Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
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Mylroie, John | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
On March 17, three cavers were surveying in Lisanby Cave, Caldwell County, Kentucky. About two miles from the entrance they were doing a tight crawl as the last of their effort. Deciding to give up for the day, two of the group backed on out but the lead caver, John Mylroie, decided to crawl ahead to a larger place to turn around. When he got there he could see that it looked unstable. On turning around he dislodged two large rocks "of sufficient size to have potentially caused injury. One glanced off his calf causing a bruise. The group proceeded out without further incident.
It is Dyas' opinion that "had the rocks either pinned Mylroie or obstructed the passage, the crawlway's small size might well have made assistance difficult." One must beware of unstable ceilings in crawlways more than elsewhere.
John Mylroie bruised by dislodged rocks in a tight crawl during a cave survey.