incident at Rolling Thunder Cave

Date
1st Apr 1983 approximate
Publication
ACA 1983-1984 p. 365
Cave
Rolling Thunder Cave
State
Alabama
County
Unknown
Country
United States of America
Category
Incident type
Rockfall
Group type
Unknown
Group size
3
Aid type
Unknown
Source
Unknown
Incident flags
 

Injured cavers

No injured cavers recorded.

Incident report

Three cavers were mapping in the upper level passage. One caver, while pausing in the Waterfall Room, felt a movement beneath his feet and scrambled to one side; the breakdown he had been standing on collapsed, revealing a 75-foot pit!

Summary

Breakdown collapse revealed 75-foot pit while cavers were mapping.

References

  1. Russell Turner Bucks County Diviner May 1985, p 16
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