![]() Bill Putnam, NSS Chairman ( Cavechat Forum) "The group split into two, with several children and some adults staying behind in the less treacherous area while some others went looking for "an adventure" in the more advanced parts of the cave." There are apparently several additional constrictions within the body-tight passage, however." ![]() ![]() Anyone with an affinity for crawls might have gone into and pushed such a passage, hoping to find a new part of the cave, or larger passage beyond. Michael Leavitt, Cave Access Manager, Nutty Putty ( Nutty Putty Site) "I am told that the crawl in which John was trapped does not start out going steeply down, but rather goes, in, up, and around a bend before turning downward at a steep angle. Very few people have been up there and he was crawling along head first." John was exploring a passage that is not on the map and you have to go out of your way to locate it and try to crawl. Michael Leavitt, Cave Access Manager, Nutty Putty ( RadioWest Interview) "After reading the articles and hearing the news stories, much of the information regarding his location were not reported accurately. But there was a well marked hole, known as the Birth Canal, everyone wanted to try to make it up through. Now where John went, was about 8-10 feet further down the cave, and on the opposite wall. Sam Penrod and Marc Giauque ( KSL News) "The Birth Canal is the most popular portion of the cave. The actual area in which he is trapped is described as being 18 inches wide and just 8 to 10 inches tall." Andy Armstrong, Cave Rescue ( Incident Report) "The spot he is stuck is known as Ed's Push and is described to be 125 feet below and about 700 feet away from the cave's entrance, requiring someone to meander through numerous confined spaces. The remainder of the passage to its dead-end is very tight and slopes downward at about a 60 degree angle." The passage is mostly belly-crawl size and undulates up and down before taking a decisive turn to the left and downward. Rescue workers were briefly able to lift Jones' high enough to pass him some food and water, but "when they were able to get him raised from where he was stuck, we had a ceiling anchor give way and he fell again," said Cannon."They proceeded to a tight, nasty, passage beyond the well-known Bob’s Push. The small space limited the rescue methods, so volunteers resorted to securing anchors in the cave's walls and tried to pull Jones out by ropes. But when someone is upside down, the lungs "are working against the weight of your liver, of your intestines and the breathing muscles have a difficult time overcoming that."Įventually, Wright said people in a head-down position will most likely die of suffocation.Ĭannon said rescue workers stayed beside Jones in the 18-inch wide and 10-inch high space throughout the ordeal. "The rib cage is built from the top-down so the lungs expand into the body cavity," said Wright. At that position, Wright said it would have been very difficult for Jones to breathe. "It actually was a form of torture and a quick way to kill somebody," said Wright.Ĭannon said Jones' position was nearly "straight up and down" - close to 160 to 170 degree angle. Wright explained hanging upside down for a long period of time could lead to death in a variety of ways and within less than a day - a fact exploited by the ancient Romans who crucified people upside down more often than right side up. Wendy Wright, assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. ![]() "It sounds just absolutely terrifying," said Dr. The hard rock and narrow walls severely limited rescue options, Utah County Sheriff's spokesperson Sergeant Spencer Cannon told .ĭoctors say the head-down position Jones endured made the rescue operation a race against the clock. 26, 2009— - A man who was trapped in a Utah cave for 28 hours before dying Thanksgiving eve had a limited chance of survival because he was stuck upside down, doctors told ABC News.Īt least 100 rescue workers tried to free 26-year-old John Jones of Stansbury Park, Utah after Jones became stuck in a tiny section 150 feet below the surface in the Nutty Putty Cave in Utah County Tuesday evening.
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