incident at Shaft Cave

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

  1. Luvless, Dungass F. (1972) The Speleobopper's Guide to the Caves of the Gruesome Chapel Valley, p. 15.
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