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Thai rescuers locate missing boys and coach alive in cave.....Very good news

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/dive ... 29953.html

Max

Such good news

Hurrah!! Now to find a way of getting them out safely.

Let's hope they can, Mike - otherwise it's going to be a massive blow to this amazing news....
Fingers crossed for a safe exit for them all. It's been quite a miracle to find them all at this stage!

One of their main regrets will be to have missed many exciting World Cup matches

I am glad they made it - Sky News reports that it was the British Cave Rescue Council that found them - well done!!!!

Flossie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:10 am Sky reports that they're all going to be taught how to dive as even if they manage to drain some of the water out it's still incredibly dangerous. However let's not forget the amazing rescue of the Chilean miners a few years ago.......!

The water will take 4 months to recede to pre-monsoon levels apparently - it is either getting food in for 4 months and stay put or learn to dive
Not a good place to be! Hope they will have a similar successful outcome as the one Vicky mentioned.

Video about the efforts to rescue the boys and their coach...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wm1kqOMwJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMCwWsUj7pc

Max

What is amazing is the amount of resources that the Thai authorities have consecrated to the rescue. I'm damn sure that many countries would have given up after a couple of days (if that!). Well done, those Thais!

Very interesting side story to this

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36097300

Thanks for finding and sharing the Norwegian cave rescue link, Jim. Absolutely mind-boggling stuff...

Meanwhile, my thoughts are with these 12 kids and their older coach trapped in a water-laden cave deep under Thailand for what might be 4 months more... They might have 4 months of food supplies being sent down to them by the International rescue teams, but WHO is going to give them diving lessons, I wonder?

And what about dry warm bedding and clothes? AL

Rescue actions begun this morning with the aim to get the boys out, one by one, with 2 rescue divers for each boy. The 6 hour journey, partly under water will be very tricky as the water is muddy and some passages underwater are only 60 cm wide with a strong current. The first boy supposed to be in safety at 4 PM our time, so fingers crossed everything goes well. One rescue diver already died 2 days ago when he run out of oxygen returning the 6 hour trip, to lay a oxygen pipe to the boys.
Here a video where one can see how it looks inside the caves....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_-8cSwPv04
Max

It still puzzles me that young boys, inexperienced in caving, were taken on a 6 hr journey into a cave system ?

From the entrance of the cave until the place they were found is 4 km. Without water one could do that trail in about one hour....

Max

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:21 pm From the entrance of the cave until the place they were found is 4 km. Without water one could do that trail in about one hour....

Max

Rubbish! Do you think there is a nice smooth pavement? It is very rough terrain with many places where you would have to wriggle through gaps in rocks. Even speleologists class the cave (dry) as 'difficult' with some places where backpacks have to be dragged after their owner.

cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 1:21 pm From the entrance of the cave until the place they were found is 4 km. Without water one could do that trail in about one hour....
Max

Your point being?

trevnhil wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 12:41 pm It still puzzles me that young boys, inexperienced in caving, were taken on a 6 hr journey into a cave system ?

I think you will find that, once they are hopefully all out, the coach is in a heap of trouble.

2 boys reported in safety now!

Officially two ar on their way to hospital, ambulances have left the cave entrance area. Great news

Hear, Hear..