I can't believe this keeps happening! There have been
several accidents of this nature. Why in the world wouldn't an
experienced caver have put a knot at the bottom of a rope that is too
short and that could potentially be confused for the correct
one? And why wasn't he looking where he was going? I always look
down to see what's below as I rappel, and I don't rappel so fast that
I couldn't stop if there were a problem, like the end of the rope coming at me.
I hope the rescue is successful and that people take note to
prevent this sort of preventable accident in the future.
Mark Minton
At 07:17 PM 5/30/2011, speleoste...@aol.com wrote:
There's a big cave rescue going on in eastern Tennessee right now. I
know the victim - Dirk Siron. It's Sinking Cove Cave. Forty rescuers
are in the cave.What I've been told is that Dirk was doing a pull
down rappel and got on the wrong rope, falling off the end of it. It
appears he's got at least a broken pelvis. A friend of mine is on
the scene and texting me. He's at the bottom of the second drop now,
and the estimate is they'll have him out in three more hours.
Please reply to mmin...@caver.net
Permanent email address is mmin...@illinoisalumni.org
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