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Bungonia cave rescue 17-Feb-2014 At 7:20:15 PM grantoss

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On 17/02/2014 rodw wrote:
>B4-5 extension is an active stream bed, and always floods in rain events...considering
>the rain was forecast for a week, if they did get trapped there it should
>not have been a surprise. Fossil hogan only the duck under floods...you
>can always get out either end...shaduf floods if a bat does a piss, so
>again weather should have been a warning.
>
>Theyseriously should not have got stuck doing any of them as bungonia
>caves have got to be one of the best documented caving areas in the country...glad
>they are alright...kudos to the rescuers too...cave rescue is often a very
>hard task.

so you reckon they just got stuck on the wrong end of the rat run? That wouldnt be too bad, at least you would know that its an easy rescue out B17. would suck if you got stuck in one of the couple of stand up sections in the rat run.... worst case would be if you were down the very end near the lake