SamT
Moderator
This is the press release from DCRO.
This is a tragic event. Because of the nature of UKCaving.com and to prevent un-necessary speculation, I will add that all I know is that the caver was thought to have somehow become stuck on the pitch in high water.
There will be a inquest in due course, whereby the facts etc will be ascertained. Please refrain from speculation and gossip on UKCaving.com.
My thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.
The Derbyshire Cave Rescue Organisation was called out by the police on Sunday evening to go to the aid of a party of Cavers from Sheffield two of whom were exhausted and suffering from exposure at the foot of an underground waterfall called Garlands Pot in Giants Hole near Castleton.
A rescue team of twenty seven attended and the first members to reach the marooned cavers found one already unconscious. Both cavers were recovered from beneath the waterfall and brought to the surface in a two hour rescue operation in high water conditions. The unconscious caver was taken by ambulance to hospital in Stockport but was pronounced dead after arrival.
This is a tragic event. Because of the nature of UKCaving.com and to prevent un-necessary speculation, I will add that all I know is that the caver was thought to have somehow become stuck on the pitch in high water.
There will be a inquest in due course, whereby the facts etc will be ascertained. Please refrain from speculation and gossip on UKCaving.com.
My thoughts are with the family and friends of the deceased.