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52 WAYS TO DIE IN A CAVE
1. Acetylene explosion (acetylene still used by some as fuel for cave lamps)2. Camp stove explosion (white gas or butane)3. Fall while climbing rock4. Fall while downclimbing rock5. Fall while ascending rope6. Fall while rappelling (descending rope)7. Rockfall8. Dig or tunnel collapse9. Unplanned detachment from rebelay10. Failure to complete change from rappel to ascent, and vice versa11. Prusik knots jammed12. Prusik knots won’t grip13. Ascenders slip on muddy, wet, or icy rope (this one almost got me on a 250-foot drop)14. Strangulation in vertical gear15. Fall from losing grip on handline16. Rope anchor failure 17. Rope failure18. Rope cut by falling rock 19. Ladder failure20. Uncontrolled rappel21. Harness carabiner opens during rappel (as with Chris Yeager)22. Rappel shunt (emergency brake) defeated during rappel23. Unwanted rappel shunt activation24. Rappel off end of rope (as with Alexander Karabikhin)25. Drop rope 26. Rope recoils out of reach after rappel27. Rappel into pit without ascent gear28. Foot hang29. Chemical contamination of rope30. Animals eat rope31. Rappel rack nut falls off32. Hair caught in rappel rack33. Clothing or chinstrap caught in rappel rack34. Sewn sling tears35. Exhaustion36. Hypothermia37. Drowning38. Becoming lost39. Out of light40. Entrapment by flood41. Entrapment by rockfall42. Asphyxiation by methane, carbon dioxide, blast fumes, etc.43. Locked inside gated entrance44. Poisonous snakes and insects45. Struck by lightning while in cave stream46. Struck by lightning while talking on cable telephone to surface47. Rabid bat bite48. Bacterial or fungal infection: histoplasmosis, etc. 49. Hyperthermia (some caves are 130°F)50. Incapacitating injury51. Incapacitating illness52. Stuck in crevice
Copyright 2010 William K. Storage
James M. Tabor’s
BLIND DESCENT
THE QUEST TO DISCOVER THE DEEPEST CAVE ON EARTH
 Coming to paperback 2/15/11
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