Injured Tourist Rescued From Australian Cave
A woman was rescued from an Australian Cave over the weekend after she suffered an apparent broken ankle, that left her unable to exit.
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Yorkshire’s Cave Rescue Organisation Celebrates 80th Birthday
July 13, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeAfter 2,642 incidents involving 3,834 people (aged from five months to 87 years) Clapham’s Cave Rescue Organisation (CRO) is celebrating its 80th anniversary.
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Austrian Cavers Mourn Colleague Lost in Tragic Accident
The Austrian Speleological Association is mourning the loss of a one of their most active cavers, who was killed during an accident in a German cave earlier this week.
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Washington Ice Cave Collapse Claims Life, Injures Others
July 7, 2015 / Washington, United States, North AmericaThe collapse of a popular ice cave in northwest Washington has claimed the life of one person and injured four others.
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Watch: Rescuers Make Hard Decisions at Sleets Gill
July 4, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeRevisit the 1992 incident at Yorkshire’s Sleets Gill Cave when rising water levels required two trapped cavers to be dived out through 200 meters (656 feet) of flooded passages.
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Man Collapses During White Scar Cave Tour
June 29, 2015 / England, United Kingdom, EuropeYorkshire’s Cave Rescue Organisation came to the aid of a man who collapsed during a guided tour of White Scar Cave over the weekend.
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Watch: Last Weekends Spanish Cave Rescue
Video of last weekends 26-hour-long rescue in Spain, where a caver was injured three kilometres (1.8 miles) from the entrance, has surfaced on YouTube.
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Teenager Rescued From Iowa’s Maquoketa Caves State Park
June 25, 2015 / Iowa, United States, North AmericaA teenager is recovering after a nasty fall over the weekend at Iowa’s Maquoketa Caves State Park.
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Rescuers Retrieve Caver Injured Deep Underground
A caver was rescued from deep within a Spanish cave after a fall on Saturday left him injured three kilometres (1.8 miles) from the entrance.
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Explorer Rescued After Becoming Trapped In Southern Ontario Cave
June 22, 2015 / Canada, North AmericaA solo cave explorer spent more than 13 hours trapped in a southern Ontario cave over the weekend after getting stuck in a deep crevice.
