- Date
-
3rd Jul 1972
- Publication
-
ACA 1972
p. 11
- Cave
- Dynamited Cave
- State
- Washington
- County
- Unknown
- Country
- United States of America
- Category
- Cave
- Incident type
- Stuck
- Group type
- Other
- Group size
- Unknown
- Aid type
- Underground aid
- Source
- Unknown
- Incident flags
-
Injured cavers
No injured cavers recorded.
Incident report
Three teenage boys forced entry into Dynamited Cave which had a locked gate. About 1500 feet into the cave, one of the boys climbed down a 30-foot, free-fall drop on 1/4-inch nylon rope, but was unable to climb back out. One of the boys contacted the sheriff who in turn contacted a mountain rescue group. It took one hour to rescue the boy using the Bilgeri method with a belay; the boy had been trapped about 10 hours.
Incident analysis
The boy's inexperience caused him to overestimate his ability to climb a thin rope.
References
- Anon. (1972) "Cave Rescue." The Speleograph. Vol. VII, No. 7. pp 79-80.
- Arens, John W. (1972) "Accident in Dynamited Cave." The Speleograph. Vol. VII, No. 8, p. 95.
This record was last updated on 27th Apr 2024 at 23:11 UTC.