Re: How do they rescue cavers?
Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 5:05 am
KristoriaBlack wrote:Is it possible to get an injured caver out of a cave?
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KristoriaBlack wrote:Is it possible to get an injured caver out of a cave?
KristoriaBlack wrote: Still, good to know: caver must not fall. (Shudder.)
John Duffield wrote:KristoriaBlack wrote: Still, good to know: caver must not fall. (Shudder.)
A good thought.
A zillion years ago, I was in the Caves of the Dead in Luzon. Getting lights would've necessitated going several miles back and forth to the village to rent, so we went in only with the occasional flash of my Instamatic Kodak.
So we were sliding along listening to the trickle of water. Fired off one of our precious flashes. Turned out we were sliding along a narrow ledge about 15 meters above a subterranean stream.
Sierra Ledge Rat wrote:Before that I was a member of Sandia Grotto in Albuquerque,
e-doc wrote:Very unfortunate situation in Ellisons Cave: http://www.canyoneering.net/forums/show ... hp?p=27364
Multiple bad decisions. bad result