4 Friends drown trying to swim through underground cave
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[Quote=KSL.com]A terrible tragedy in a Utah County cave today. Two young men and two young women tried swimming to an underground chamber through an underwater passageway. None of them made it.
Many Provo officials never knew about this cave, which is actually a mineshaft, with water flowing out of it. But they do now and they're working to seal it up. Young people who did know about it call it the 'cave of death', a haunting and, as it turns out, accurate name.
The cave is an intriguing sight, a short, dark entrance, nestled into the mountainside. Brandon Christiansen found it by accident and was planning to go inside some day.
Brandon Christiansen, Discovered Cave: "I was kind of planning on going into it some day. But I would have come back with a swim suit, because you have to submerge kind of."
The cave's lure was apparently attractive enough for five young people to explore at around 2:00 Thursday morning. Of the five friends, four went inside. But after waiting for hours alone, the fifth decided to go for help.
The scene was a surprise for Provo rescue officials who didn't even know the cave was there.
Karen Mayne, Provo Police Department: "It was extremely difficult because of the unknown. It was dark and narrow, and had very limited access."
Crews quickly improvised a rescue and recovery plan, pumping air into the cave, and water out. A couple hours later crews removed the body of one of the young women. Shortly before noon, crews handed the other three through the cave entrance.[/quote]
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That's fucking terrifying. This is why Cavers come so prepared.
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I can barely handle swimming down into underwater tunnels in video games, I can't imagine doing that in real life without clear knowledge of how long the swim is and/or scuba gear.
Not very smart
10 years ago, I was wondering why the images looked so bad
Can't believe 2005 was ten years ago. Time flies by
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