Further down in Fritz' post, Jim McLane said:
Just what's wrong with caving alone? With the exception of Floyd Collins'
entrapment in 1925 (he wouldn't have died if the local coal miners
had gone to
work promptly to free him) I challenge you to point to even one single modern
fatality that has occurred because a person was caving alone.
Plenty of cave divers have died alone in a cave, but it's
not clear that many of them would have fared any better with a
buddy. In fact I think solo sump diving is often considered safer
than having a buddy because the buddy can be more hindrance than
help. Probably the most famous case of a solo caver disappearing is
Alex Pitcher, a young Brit who disappeared in the Gouffre Berger in
1987. His body was not found until the following year, in a
previously unknown passage where he had fallen and/or been entrapped
by falling rock. It was a famous mystery.
Mark Minton
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