==> Two-day underground ordeal ends in smiles. From World Caving News http://www.zenas.gr/WCN => 8 May 2007.After spending 44 hours looking for two novice monks lost in a cave in Phitsanulok's Noen Maprang district, rescuers yesterday found the teenagers four kilometres deep into the cave.Novices Ta (Kanit Pulsawat) and Nat (Nattawuth Luangparo), both 17, had strayed from a tour group visiting Matcha Cave, part of the Phra Wang Daeng Cave attraction, on Wednesday afternoon.They were very weak and dehydrated when they were found at 12.30pm. As soon as they reached the cave's mouth and met some 50 relatives and rescue volunteers, they asked for water. Novice Nat broke into tears, while Novice Ta's parents, Pol and Boonsri Pulsawat, hugged each other tearfully. Pol was so thankful that he prostrated himself to wai local resident Nan Mora, 45, who had led the search team.A medical examination found the novices were so weak they needed a saline injection.After two unsuccessful searches carried out by nearly 100 people from local agencies, Nan and three relatives of the novices decided to give it one more go yesterday at 8am, starting from the tour group's last stop at Matcha Cave. Details: http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/05/headlines/headlines_30033453.php http://www.zenas.gr/site/home/eng_detail.asp?iData=5892 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SpeleoUnion http://groups.google.ru/group/SpeleoUnion -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
