Thai cave rescue: What it's like inside a cave complex in Chiang Rai--7/7/2018

[Equinox Moon]

So, they didn't have light to find their way and they have been in the dark for 2 weeks. How did they not panic? Maybe they did.

May this have a good ending.

[Adsos Letter]

1. I read somewhere (no link, sorry)

I read somewhere that the adult leader of the group was once a Buddhist monk, and that he was guiding the kids in meditation exercises to control panic. No link to verify this, but an internet search might find it.

[Tanuki]

4. Very likely that he was once a monk. The vast majority of Thai Buddhist men

spend a period of a few weeks or months living as a monk in a monastery. This usually takes place before they get married and is considered part of a man's preparation for taking his place as an adult in the community, rather than the lifelong commitment typically associated with monastic life in the West.

[Adsos Letter]

5. Yes, I had read that in the same article or post (I think it was on Twitter).

Apparently this coach was different, in that he was actually a monk for several years.

Sounds as if you may have read the same article or post as I did. Do you recall where you saw it? I'm now thinking that it may have been an article from Raw Story posted on FB.

[Kittycow]

2. I panic during an MRI.

I would have lost it beyond my comprehension if this happened to me.

A lot of people are saying that the kids might panic during the dive out, especially in the narrowest channel where scuba tanks have to be temporarily removed, but maybe that's selling the kids short in light of them being trapped in total darkness for two weeks.

At any rate, I want to be optimistic for them.

[JI7]

10. This is a great point. From what we saw and heard of them

They seemed to be in pretty decent shape mentally. And this is after having already been down there for days without any contact with the outside.

I think that could maybe help them to get through this.

[tomhagen]

3. Better not panic underwater

Just imagine being underwater in the dark not knowing where you are; hooked to a breathing line if you panic your’e dead. Best of luck but I think this could turn into a tragedy

[The Wielding Truth]

6. I heard that it's a six hr trip in and 6 hr out for the experts. This is quite a fix to be in.

[spike jones]

7. Here is another caving tragedy from 1925

that shows how hard rescue is in a cave. I hope this one has a better outcome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins

[dalton99a]

11. A tragedy with a weird aftermath:

https://roadtrippers.com/stories/mammoth-cave-used-to-have-the-corpse-of-a-man-on-display-meet-william-floyd-collins

[certainot]

8. as muddy as it sounds, it could be hard to light it up underwater but they ought to have

a way to stretch something like christmas lights or something luminous right before they try, for particular parts of it that might cause panic.

[JI7]

9. I would attempt to climb everest before going down there