![]() His ankles and feet were freeīut were of little use as gravity pushed him down. Underneath him, and the other forced backward. Him out but only managed to inch him up a little. Anxious of how much the rock had swallowed John, Josh tried to pull His brother Josh who was following him was the first one toįind John. Trapped more than 100 feet below the ground, and deep inside the cave, all John could do was wait and pray. This size is comparable to the opening of a front-loading washing machine, except it wasn’t a perfect circle and he was stuck in the tightest part of the opening. The narrow crevice he was trapped in measured 10 by 18 inches. To top things off, he had wriggled into a fissure that went nearly straight down, which made him unable to turn back on his own. In any case, John kept pushing through until he couldn’t continue. Ed’s Push has four uncharted passageways at its end, but they are all too small for a human (if he instead pushed into the Scout Eater, it similarly has a small passageway that doesn’t lead anywhere). It does not lead anywhere, at least nowhere a 6-foot 200-pound man can fit. Now, Ed’s Push does not lead to a larger room. It is unclear from the conflicting sources on the internet whether John entered the Birth Canal and accidentally turned and wriggled into the Scout Eater or if he had missed the Birth Canal entirely and crawled into another passageway, just next to the Birth Canal, called Ed’s Push. The tunnel got wider at the bottom, but it was already too late. Confidently, John pressed forward, perhaps noticing He continued to inchįorward, but the narrow passage did not come to an end instead, the squeeze John went first: he wriggledįorward for some time but did not see any larger area. Passageway that eventually opens up into a larger room. Josh, and two of their friends decided to take up a challenge they had heardĪbout – namely passing through the Birth Canal, a narrow and challenging The party hadĮxplored the largest room in the cave, aptly named the Big Slide. Group that finally entered the Nutty Putty Cave.Įverything went smooth for an hour or so. ![]() They weren’t alone: 9 more friends andĪcquaintances had joined them, so by caving standards, it was quite a large on Wednesday, just a few days before Thanksgiving when Rekindle their love for caving and picked Nutty Putty Cave as their nextĬonquest. On November 24, 2009, the brothers John and Josh decided to “They’ve never been to Nutty Putty before, but they toured many harder caves in the Logan area that required vertical climbing skills,” said Leavitt, one of dozens of cavers who volunteered with the unsuccessful rescue effort.Picture of John Jones. Reservations and an access pass are required to explore the cave, with usage restricted to about six groups daily.Ĭave access manager Michael Leavitt said John Jones and his group had a pass and were experienced cavers. Nutty Putty Cave is privately owned by Utah’s State Institutional Trust Land Administration. Search and rescue workers successfully rescued two people from the same spot in the 1,500-foot-long cave during the same week in 2004. “It’s not very often where you come in, you have high hopes and you are going into an operation you have done before with success and then you get into a situation where it doesn’t go as you planned.” But in the hours after he became wedged again, Jones’ physical condition deteriorated. Rescuers were able to get him food and water during that temporary freedom. Jones was freed from the crevice late Wednesday afternoon but fell back several feet into the tight space when an anchor in the cave roof that supported the pulley system failed, Cannon said. The crevice was about 150 feet below ground in an L-shaped area of the cave known as “Bob’s Push,” which is only about 18 inches wide and 10 inches high, said Utah County sheriff’s spokesman Sgt. ![]() At times, more than 50 rescuers were involved in trying to free him. The 6-foot-tall, 190-pound spelunker got stuck with his head at an angle below his feet about 9 p.m. John Jones was part of a group of 11 people exploring the cave passages. ![]() Cannon said recovery work can be more aggressive than a rescue because the victim’s well-being is considered differently. Rescue teams had been using drilling equipment to try to free Jones from the cave. It’s unclear when the effort will resume. The effort to recover John Jones’ body from the cave was on hold Thursday as the sheriff’s office tried to determine how best to proceed, Sgt. ![]() Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]()
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