Rescuers raced on Sunday to rescue an American caver who had become trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) underground in southern Turkey, moving him halfway to the surface.
  • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.worldEnglish
    53·
    10 months ago

    I’ve actually been scuba diving in a cave (well, cavern according to the standard diving definition). Far enough, though, that I couldn’t get back to air without someone sharing theirs with me.

    There’s also some good, terrifying documentaries that I can recommend.

    But yeah, I’m not going in a cave ever again. I will go under water and even get a decompression obligation again, but nothing but the largest, safest carves ever again.

    I’m too old for this shit.

    • 0110010001100010@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      10 months ago

      Am curious about those documentaries. I love caves, but stick to safe tours and whatnot. I don’t know that I would be OK exploring a “wild” cave.

    • ipkpjersi@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Caving seems like one of those things where while it’s one of the coolest things ever, I also don’t think I would ever want to go in a cave ever in my entire life. It just seems to risky, even for professionals, and it seems like there are so many unexpected variables when it comes to caving that can be completely out of your control.

      • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Yup. That’s the one. Suggested earlier.

        Very suicidal behavior, but a different way to die than, well, downing while clawing at the solid rock above you.

        I know a lot about scuba, and that’s why I’m not going into caves again.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Yeah I like to keep my adventures just a helicopter ride from a hospital

      Hiking is so much safer especially nowadays

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    312·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    MERSIN, Turkey, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Rescuers raced on Sunday to rescue an American caver who had become trapped more than 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) underground in southern Turkey, moving him halfway to the surface.

    Mark Dickey, 40, was on an international exploration expedition in the Morca cave in Mersin province’s Taurus mountains when he began suffering from gastrointestinal bleeding at a depth of 1,040 metres.

    "Our medical team is working really hard to try to keep Mark’s condition as stable as possible.

    Since yesterday, we started lifting the stretcher and transporting him through the cave," Giuseppe Conti, European Cave Rescue Association technical commission chairperson, told reporters.

    Dickey’s fiancee, Jessica Van Ord, who was with him during the expedition, has been staying at the camp site and working with the rescue teams.

    Cenk Yildiz, Mersin provincial head of Turkey’s AFAD disaster management authority, said Dickey would be brought out in two to three days “if they don’t experience any problems”.

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