that can be walked through, but there is no way could you pay me enough to do one of those asinine crawl-through caves.
It baffles me that they couldn't just tie a cable or big-ass rope around his ankles and pull him out. And it's even more surprising that they couldn't manage this with the dead body. Just connect the ankles to a cable to a big winch, and start pulling. Something is going to happen.
Closing the cave and leaving a dead body seems really odd.
I would agree with most of the posts here. While my heart goes out to his family and their grief, it seems pretty assinine to close an entire cave that has exists with few incidents for 20 years, and that has taken nature thousands of years to produce. It sets a scary precedent....
As far as caving goes though...after looking at that link, I'll stick to my ridgelines, thanks.