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Ailing American explorer trapped 3,000 feet deep in Turkish cave awaits difficult rescue
Posted on 9/8/23 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 9/8/23 at 11:48 pm
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in Turkey on Thursday, launching an operation to save an American researcher who became trapped almost 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the cave’s entrance after suffering stomach bleeding.
Experienced caver Mark Dickey, 40, suddenly became ill during an expedition with a handful of others, including three other Americans, in the Morca cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains, the European Association of Cave Rescuers said.
While rescuers, including a Hungarian doctor, have reached and treated Dickey, it could be days and possibly weeks before they are able to get him out of the cave, which is too narrow in places for a stretcher to pass through.
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Posted on 9/8/23 at 11:51 pm to Jim Rockford
Nope. Nope. Nope. Put this one in the pile with hopping in that sub that popped.
Hope they get him out, though. It sounds like he was doing work, at least and just suffered an illness at the absolute worst possible time and place.
Hope they get him out, though. It sounds like he was doing work, at least and just suffered an illness at the absolute worst possible time and place.
This post was edited on 9/8/23 at 11:53 pm
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:15 am to Jim Rockford
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which is too narrow in places for a stretcher to pass through.
squeezing through a cave passage only wide enough for a human torso is my nightmare. frick every bit of that bullshite.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:18 am to Shiftyplus1
quote:All of this.
squeezing through a cave passage only wide enough for a human torso is my nightmare. frick every bit of that bullshite.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:20 am to Jim Rockford
Narrow cave talk gives me the heebie jeebies.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:24 am to Koach K
Don't Google nutty putty cave
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:30 am to Jim Rockford
I've seen videos of it and my palms start getting sweaty just thinking about it.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 12:37 am to Shiftyplus1
Yeah and then how cuz died in there and basically knew he was going to die, then they left his body there too.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 1:31 am to Jim Rockford
The only thing worse than squeezing through narrow cave passages slightly smaller than your torso is doing the exact same thing underwater. Cave divers are insane.
Imagine taking your gear off, in a cave underwater and sliding it through an 8” opening while keeping your regulator in your mouth and then spending the next few minutes wriggling and pushing your body through to the other side.
Imagine taking your gear off, in a cave underwater and sliding it through an 8” opening while keeping your regulator in your mouth and then spending the next few minutes wriggling and pushing your body through to the other side.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 2:33 am to Barrister
Yea…NOPE!
Posted on 9/9/23 at 2:36 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 9/9/23 at 3:08 am to Jim Rockford
This is one of those things like the capsule that went to the titanic.
If you go down there and something happens, you just have to understand that you are on your own.
I think it’s ridiculous that manpower and time is spent to rescue people that go to that level of extreme stupidity.
I’m all for people having the ability to try that but that comes with an understanding that no one is coming to help you
If you go down there and something happens, you just have to understand that you are on your own.
I think it’s ridiculous that manpower and time is spent to rescue people that go to that level of extreme stupidity.
I’m all for people having the ability to try that but that comes with an understanding that no one is coming to help you
Posted on 9/9/23 at 3:23 am to Fat and Happy
This guy is a professional explorer and a technical cave rescue expert himself. It's an arguable point that maybe you should be on your own if you go into extreme situations but he wasn't doing it because he was a bored rich guy or for social media clout.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 3:34 am to Jim Rockford
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Not a funny story but made me think of this Bob Dylan song title.
Not a funny story but made me think of this Bob Dylan song title.
This post was edited on 9/9/23 at 7:16 am
Posted on 9/9/23 at 5:22 am to Jim Rockford
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European Association of Cave Rescuers
Would have never thought this was a thing. Didn’t know it happened so often.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 5:31 am to Jim Rockford
Please bring Mr. Copperpot home.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 6:14 am to Jim Rockford
quote:
deep in Turkish cave
Posted on 9/9/23 at 6:28 am to Shiftyplus1
It’s one of those caves you have to rappel down into like in Rambo 3.
Posted on 9/9/23 at 6:36 am to Jim Rockford
Idiot
Posted on 9/9/23 at 6:37 am to Jim Rockford
We’ve all had to navigate narrow passages if you know what I mean
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