noharleyyet
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Worked construction in OKC with a former tunnel rat. Damn good dude, he didn't talk much and I didn't ask. Small guy that exuded deserved respect.
Caving
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Southern Elk
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I’ve never been in a cave. There’s not much that scares me, but going inside of a cave does.
Straight Arrow
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Knew of a similar guy who cleared VC tunnels when US forces entered Laos during Vietnam. He told the story of encountering a defected US soldier in a tunnel, a defector who tried to convince him to defect. When asked how he responded, he calmly explained that he just merely put the guy out of his traitorous misery with a bullet in the head from the pistol always carried in tunnel clearing.
I've done some 'cavern' SCUBA diving in the past. It wasn't the super squeeze that true cave diving is, but it was dark and terrifying enough. Luckily I had a guide and there was a rope to hang onto so it would have been tough to get lost. I also did some dry land spelunking in Turkey after college. It was pretty fun, but also terrifying at points. We have a big cave here locally that is pretty neat to explore, but there is no chance of dying, which I like.
npaden
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Wow. Never heard that story before. I got sucked into reading the daily updates. What a way to go.
Sheltowee
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Might want to check this book out, then: https://www.kentuckypress.com/9781985903326/trapped/
The Sand Cave tragedy was one of the first live, on-the-scene media events in the radio age.
When I was a kid I went with my dad and brother to Gypsum cave near Las Vegas. The first time we went we only had a lantern for light. Once inside a ways there was a room that opened up and we couldn't see the far side with that light.
Back then it seemed like an adventure
. Now I doubt I would do it again.
Back then it seemed like an adventure
. Now I doubt I would do it again.
