Indoor Cave rescue

[Ian P]

Emergency services called after adventurer gets stuck in Lake District caving experience - cumbriacrack.com

Emergency services were called to a popular Lake District adventure centre after a customer became stuck in its caving experience.

cumbriacrack.com

 

[undergroundHP]

I used to work at a children's activity center that had indoor caving made out of fiberglass .
I remember a staff member becoming stuck and had to be cut out.
I also had to deal with nose bleeds, vomit and panic attacks .

 

[Loki]

Didn’t a well known dales caver once get stuck in a fake cave and have to be extracted?! Name deliberately omitted 😉. If it’s meant for kids, it’s meant for kids!

 

[mikem]

Rescue in Wales (international climbing centre):

Caves and Caving 90, Spring/Summer 2001, Contents.

 

[tony from suffolk]

It was chaos in Keswick yesterday.

 

[alanw]

Sad news https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk...-climbing-adventure-centre-in-keswick-4125568

 

[Ian Ball]

That is most sombre, I apologise for the chuckle I have when I read indoor caving rescue thinking it was a simple big guy underestimating the space.

 

[JoshW]

Holy shit that’s an unexpected outcome - like @Ian Ball i genuinely thought it was just a simple cockup

 

[alanw]

Checking the local paper's web site, three days ago they reported this:

“He is a regular visitor to Kong Adventure and has explored those caves previously. He is not inexperienced.

Man fighting for his life after slip at Keswick's Kong Adventure Centre - The Keswick Reminder

A man rescued from a Keswick adventure centre on a family day out was last night fighting for his life.

keswickreminder.co.uk

 

[Wayland Smith]

This https://news.sky.com/story/father-who-got-trapped-in-caves-at-indoor-adventure-centre-dies-from-his-injuries-12870830
Has some information, clearly more to the incident.
It talks of being trapped for 4 hours and fatal crush injuries. 🥺

 

[Tangent_tracker]

This https://news.sky.com/story/father-who-got-trapped-in-caves-at-indoor-adventure-centre-dies-from-his-injuries-12870830
Has some information, clearly more to the incident.
It talks of being trapped for 4 hours and fatal crush injuries. 🥺

Something must have gone seriously wrong during the rescue to cause that. I wonder if they have tried to rip the thing open and it's buckled or similar?
Very sad though.

 

[david3392]

Whatever, it’s a tragic incident that has devastated the family and the company to whom the venue belonged. Thoughts and condolences to all involved.

 

[LadyMud]

Inquest opened and adjourned: BBC article

 

[mikem]

More info on:

https://www.itv.com/news/border/2023-05-16/inquest-opened-into-death-of-man-trapped-in-cave-in-adventure-centre

 

[SamT]

I know I shouldn't pontificate on these things, but sounds like at toxic shock syndrome type thing to me, resulting from some sort of suspension trauma / crush injury (i.e. being stuck in very awkward position for a long time).

 

[Speleofish]

So far, it sounds odd. Crush injury/rhabdomyolysis is possible. I'm not going to criticise anyone, nor am I going to detail things that might have been done differently. It seems to have been an extremely unusual incident, beyond the usual competence of 'normal' first responders in the UK.
When the coroner has blessed everyone with hindsight, people may wish to criticise. I think that would be wrong. There are probably lessons to learn but these should be lessons learnt by emergency response systems as a whole, not punitive 'lessons' imposed on individuals.

 

[Speleofish]

Happy to clarify but not before the coroner has spoken

 

[mikem]

From news reports, he seems to have slipped & ended up with his legs folded up in front of him (foetal position), which would explain why it took so long to get him out & could explain the toxic shock afterwards

 

[BikinGlynn]

Man thats crazy & tragic story.