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Squirrel Girl wrote:And the last paragraph says:
Rescue workers had to cut through iron bars and tie together about six 250-foot rescue ropes before penetrating the caves. Three hours later, the youths were located in the darkness.
Well, it would be curious to know how the spelunkers got through the gate. But it's even more curious to know why the rescue workers needed 1500' of rope!
We had an example of this before. There was a similar story reported in South Africa, I think it was.DementedCaver wrote:That kind of "cave" is this anyhow? Cellphones in caves just seems to add a bit more perplexity to the story.
Squirrel Girl wrote:We had an example of this before. There was a similar story reported in South Africa, I think it was.DementedCaver wrote:That kind of "cave" is this anyhow? Cellphones in caves just seems to add a bit more perplexity to the story.
Stridergdm wrote:Or the reporter simply got the facts wrong.
Squirrel Girl wrote:Stridergdm wrote:Or the reporter simply got the facts wrong.
No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't burst my bubble that a news report could be wrong!!!!!!
You mean they read the centimeter scale?Stridergdm wrote:Oh... and when guys measure.... their rulers are a bit exaggerated.
Squirrel Girl wrote:You mean they read the centimeter scale?Stridergdm wrote:Oh... and when guys measure.... their rulers are a bit exaggerated.
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