I second the statement, "I'm not claustrophobic, but this is insane". It's the sheer un-rescue-ability of it all, if you simply get wedged, that gets to me.
A young man died cave diving in the Rockies not far from Calgary a few years back. The awful bit was that he got delayed coming back, wasn't sure how far it was, went to the limit of his air, turned the little knob that gives you the last five minutes, and used that time scratching out a goodbye to his family on the air tank.
Right around one more corner from where he would have seen the flashlights of his friends waiting for him.
Lessons I took from it:
1) Cave diving is insane.
2) If you're ever certain you're at that last moment of your life, nevertheless spend it trying to survive. Your family actually knew you loved them already.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
They knew you loved them already....
Was reading a post on Slashdot about extreme caving, and found this one comment...
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true true......
ReplyDeleteThe lessons I learnt are a) some more permanent form of Hansel's bread trail, with distance markers, is actually not a bad idea and b) there is scope to invent, patent and market it for the cave diving application.
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