Mark, I just heard they got him out of the cave. Not sure of the cause of the accident but Sinking Cove Cave is a classic multi-drop pull down trip. Mostly short drops with a nice exit into a truck passage in the bottom of the cave. The Boulder entrance is the one that he entered and includes a 30 foot entrance down climb, a 50 foot rappel, another 53 foot rappel, a 30 foot down climb, a 20 foot rappel and another 20 foot rappel to about 100 feet of stream crawl that is pretty tight. It appears that the accident happened at the last 20 foot drop. Gerald Moni got stuck in the crawl below the last 20 foot drop a couple of years ago and had to be hammered out. I think it would be very difficult to bring someone though this area in a stretcher. Taking someone in a sked up the drops and through some tight crawls would also be very difficult. Then you have to carry them down the mountain. I'm sure this was no easy rescue but the cave rescue teams in the TAG area are the best and most experienced in the US.
I understand the guy who was injured was on the Mt. Thor rappels and has a lot of experience. It will probably take a couple of days to hear the details. Geary --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
