The only thing I found in common with Nullabor was both take place in a cave. Nullabor wasn't a diving trip & was 13 people & no one died or was seriously injured. Karen
--- On Mon, 2/7/11, David Ochel <[email protected]> wrote: From: David Ochel <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sanctum To: [email protected] List-Post: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 7, 2011, 10:57 PM So, Bill, Is there anything on: > Based on the true story of co-writer Andrew Wight. He once went cave > diving and became trapped with fourteen other people in a cave for > two days. Their entrance collapsed and they had to look for another > way out. > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0881320/trivia in your library? Here is what Google found: http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/sanctum-the-real-story-6322/blog http://www.cavediving.com.au/cave-diving-articles/1988/12/4/13-hauled-to-safety-from-cave/ By the way, as opposed to others, I was reasonably entertained by the movie... ;-) Cheers, David On 1/27/11 6:48 PM, Mixon Bill wrote: > They certainly do play fast and loose with geography. The original event > on which the story was based was in Australia. The cave in the movie is > said to be in Papua New Guinea, which is a great area for caves, but > with its high relief, I wouldn't expect the very long, easy (except for > length) sumps like in the original cave in Australia. And then of course > some of the stuff appears to have been shot at Golondrinas in Mexico. > Poetic license. -- Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > A fearless man cannot be brave. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: [email protected] > AMCS: [email protected] or [email protected] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Visit our website: http://texascavers.com > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- David Ochel, mailto:[email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
