Recent content by cavebat

Moot point indeed. Only thing to do now is just learn from what went wrong here. And this story goes as a good example of what it is a horribly bad idea to go head first down a hole unless you know EXACTLY where you are and what you are doing. Heck even then I still prefer not doing, people get...

Thanks for the information. Good to hear some first hand info. Sounds like it was just a bunch of compounding mistakes that kept getting worse (getting lost, going head first which is really questionable in most situation, lack of anchors). Sad situation. I'm sorry, the way I typed it I didn't...

I fail to see how they can get to his feet and not be able to rescue him. My question still stand of what monkey was running that show that the one chance of rescuing him (the rope) was dependent on ONE bolt. I realize it is very easy for me to sit here behind my computer and criticize a...

I am in agreement with you. I find it a little odd that they are closing the cave and leaving the body. I find this whole thing a little odd. First they have him hoisted out of the hole long enough to give him some food and water, then their rope or anchor breaks and he falls back (depends on...

There is a picture of the angle iron cave gate on their website. It looks pretty formidable to me. If it was built right no one is going to get in. Last time I saw a gate that someone tried to break into there was ALOT of blood all over the ground (apparently he cut his hand not the gate.) I...