| Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simmons, Ron | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
A group of three divers, supported by three cavers, was in Simmons Mingo Cave, Randolph County, West Virginia. They entered via the relatively new Stan's Blowing Rock Entrance which leads down a 90 foot pit but fairly directly to the upstream sump of the Canadian River. At the turnaround point of the 15 minute dive, the diver with the line could not find a good tie-off and so cut the line without tying it off. This was apparently induced by hypothermia - since the water was flowing back toward the start, the line followed the diver back. Also, stirred up silt put visibility to nothing so the diver had to hand-over-hand back. Twenty feet from the start he was so tangled in the dive line he had to be cut free by a companion. He had dropped his knife. When he emerged he was shaking from cold, though he had been wearing a 1/4-inch wet suit.
Diver in Simmons Mingo Cave gets tangled and experiences hypothermia during cave diving expedition.