Name | Age | Sex | Injuries | Injured areas |
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Cassidy, Jean | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Four cavers bottomed this cave as practice for a trip to Neff's Canyon. On the way out, one caver was on the first and longest drop when she noticed the strap for the foot Gibbs of her 3-Gibbs rope-walker setup was coming undone. The rig was new for that trip and was poorly adjusted; the knee ascender wasn't pulling up smoothly and the shoulder ascender was too loose, requiring the use of her arms to remain upright. At one point, while checking her foot Gibbs, she nearly went upside-down. Two were already up that drop and aided her ascent by pulling on the rope. The rig was adjusted and she proceeded out without serious problems. Rockfall was experienced on other drops. As she says, "Test your equipment before using it in a cave."
Equipment failure on rope during ascent lead to difficulties for a caver, yet ended without serious problems.