Mark Dickey suffered gastrointestinal bleeding while exploring Turkey’s Morca cave, leaving him unable to climb up thousands of feet on his own.
Rescue teams from Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy and Poland will form a task force led by the Italian contingent,“The cave has been divided into seven sections, with different cave rescue teams working to prepare each section for Mark’s passage,” Baker said. “This includes adapting the current rigging to rescue rigging, which can hold more weight and is in good places to put in haul systems. It also means enlarging the passages so that a litter can fit through.
Dickey will assist in his rescue, but to keep his condition stable, he will be put on a litter “for at least part of the time,” Baker said. “Using the litter protects him, but also means that it will take longer to get out of the cave, as there are many narrow, tight sections on the route out, and the litter is harder to fit through than a human body,” she added.
Dickey himself is an experienced caver who has rescued people and taught rescue classes for the U.S. National Cave Rescue Commission, Baker said. “These experiences mean that he knows what is in store for him now that he is the person who needs to be rescued.”
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