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Students die trapped in frigid Ga. cave waterfall

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LaFAYETTE, Ga. — Two college students have died in a Georgia cave after rappelling into a waterfall and getting stuck under the frigid water.

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Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson named the men as 20-year-old Grant Lockenbach and 18-year-old Michael Pirie.

Authorities say they were among 10 students from Gainesville, Fla., who went exploring in Ellison's Cave on Saturday.

Witnesses told officials that someone dropped a bag down a pit. They say Lockenbach rappelled down to retrieve the bag but got tangled in his ropes. They say Pirie went down to help but also got stuck.
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Students die trapped in frigid Ga. cave waterfall - U.S. news - Life - msnbc.com


what the hell? the guys are dangling at the end of some 100' ropes. why did it take 8 hours to grab the damn ropes and pull them up?


I couldn't get the video to load, was there any more details in the vid?
 
liblady said:
it took 8 hours to retrieve the bodies.........i'm sure they weren't in a hurry at that point.
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unless these guys weighed 300 pounds each, a couple of people in their group should've been able to pull them up. it's not like they fell into the pit and died instantly. they repelled down and their ropes got tangled. someone at the top should've been able to pull them up.

and what are the odds of both guys getting their ropes tangled? either these guys were dumbasses who didn't know what they were doing and had no business in a cave, or there is more to this story than what was reported in the article.
 
OscarB63 said:
unless these guys weighed 300 pounds each, a couple of people in their group should've been able to pull them up. it's not like they fell into the pit and died instantly. they repelled down and their ropes got tangled. someone at the top should've been able to pull them up.

and what are the odds of both guys getting their ropes tangled? either these guys were dumbasses who didn't know what they were doing and had no business in a cave, or there is more to this story than what was reported in the article.
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the rappelled down and got stuck, 100 ft down. who knows what condition they were in when they got stuck?
 
Good odds that large quantities of beer were involved.

Rapelling down is one thing. Getting back up again is an entirely different matter. Not too bright.
 
CriticalThought said:
Here is a slightly more comprehensive article.

'Tragic': Students died from possible hypothermia after getting trapped in a cave | Mail Online
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tragic... but Darwin...

Walker County Sheriff Steve Wilson said that the students broke away from the group and decided to explore by themselves.

He said: 'They were only dressed in T-shirts and jogging shorts and certainly were not dressed appropriately for going in a cave.

'It is not a place for inexperienced cavers.'
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'It was a bad decision to go there as it was well above their skill level.'
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