No injured cavers recorded.
On November 21, 1982, five cavers were in Huccacove Cave in Colorado on a cleanup trip. At 2 p.m. as they were ascending Angel Falls on the way out, "the upper overhang (dried mud), about two feet in diameter, broke off at the base." This shattered on an overhang four feet lower, and buried the climber coming last from the shoulder to the top of his hardhat, the mud fragments filling in the spaces around him in the slot he was ascending. He descended to relieve himself of the loose material and continued out. He suffered only slight bruises on his head from his hardhat.
The ascent was being done with cavers on the two overhangs to help novices and help pass trash bags up. A novice had just stepped onto the upper overhang when it collapsed. Schrock speculates that very dry conditions may have weakened the dried mud of the overhang. Many cavers had used it previously with no problem. He also observes that more than one caver making a climb at the same time is a poor practice.
A caver was partially buried by falling debris while ascending Angel Falls in Huccacove Cave during a cleanup trip; suffered slight bruises.