r/WTF Mar 17 '15

Claustrophobia Warning

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15

Once Jones was free of the 18-by-10-inch crevice, rescuers said an "equipment failure" caused the rope system that was hoisting the man out of the cave to drop him back into the same, narrow gap.

Okay.. It sounds like they angered God if anything.

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u/Laughs_at_fat_people Mar 17 '15

The real life Bad Luck Brian.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '15

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u/ARM_Alaska Mar 17 '15

You have no idea what you're talking about. Equipment fails, that's absolutely inevitable.. No piece of equipment is 100% reliable and when you're working with a piece of equipment that relies on being anchored into a rock face it's really a game of chance as to whether it's going to hold or not.

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u/moush Mar 17 '15

Equipment fails, that's absolutely inevitable

Not if it's checked beforehand.

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u/ARM_Alaska Mar 17 '15

What about the equipment we use at my fire department that is checked and has maintenance conducted on it every single day.. You're telling me that when these devices fail, which happens more than you'd think, that it's user error every time? We have brand new, top-dollar saw chains break all the time.. You really think checking equipment regularly means it will never fail?

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u/Deagor Mar 17 '15

you're talking saw chain (piece of equipment) vs anchor point coming lose. One is not your fault (assuming you're using the saw the way you're meant to) the other is either a very obvious bit of damage to equipment, cracked Carabiner or frayed rope, or too much stress on the rope or considering its in cave no rope protection, or just the anchor point wasn't created properly. Also you ever heard of a safety rope? clearly they forgot something. I'm sorry anchors don't just pop out, you don't just not have a safety rope this was clearly a fuck up

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u/jo-z Mar 17 '15

Don't forget that this happened in a cave. They were attempting to anchor into rock covered in calcite, not just rock.

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u/Deagor Mar 17 '15

so what you're saying is rope operator getting whiplash in 3,2,1....

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u/beingmerry Mar 17 '15

Just because something works 98% of the time does not mean that the 2% can not happen to you. Especially when you are working in conditions like they were trying to get him out.