But each time they pulled, they managed to pull John up aĪfter pulling him upwards the third time, John was finally They worked in anĮight-men tandem, all tugging as one. Installing their pully system and started pulling John out. Things start to look betterĮverything changed when the rescuers finally finished They then tried to use a rope-pully system, anchoring the pullies with bolts, drilling the bolts deep in the cave walls.ĭiagram of John being trapped in Nutty Putty Cave. Time passed as rescuers worked frantically and failed with their first system of climbing cams. He was trapped nearly upside down, only his feet were visible to the rescuers, and the ceiling above the feet hanged so low the rescuers couldn’t just pull him out as his feet would get in the way. The position of John’s body also complicated things. In over an hour, they only managed to drill through a couple of inches of rock. Hard material and the awkward position made drilling a slow and painful work.
The same time, they also tried drilling away chunks of rock near John, but the Of the rope tied around John’s legs and the other end pulled by the team.
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To use a rescue rope that passes through a series of climbing cams with one end Theyĭiscussed everything – even lubing the walls of the cave – until they decided The rescue team quickly brainstormed a plan after a plan. Within the next few hours, tens and tens of rescuersĪrrived. “Hi Susie, thanks for coming,” John said, Since John had been trapped deep inside the cave. She arrived sometime around midnight – it was now more than three hours Received the message on her rescue pager and rushed to the scene with her
Rescue volunteer who immediately dropped everything she was doing when she The first person to arrive to help, Susan, was a local Quickly called for help while their friend stayed with John. Wiggling out of the tight passage and rushing to the surface. Prayer, and Josh hurried back to the ground as fast as he could, slowly His ankles and feet were freeīut were of little use as gravity pushed him down. Underneath him, and the other forced backward. Him out but only managed to inch him up a little. Anxious of how much the rock had swallowed John, Josh tried to pull His brother Josh who was following him was the first one toįind John. Trapped more than 100 feet below the ground, and deep inside the cave, all John could do was wait and pray. This size is comparable to the opening of a front-loading washing machine, except it wasn’t a perfect circle and he was stuck in the tightest part of the opening. The narrow crevice he was trapped in measured 10 by 18 inches. To top things off, he had wriggled into a fissure that went nearly straight down, which made him unable to turn back on his own. In any case, John kept pushing through until he couldn’t continue. Ed’s Push has four uncharted passageways at its end, but they are all too small for a human (if he instead pushed into the Scout Eater, it similarly has a small passageway that doesn’t lead anywhere). It does not lead anywhere, at least nowhere a 6-foot 200-pound man can fit. Now, Ed’s Push does not lead to a larger room. It is unclear from the conflicting sources on the internet whether John entered the Birth Canal and accidentally turned and wriggled into the Scout Eater or if he had missed the Birth Canal entirely and crawled into another passageway, just next to the Birth Canal, called Ed’s Push. The tunnel got wider at the bottom, but it was already too late. Confidently, John pressed forward, perhaps noticing He continued to inchįorward, but the narrow passage did not come to an end instead, the squeeze John went first: he wriggledįorward for some time but did not see any larger area. Passageway that eventually opens up into a larger room. Josh, and two of their friends decided to take up a challenge they had heardĪbout – namely passing through the Birth Canal, a narrow and challenging The party hadĮxplored the largest room in the cave, aptly named the Big Slide.
Group that finally entered the Nutty Putty Cave.Įverything went smooth for an hour or so.
They weren’t alone: 9 more friends andĪcquaintances had joined them, so by caving standards, it was quite a large on Wednesday, just a few days before Thanksgiving when Rekindle their love for caving and picked Nutty Putty Cave as their nextĬonquest. On November 24, 2009, the brothers John and Josh decided to
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