I hope he moves forward with it. I can see other uses...
I hope he moves forward with it. I can see other uses...
The most amazing thing is that they had to go through the choke point in the opposite direction, running away from the rising waters...Friend posted this on FB.
i keep wondering what they were doing that deep in the cave in the first place, regardless of weather season. that is a serious cave with a lot of narrow and challenging stuff. i would think 2.5 miles in that type of stuff would not be "easy" for experienced cavers, even when completely dry.Friend posted this on FB.
I thought that I'd read that they were fleeing rising waters...i keep wondering what they were doing that deep in the cave in the first place, regardless of weather season. that is a serious cave with a lot of narrow and challenging stuff. i would think 2.5 miles in that type of stuff would not be "easy" for experienced cavers, even when completely dry.
This is correct. They apparently miss judged how fast the water was rising and it got ahead of them.I thought that I'd read that they were fleeing rising waters...
I've seen or heard various "reports" over the last day or so. Not the most important thing in the situation, but I'm amazed at how the stories are all over the place.https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/t...and-boys-soccer-team-2018-07-08-live-updates/
Being reported the coach was in the first group out because he was in the worst shape due to giving the boys all the food and water he had.
https://twitter.com/abc/status/1016305782562926592Officials later confirmed the divers had entered Tham Luang Nang Non cave at about 11am local time (5am BST). “At 11am we sent the second team,” said Narongsak Osatanakorn, the head of the joint command centre coordinating the operation.
He said the conditions that had triggered Sunday’s operation – declining water levels in the cave, the readiness of rescuers and the physical and mental health of the stranded boys – were the same on Monday morning and the rescue had commenced five hours’ earlier than expected.
An official from Thailand’s forestry department said water levels were still declining in the cave thanks to thousands of pumps operating inside and had not been substantially affected by the intermittent rain of the past 48 hours. “The water level is not worrisome,” he said.
The Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, said in a TV interview on Monday morning she believed the boys would be brought out in groups of four. This would mean at least two more operations.
The boys who were rescued on Sunday were strong and safe but needed to undergo detailed medical checks, interior minister Anupong Paojinda had said earlier on Monday.
Jeez! I wondered why it was going so slow. I hadn't even thought about having to take off equipment. It makes it all the more amazing that the boys were able to make it to an area of relative safety...
Wow! Looks like this tight portion of the cave is the only place where the trapped boys and coach will not have positive assistance front and back by the divers. The earlier diagram indicates that the boys do not wear tanks; I could not see them dealing with a tank in this narrow passage. This is a spot where the person could easily panic and they are on their own if the regulator pops out and they have to put it back in their mouth.
The boys will not have to sit an exam scheduled for next week, he added. “They will not have to follow the normal schedules.”
Kittichok Kankeaw, a teammate of Nattawut Takamsai, one of the trapped boys, said he would try to assist his friend to catch up at school. “I can help him with his homework,” he said.
Saw this graphic yesterday.Jeez! I wondered why it was going so slow. I hadn't even thought about having to take off equipment. It makes it all the more amazing that the boys were able to make it to an area of relative safety...
People are just pretending to care anyway.It's a good thing that these kids aren't trapped in cages in America so that more people will care about what happens to them.
Maybe it will come out later, when it quit being a lark and turned into trying to save their lives...Saw this graphic yesterday.
Makes me ask what 92 already did - how could they end up that far back? I understand trying to escape the water, but it's not like they just were running to get away from the water. They were literally crawling.
Vandals.OK, it just came out on NBC. Apparently it was a ritual to race to the end of the cave and write your name on the wall and then back out. They just got caught by the water...