- “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.”
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&l...
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
> Volanthen is a computer engineer who runs marathons in his spare time and lives in Bristol.
These guys are basically superheroes.