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Partially dumb luck. - “A ranger of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation alerted authorities to the missing group after seeing the
by js2 8y ago
Partially dumb luck.
- “A ranger of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation alerted authorities to the missing group after seeing their unclaimed belongings at the cave entrance.”
- “Volanthen was placing guidelines in the cave to later assist others in navigation. He ran out of line, which led him to swim to the surface—there, he found the missing team and its coach.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue
- Waterluvian 8y agoCan you imagine being there for days and days and suddenly a diver pops up?
- danso 8y ago9 days in the darkness, with just whatever food they brought in and no way to contact the outside world.
- rplnt 8y agoI've read somewhere they thought it was quite shorter than the 9-10 days. Which is the opposite of what I would have thought.
- gtirloni 8y agoYour circadian cycle gets wacky without sunlight to regulate it. I've talked to cavers that say they need to set alarm clocks otherwise they will be inside the cave for days without noticing (thinking it's hours), which can be quite dangerous if you're not getting hydrated. https://books.google.com.br/books?id=8WrmCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=isolation+48+hour+sleep+cycle&source=bl&ots=9ZaGwdA2vt&sig=a0ADkx8aqGTKtTEJaFk7ghiR-rI&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=isolation%2048%20hour%20sleep%20cycle&f=false https://books.google.com.br/books?id=8WrmCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&l...
- folli 8y agoInteresting article: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/11/the-caves-of-forgotten-time/414894/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/11/the-caves...
- onetimemanytime 8y agoespecially after you've gone through the death scenarios (at that age) for a hundred times...
- selckin 8y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx-AxMV8u6o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx-AxMV8u6o
- snthd 8y agoSomething like https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dG5KSD-8J4 https://youtube.com/watch?v=9dG5KSD-8J4 >footage ... showing the moment the ship's cook was rescued from an air bubble on the ship, two days after the ship capsized
- abhiminator 8y agoSuper interesting. Can't comprehend how the sailor lived in that claustrophobia-inducing space for over 48 hours. Human spirit in these extreme situations is really something.
- DuskStar 8y agoI think that sailor is unique more for being rescued than for being in that position in the first place. I don't think "trapped in an air bubble in a sunken ship" is all that rare of an occurrence. Look at the K-141 Kursk disaster for example - 23 men survived the initial explosion, and spent the next several days in a compartment before succumbing to fire.
- ethbro 8y agoI assume the diver probably had lights. So at least they had some warning. But yeesh, seriously!
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoYeah I can imagine you get visual hallucinations after spending some time in the darkness, so I can imagine they were skeptical seeing lights or hearing things at first. I hope they write a good book about their experiences.
- takk309 8y agoI read in one of the many news reports that the kids had a hand crank flashlight. Hopefully, for their sanity, that was true.
- latj 8y agoRichard Stanton and John Volanthen are the real deal. People should read their wikipedia pages. Also, watching cave diving videos... even on their best day, when they're having a great time, it looks absolutely horrifying. lol
- forgot-my-pw 8y agoThis article linked on Wikipedia is also a good read: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/03/british-divers-at-heart-of-thai-cave-rescue-among-best-in-world https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/03/british-divers... > Volanthen is a computer engineer who runs marathons in his spare time and lives in Bristol. These guys are basically superheroes.