Student Cavers Rescued

maxb727 · Aug 6, 2009

4 members of OUCC (Oxford) were trapped underground in Spain due to floods according to the BBC, but got out before rescuers reached them.

For the full article click the link below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/8185533.stm

paul · Aug 6, 2009

From the article:
"He said the group, which was on an annual expedition, had called the rescue service during the latest incident as a precaution when the members failed to regroup at the time they had set.

The club said no-one had been hurt and the cavers had taken extra food and supplies with them for warmth."

So, some cavers exceded their call-out time (possibly due to flooding - the article isn't specific) and a call-out was instigated, as would be expected. They were prepared to wait it out. Not much of a news item.

Alex · Aug 6, 2009

It was thanks to them I got to see the rescue helicopter fly over head then while I was hiking in Pekos then?

Sally-J · Aug 7, 2009

Alex said:
It was thanks to them I got to see the rescue helicopter fly over head then while I was hiking in Pekos then?

Or it could have been the guy walking mentioned at the end of that BBC article, see http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/5970610/British-teenager-dies-in-mountain-accident-in-Spain.html

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