- Date
-
26th Nov 1983
- Publication
-
ACA 1983
p. 357
- Cave
- Ferris Pit
- State
- Tennessee
- County
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Cave
- Incident type
- Equipment problems
- Group type
- Unknown
- Group size
- Unknown
- Aid type
- Unknown
- Source
- Unknown
- Incident flags
-
Injured cavers
| Name |
Age |
Sex |
Injuries |
Injured areas |
| Fee, Scott |
Not recorded |
Not recorded |
Not recorded |
Not recorded |
Incident report
Scott Fee had the knee ascender sling of his rope walker setup fail 20 feet off the floor of the 252-foot pit. He inchwormed back down, in the waterfall, and fixed it.
Summary
Knee ascender sling failed during rope walking ascent, caver descended and fixed the issue.
References
- SFBC Newsletter Jan, 1984 6
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