Thailand Cave Rescue

[dannyyankou]

https://nypost.com/2018/07/04/thailand-to-cash-in-on-trapped-soccer-kids-cave/

Oh that’s disgusting. I don’t even think a movie should be made about it, unless the net profits go to the kids affected.
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Disgraceful attempt by Trump to try and claim credit on Twitter: #ThaiCaveRescue. What a jerk.

To be fair, if the US is helping out with the rescue operation in a meaningful way, we should give credit.

 

[bauediemauer]

As a scuba diver, let me tell you - cave diving is a whole different beast. Navy SEALs are trained for a lot of things, but cave diving isn't one of them. This is technical diving to the max. Staging bottles, multiple mixed gases (wrong bottle at the wrong time - you're dead), long decompression stops, taking your gear off and pushing it through the crevasse ahead of you. And this isn't pool water. Where the cave narrows, the currents will be strong and if you stir up the bottom your visibility will go to zero. Oh, and once you start, you are on the clock for how much air you have on you and there is no way to bail out in the middle.

I attended the Combat Diver Qualification Course and What you said is accurate. Outside of training I haven't done cave diving but in training it was still challenging.

 

[koa]

Oh that’s disgusting. I don’t even think a movie should be made about it, unless the net profits go to the kids affected.

Along with Samarn Poonan's family and other volunteers.

 

[scubachap]

I've often admired Elon Musk but I'm surprised at the way he's handled his part in this... and the solution his team came up with

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Edit ... On a positive note - 5th one out!

 

[koa]

Along with Samarn Poonan's family and other volunteers.

My mistake. Diver's name who died last week was Saman Kunan.

 

[scubachap]

All out! Fantastic Job!

 

[SoggyCheese]

All out! Fantastic Job!

It’s marvelous news, albeit tinged with sadness with the loss of one life. This to me is up there with the Chilean miner rescue, possibly even exceeding that achievement. So many obstacles to overcome, yet they got to them and brought them all out safely. Truly wonderful.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Truly wonderful news. A bright spot today.

 

[scubachap]

Probably a final post on this - but here's a link to the British Cave Rescue Council press release

A tense but joyful outcome for the cave rescue at Tham Luang Nang Non Cave

 

[ucfgrad93]

What surprised me the most about this situation was the fact that the kids had traveled about 2.5 miles into the cave system. How did they get to some of those points and the coach not say, "Ok, far enough, lets turn back."

 

[nnoble]

It rained, the cave behind them became flooded and so they needed to escape the rising water levels. Going deeper into the cave was in fact going upward.

 

[bauediemauer]

It rained, the cave behind them became flooded and so they needed to escape the rising water levels. Going deeper into the cave was in fact going upward.

Exactly even though it seems like the opposite would be true.

 

[SoggyCheese]

What surprised me the most about this situation was the fact that the kids had traveled about 2.5 miles into the cave system. How did they get to some of those points and the coach not say, "Ok, far enough, lets turn back."

There’s a main cave a bit further in that they were probably heading for. That’s my guess anyway. Sure we’ll find out from them directly once they start giving interviews.

 

[scubachap]

I wasn't going to post anymore on this but there's a cracking interview with Ben Reyments one of the cave divers brought into help. (I guess it's possible this might not work outside the UK but if you can listen to its it well worth doing so...)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06dkgtn