I did cave exploration just once in my life, and I had to pass through narrow places, some of which needed me to "compress" my chest and controlling my breath. He was almost completely upsidedown so gravity was fighting against him. People much smaller than him had gotten stuck nearer to the entrance of this tunnel. There was a degree of guess work in regard to the angels of the pulleys and ropes as they wound through the tunnel.Ħ) John was around 6 feet tall and 200 pounds. It wasn't possible to widen the tunnel.ĥ) Because of how narrow and long the tunnel was only one rescuer could access John at a time. There wasn't room for heavy machinery or drills in the tunnel so only hand tools could be used in the rescue attempt and it was often taking over an hour to attach a single pulley to the tunnel walls. This problem was compounded because the tunnel was so narrow. It took a very long time to drill or chisel any pulley attachment. This however was likely to put him into shock and kill him.)ģ) He was around 40 minutes into a tunnel, so a system of pulleys had to be constructed to attach to him, rather than just directly pulling.Ĥ) The rock around him and in all of the tunnel was very hard.
(It was considered at one point that to successfully remove him his legs would likely have to be broken. There was a ledge above his feet which prevented direct access to his ankles.
One arm was stuck between his chest and the rock, the other dangling above his head, so he had no way to push. So there was a low time limit.Ģ) He was oriented poorly in a couple ways.
People die in around 24 hours due to blood pooling in the head and lungs. Many things added and made pulling him out more challenging than it might initially seem.ġ) He was stuck upsidedown. It's tough to describe, the answer is that they did.
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