I’m not familiar with the scene, but obviously he survives, which is more than I can say for the countless deaths and serious injuries that are recorded in the journal of American Caving Accidents published by the National Speleological Society, of which I’m 50 years ongoing life member. This single bad technique is responsible for the majority of deaths and injuries involving the use of a rope. Fast roping out of a helicopter on a thick rope, using gloves and your boots is one thing, dropping hundreds of feet off a mountain or in a dark, wet, muddy pit in a cave on a 11mm nylon rope is something entirely different. I’m certain that the International Commission for Alpine Rescue maintains a very similar record of horror stories as our organization does. It’s pretty gruesome reading. As SpongeBob would say; “It’s all in the technique”, as we say; “Cavers rescue spelunkers”.
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