Goydenman
Well-known member
Talking of FB and cave recues reminds me of a funny incident I was involved in:
'Friends' came to call on me saying 'we need your services to explore a lead mine re-opend by the shaft cover falling in'. I was suspicious cos why would they need me but could not resist going along with it. Going into a field they stopped and pointed a few yards ahead to the shaft. Peering over it was not deep and easily climable but the stench wwas horrendous. Climbed down and found 8 dead sheep at the bottom. Came out before being overcome by fumes. Friends said 'did you hear the noise of the lamb beyond the low arch?'. After aborted attempts to get to it and finding my diving bottles empty we went to the local Fire B to ask if they would loan us a bottle. They could not but said why not have a call out. So we did. Guys rushed in with cars and cried where the fire only to find out it was us wanting to rescue a lamb we did not know where to hide our faces. They went for full embarrasment by going out with tender and landrover. Getting to the hole they rigged a tripod and one guy attempted to go down and have the bottle lowered after only to be stopped by the boss saying 'you do not gointo premises without wearing your kit' so he duly put it on and then could not fit down the hole :-\ Now the embarrassment was turned. Nigel B (friend) then said 'look you are experts on fire and we are experts on caves' and got them to hand over the kit. The lamb was rescued returned to the farmer and it took weeks ansd weeks to get the smell off Nigels caving gear :thumbsdown:
'Friends' came to call on me saying 'we need your services to explore a lead mine re-opend by the shaft cover falling in'. I was suspicious cos why would they need me but could not resist going along with it. Going into a field they stopped and pointed a few yards ahead to the shaft. Peering over it was not deep and easily climable but the stench wwas horrendous. Climbed down and found 8 dead sheep at the bottom. Came out before being overcome by fumes. Friends said 'did you hear the noise of the lamb beyond the low arch?'. After aborted attempts to get to it and finding my diving bottles empty we went to the local Fire B to ask if they would loan us a bottle. They could not but said why not have a call out. So we did. Guys rushed in with cars and cried where the fire only to find out it was us wanting to rescue a lamb we did not know where to hide our faces. They went for full embarrasment by going out with tender and landrover. Getting to the hole they rigged a tripod and one guy attempted to go down and have the bottle lowered after only to be stopped by the boss saying 'you do not gointo premises without wearing your kit' so he duly put it on and then could not fit down the hole :-\ Now the embarrassment was turned. Nigel B (friend) then said 'look you are experts on fire and we are experts on caves' and got them to hand over the kit. The lamb was rescued returned to the farmer and it took weeks ansd weeks to get the smell off Nigels caving gear :thumbsdown: