| Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Becky | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
At about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 11, 1981, Becky Brown (18) and companions were exploring in Green Valley Cave, Etowah County, Alabama. About 300 feet from the entrance Brown was attempting to climb a chimney called 'The Slide' when she fell some 25 to 30 feet to the sandy floor of the stream level of the cave.
At 2 p.m. the Etowah County Rescue Squad was called and a unit arrived at around 3 p.m. A caver heard the call on a scanner and collected Jeff Steele and Bobby Whorton and arrived at the cave at 3:30 p.m. By that time the victim was at a 'keyhole traverse 30 feet above the lower level.' The victim was passed through this fissure, a room, another fissure and reached the entrance by 6:45 p.m. She was later found to have sustained 'lower back injuries, leg injuries and lacerations to the face and head.'
Whorton reports the cavers to have been ill equipped and inexperienced. He also found the rescue squad personnel to have too few helmet-mounted lights or proper boots. Their lack of 'experience with rope rescue techniques underground' slowed the rescue somewhat.
Caver fell approximately 25-30 feet while climbing a chimney in Green Valley Cave, sustaining back and leg injuries as well as facial lacerations. The rescue was hampered by ill-equipped and inexperienced rescuers.