John Jones got stuck spelunking in the nutty putty cave. Why didn't they just drill into it to get him out, or even just do a controlled explosion to make access?
Warning: This story is harrowing and is not for those who struggle emotionally with confined spaces
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaIoXN-7FjM
What a terrible way to die. The psychological and physical suffering must have been immense. It is especially horrible that the man's body could not be recovered and was left inside when the cave was permanently sealed.
The video's comments section makes for an interesting read.
I only found out about this a few days ago but it's been haunting my mind since. It's just such a terrifying tragedy. (Search "nutty putty cave" to see the full story.)
I just wondered... If the poor guy had fallen into a vertical dead end that he couldn't have pushed himself out of - and that pulley apparatuses were unreliable to help with - could he have been passed objects to build a growing platform of self support to help raise up his position? Like if he was handed jenga blocks could he have raised his height to make yanking him out feasible, instead of engineering a pulley system?
why wouldnt they use tools/machines to break up the rocks that were making him stuck? explosives? i think he could have been saved. he was stuck so i dont know why the rescuers thought pulling him would be a good idea beings that he cant move. rip to him tho.
if ur not familiar with what happened, in 2009, john jones, who was 26 years old with a wife went cave diving to a famous cave called nutty putty in utah. it was an incredibly small space to get through and he ended up getting stuck upside down somehow. he was stuck for 27 hours and unfortunately couldnt be rescued by the people he went cave diving with/rescue team that was there helping him before suffocating and heart failure. nutty putty’s small cave entrance was closed off for good and with johns body still there to this day which is a memorial site for him.
I'm currently binge watching the videos, but haven't seen all of them, so I don't know if Mr. Ballen already made a video about this topic.
Here's a link explaining what happened.
This is my biggest fear... getting stuck somewhere and not being able to get out. Poltergeists? Zombies? Crazy axe-murderers? No problem... come at me, bro. But not being able to move? Nope.
Edit: If he already made a video about it, would someone be so kind and post the link? Thanks!
If you haven’t covered the Nutty Putty cave incident you should consider it, it seems to be custom tailored for your channel!
Truly a tragic story. From what I’ve read, this system was particularly restrictive, posing a good challenge. The area where John (may he Rest In Peace) was exploring was “unmapped”. What I don’t understand is how a cave that was so popular and known about for decades wasn’t fully mapped out.
I've been obsessively consuming claustrophobia media lately , and have noticed that I get the same broad range of emotion imagining myself caving as I do trying to rush any project. The dread from knowing you don't have time to make something as great as it can possibly be is something else.
If I get overzealous and don't control my breathing I will make an insane five second edit over the course of five hours and promptly burn out and take a nap. Deadline missed I don't eat that week. If I breath and focus on working in intervals I can make magic happen for my client, even though it might not be the crisp, barrier-shattering work I always imagine myself editing. But in large part learning is for learning, work is for work.
Anyway, there's value in doing shit work in a short amount of time, it's all about knowing how to structure workflow and doing things one step at a time. The patience required for this type of thing is underestimated; I think my most variable and most important ability as an editor is the capacity to deal with tedium. It's good to have a proper pace.
Back to work :D
This came in my head just before going to bed. But please look into this, what happened in Utah. It's very fascinating and freightening.
It seems most of the major spelunking accidents or story occur in this state? Why is that? I have done some caving and I have never gotten a definite answer with my grotto about them. Anyone know why? I would love some context on why all of these and some of them I didn’t mention are so famous
Dude gets stuck in a cave and slowly dies as rescue team and family bid him farewell via radio.
A guy was trapped while cave-exploring and couldn’t be saved due to him being wedged. Here’s the article if you’d like to learn more.
Why couldn’t they just mine the cave to get him out? Was it a time-sensitive/law issue?
Story: https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/6yjog3/spelunker_john_jones_stuck_upside_down_in_a_cave/
Just read about this dude. He was down the cave upside down for over 24 hours, I figure they could have at least taken a chisel or hammer and picked away at the surrounding rock to loosen his body up? Am I missing something?
