The boys are on the way out

From the ABC blog.

Here's a quick recap of what's happened today:

• Four boys have been rescued from the cave complex
• The first boy was brought out at 8:37pm AEST- about three hours ahead of schedule
• Nine members of the soccer team remain in the cave
• Rescue chief says they will need 10-20 hours to prepare for next phase of the operation
• The rescue mission started at 1:00pm AEST on Sunday

And how would the mini sub get through a squeeze where human divers need to take their gear off to get past?

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Originally Posted by cripesamighty

And how would the mini sub get through a squeeze where human divers need to take their gear off to get past?

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Yes my thoughts exactly. Just imagine dragging the sub tube in for 2km over rocks etc before it even got wet.

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Originally Posted by cripesamighty

And how would the mini sub get through a squeeze where human divers need to take their gear off to get past?

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If its the one in the vidio that he has made it would be workable to manouver as it is quit slender , top marks to him , any one trying to help is a bonus .

As a caver, I was thinking more along the lines of having to bend at the waist to get through some spots, which that sub wouldn't be able to do. If that particular cave is navigable by that sub, then by all means send it as a rescue aid.

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Originally Posted by cripesamighty

As a caver, I was thinking more along the lines of having to bend at the waist to get through some spots, which that sub wouldn't be able to do. If that particular cave is navigable by that sub, then by all means send it as a rescue aid.

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As a speleo also in a younger life, I needed double jointed elbows and knees way too often to see how that sub could work. Imagine being locked up inside it!

Excellent news, as someone said, "The Man Upstairs" is definitely looking out for them.
Anyway, what my wife has said, and she is a bit of a "risk taker", Kokoda, Free Fall Parachute jumping etc etc, so she's very conscious of "safety", someone should be accountable for letting the boys in there in the first place.
Pickles.

No “man upstairs” involved for these lucky lads.
They’re Buddhist [emoji41]

Excellent work by all the rescue team to coordinate and execute a challenging rescue.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

No “man upstairs” involved for these lucky lads.
They’re Buddhist [emoji41]

Excellent work by all the rescue team to coordinate and execute a challenging rescue.

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But He looks after everyone!
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by Pickles2

Excellent news, as someone said, "The Man Upstairs" is definitely looking out for them.
Anyway, what my wife has said, and she is a bit of a "risk taker", Kokoda, Free Fall Parachute jumping etc etc, so she's very conscious of "safety", someone should be accountable for letting the boys in there in the first place.
Pickles.

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I am not that conversant with the Thai culture, but I suspect that this concept, that "someone should be accountable" is as foreign to their culture, as it was to ours a few decades ago.