- Date
-
27th Apr 1970
- Publication
-
ACA 1967-1970
p. 34
- Cave
- Dreibelbus Cave
- State
- Pennsylvania
- County
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Cave
- Incident type
- Stuck
- Group type
- Novice cavers
- Group size
- Unknown
- Aid type
- Underground aid
- Source
- Unknown
- Incident flags
-
Injured cavers
| Name |
Age |
Sex |
Injuries |
Injured areas |
| Sperow, Michael |
17 |
Male |
Not recorded |
Not recorded |
Incident report
On 27 April Michael Sperow (17) was trapped in a cave for 8 hours when he slipped and his foot wedged in a narrow crevice. He was removed, exhausted but uninjured, by State Police and a large group (65!) of rescuers.
Analysis: Inexperience. Compare previous report.
References
- Source: Newspaper clipping.
This record was last updated on 27th Apr 2024 at 23:11 UTC.