- Date
-
1st Mar 1972
approximate
- Publication
-
ACA 1972
p. 5
- Cave
- Shaft Cave
- State
- Indiana
- County
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Cave
- Incident type
- Lost
- Group type
- College cavers
- Group size
- Unknown
- Aid type
- Underground aid
- Source
- Unknown
- Incident flags
-
Injured cavers
No injured cavers recorded.
Incident report
In Spring 1972, a group of college students entered the 72-foot deep Shaft Cave with plans of leaving through Grotto Cave. After learning that there is no passable connecting pas- sage, they waited 18 hours to be rescued.
Source: Luvless, Dungass F. (1972) The Speleobopper's Guide to the Caves of the Gruesome Chapel Valley, p. 15.
Incident analysis
Analysis: Inexperience
References
- Luvless, Dungass F. (1972) The Speleobopper's Guide to the Caves of the Gruesome Chapel Valley, p. 15.
This record was last updated on 27th Apr 2024 at 23:11 UTC.