Missing Cave Diver rescued after 2 days

[oldschoolto]

I think he's got steel balls... Respect their will to live.. Like I always say.. keep on working the problem... One step at a time..
Great work by great guys..

Jim..

 

[Neilwood]

I think he's got steel balls... Respect their will to live.. Like I always say.. keep on working the problem... One step at a time..
Great work by great guys..

Jim..

As the adage goes - stop, breathe, think and act.

They took their time and came up with a methodology that maximised the opportunity for them both to survive. Had they both tried to escape chances are both would be dead. Talk about trusting your buddy though.

 

[WantSomeScuba?]

This is an incredible story. Forgive my ignorance, but how did he not end up in a chamber?

 

[sealark]

The initial post said depth 40 meters for 2 days. If the 40 meters was actually water depth he was saturated. How deep in actual water was he? Or what deco did he go through. Or what did I miss.

 

[AZNetEng]

Helluva story. Almost an impossible happy ending in the situation described.

 

[archer1960]

The initial post said depth 40 meters for 2 days. If the 40 meters was actually water depth he was saturated. How deep in actual water was he? Or what deco did he go through. Or what did I miss.

40 meters under ground, not below the water level, is how I read that. Probably a cave above the water table, but under a hill/mountain.

 

[NAND]

(...)If the 40 meters was actually water depth(...)

Nothing lost in translation, the original article did not state more details. It may however not be water-depth reasoned by the attempt to drill trough 37m rock. If it was, there would be a counter water pressure emptying the cave trough the drill hole.

I believe (but do not know for sure) the interpretation may be 40m below ground surface, like archer mentiones.

 

[gypsyjim]

Simply miraculous. . .that boy should go out and buy a lottery ticket. . .

He may have used up his entire lifetime allotment of luck in one shot.

 

[Underwater Tourist]

while its an old thread, I saw Xisco gave an interview about what happened: