I am pretty sure they were not able to actually get the IV to him, just that they had one ready. They did bring small drills down to set up a pulley system but the drills couldn’t be used to make the tunnel wider as it would have taken too long and the debris could have posed additional risks. To answer your questions, they didn’t get him out any more than about 1 foot, as he could only assist enough to scoot back a couple inches at a time.Īs OP said, due to the extremely narrow size, rescuers couldn’t bring equipment like a portable Jack hammer down into the tunnel John Jones was in. I know I’m just finding your comment a year later but just in case you’re still interested:įirst, I would suggest reading the National Speleological Society’s report on the accident for a reliable source on the details: Thanks for all of your answers on this.once we're able to live our lives normally again I plan on visiting to Oregon caves to take a stab at lowering my own claustrophobia.we'll see how this goes. Either way, do you know the answers to the following?ġ.) The tunnel that John was stuck in.it's my understanding that it began immediately with an upward ascent followed by an almost immediate descent, which by itself sounds like it would have been incredibly difficult for him to back out of, but I keep hearing it described as a corkscrew-do you know if it was an actual twisting corkscrew-type of tunnel? Just trying to get an idea of how difficult the rescue would have been.Ģ.) The scout/kid (not sure if they were a scout) who got stuck immediately before John-was he in the same area as John? If so I really wonder why they hadn't closed off that area immediately afterwards, especially if it was known to be impassible, but obviously hindsight is 20/20. To clarify, were you ever in Nutty Putty? For whatever reason I get the impression you were, but I could be wrong. r/alpinism Take hiking to the high slopes Please join the NSS, find your local grotto (cave club) to learn caving and cave locations.įind a caving group in your own country: International Union of Speleology No pictures of cavers without helmets or doing anything else unsafe.Do not POST cave locations (to avoid vandalism and accidents).Do not SOLICIT cave locations (to avoid vandalism and accidents)."Cave Softly: Take only pictures, leave only footprints (in the right places), kill only time."
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