Man trapped for two days rescued from Britain’s deepest cave

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[BenLurkin]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogof_Ffynnon_Ddu

[Jewbacca]

It was prince Charles pretending to be Camilla’s tampon again.

[BenLurkin]

Virtual Tour - ogof ffynnon ddu

http://www.ogof.net/

[lee martell]

Wow. He probably couldn’t even get WiFi down that low.//

[Deaf Smith]

I think that is the cave they found Trog in the movie of same name.

Did not go well.

[flaglady47]

How could he fall 984 feet down and live? Was he all the way down to the bottom? Inquiring minds want to know (mine).

[lee martell]

For many people, the 984 foot fall alone would be enough to trigger a heart attack. Since he was ‘experienced’, he likely had taken deep spills before. He must have had some device still allowing for communication as he was found, even with his spine and other parts of the body wrecked.

Spelunking: Cave exploration for fun and fitness.
Caving: Cave exploration for collection of scientific data.

[minnesota_bound]

The rescuers then asked him “Where’s Timothy?”
He did look well fed.....

[lee martell]

To answer that question: My guess is he fell into a body of water deep enough to splash w/o smacking against a stone floor.

[Honest Nigerian]

I would say this cavers “experience” is proof that experience counts for $h!t in the caving business.
And I would add that he is VERY LUCKY. He got out alive!

[Rebelbase]

I don’t think they make them that large.

[Rebelbase]

Possibly not a vertical drop but more of a steep angled descent with a lot of sliding and bouncing into things.

[Berlin_Freeper]

We are vacationing in the Harz Mountains for a week during the Easter Vacation. Will are planning on visiting a nearby village called Rübeland (Our hotel is in Wernigerode) and tour Baumann's Cave and Hermann's Cave which are located there (Hopefully they will be open).

Germany has a program to help the economy of the travel industry, by paying for the hotel stay of people who qualify. We got approved (by using a little creative accounting) and booked a week vacation that costs 700+ euros for only 90 euros. ☺️🤘

[alexander_busek]

Germany has a program to help the economy of the travel industry, by paying for the hotel stay of people who qualify.

Qualify = 2-G (geimpft oder genesen [vor nicht mehr als sechs Monaten])?

Regards,

[oldasrocks]

He actually dove down the cave trying to catch America as we are falling so fast.

[bert]

Cavers can do it in the dark.......

[joethedrummer]

LOL!!!!

“…there were two of you on this hike, weren’t there?…”

“..mmmBURP!… uh huh…”

[BenLurkin]

Safety first.

[jmacusa]

984 feet? After about 100 feet he’d reach terminal velocity and he’d be doing about 75 mph. Hitting a rock wall at that speed is going to hurt.