Teens rescued after five hours trapped at mouth of cave

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Teens rescued after five hours trapped at mouth of cave

Postby Wayne Harrison » Feb 9, 2007 11:52 am

As two teens now know, it's easier to climb to Hognose Cave in the mountains north of Ogden than it is to get back down.

A rescue team that included 17 climbers spent about four hours Thursday night retrieving the two 16-year-olds from the mouth of the cave near 900 N. Mountain Road, according to Weber County Deputy Brent Butler.

Apparently lured by the spring-like weather, the boys decided to hike to the cave after school. They didn't have any gear or warm clothing, and the cell phones they carried didn't have service on the mountain, Butler said.

The deputy described the area of Hognose Cave as a "flytrap" on the mountain. "You can get up there on all fours, but once you're up it's really difficult to get back down without climbing gear," he said.

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Postby George Dasher » Feb 9, 2007 2:48 pm

That's amazing.

People were lost in the entrance room of a cave, and it wasn't Bowden Cave.
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Postby adleedy » Feb 9, 2007 9:41 pm

George Dasher wrote:That's amazing.

People were lost in the entrance room of a cave, and it wasn't Bowden Cave.





too funny :laughing:
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Postby MoonshineR DavE » Feb 9, 2007 10:36 pm

George Dasher wrote:That's amazing.

People were lost in the entrance room of a cave, and it wasn't Bowden Cave.


Sad but true.
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Postby Herman Miller » Feb 9, 2007 10:39 pm

uh oh, there going to want to put a cap on another cave in ogden
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Postby speloman » Feb 11, 2007 12:27 am

Hopefully not that would be sad.
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Postby Cavemarine » Feb 26, 2007 9:35 pm

adleedy wrote:
George Dasher wrote:That's amazing.

People were lost in the entrance room of a cave, and it wasn't Bowden Cave.





too funny :laughing:


LOL..When did this happen? That was the first cave I have ever been in and I do remember being lost in the entrance for about 20 minutes. :oops:
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