Popular Post webfact Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 Timing of team’s discovery in cave was matter of luck: NYT File photo : John Volanthen (right) walks with Richard William Stanton during rescue operation in Chiang Rai province recently. They are two of three UK cave divers who came to Thailand to help find the missing Mu Pa Academy football team. The British diver found the 12 missing boys and their assistant coach trapped inside Tham Luang cave because he ran out of a guiding rope, forcing him to the water’s surface, according to The New York Times. John Volanthen was placing guidelines in an attempt to get closer to the missing team in the flooded cave network when he found the boys. As he came to the water’s surface, “there they were, all 13, staring at him through the light of his headlamp,” according to the Times. If his line had been even 15 feet shorter, he would have turned back and not reached them on that Monday night dive. The group would have spent at least another night on its own in the pitch black, not knowing if a rescue would ever come. “Literally, he finished his line, stuck the line reel in the mud, and they were looking down,” Vernon Unsworth, his friend and fellow cave explorer, said on Tuesday. With the search officially turning to a rescue operation on Tuesday, the main questions now have been the best way, and the best time, to get the boys and their coach out of the cave. The three British cave diving experts have been praised across Thailand and the world for using their expertise to aid in the discovery of the missing team trapped in one of the longest caves in Thailand after a flash flood hit their exit. The mission was considered a mission impossible considering the fact that there were no detailed maps and the cave was under heavy floods. Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30349280 -- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-04 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 Fortune favours the brave. 29 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post petermik Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 7 hours ago, VocalNeal said: Fortune favours the brave. They went for it and ALL involved were rewarded.... 16 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post anon537687643 Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 The Best Caving Divers in the World From UK! Fact Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect 18 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Topdoc Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) The Brits got a bit lucky with the football result too ? Edited July 4, 2018 by Topdoc 7 3 2 1 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, webfact said: The mission was considered a mission impossible considering the fact that there were no detailed maps and the cave was under heavy floods. Didn't I read that a Brit had explored in there before and produced his own detailed map? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grollies Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 20 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Didn't I read that a Brit had explored in there before and produced his own detailed map? Yep, big Vern. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jossthaifarang Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, markaoffy said: The Best Caving Divers in the World From UK! Fact Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect No need to gloat mate, sometimes you get a better result when you don't so o.. 8 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Topdoc said: The Brits got a bit lucky Their history is replete with examples of victory being snatched from the jaws of failure. 6 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Inepto Cracy Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 10 minutes ago, VocalNeal said: Their history is replete with examples of victory being snatched from the jaws of failure. So too, their history is completed with stories and news of snatching Defeat from the jaws of Victory. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nabbie Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 Hope they can have a chance to watch World cup final.... 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Topdoc said: The Brits got a bit lucky with the football result too ? The harder you work, the luckier you get. 13 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Exactly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post wanderluster Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 dont forget this was not a 2-3 man job. 1000 people worked very hard for this outcome, and it would not have been possible without them all. 24 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scubascuba3 Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 dont forget this was not a 2-3 man job. 1000 people worked very hard for this outcome, and it would not have been possible without them all.Without this small specialist team its doubtful they would have been found so quickly 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SpeakeasyThai Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Topdoc said: The Brits got a bit lucky with the football result too ? Britain or 'Brits' as you state is actually England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The football team you are referring to is England. I hazard a guess and would assume you are from United States in North America. Fear not, it's not uncommon for your breed to be so geographical ignorant. ? Edited July 4, 2018 by SpeakeasyThai 9 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrTuner Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 Luck? How about skill. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Baerboxer Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Topdoc said: The Brits got a bit lucky with the football result too ? Playing another team of South American wrestlers whose luck ran out. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peperobi Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 3 hours ago, webfact said: If his line had been even 15 feet shorter, he would have turned back and not reached them on that Monday night dive. The group would have spent at least another night on its own in the pitch black, not knowing if a rescue would ever come. If my grandma has the balls would be my grandpa! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VocalNeal Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 (edited) Maybe we are all missing the underlying message here. Brits are masters of understatement. If the guy said he was lucky and just happened to run out of line. What he really means is that it could have been anyone in the team and it simply happened to be him. Edited July 4, 2018 by VocalNeal 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 3 hours ago, Topdoc said: The Brits got a bit lucky with the football result too ? Ah another clueless clever dick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jossthaifarang Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 23 minutes ago, SpeakeasyThai said: Britain or 'Brits' as you state is actually England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The football team you are referring to is England. I hazard a guess and would assume you are from United States in North America. Fear not, it's not uncommon for your breed to be so geographical ignorant. ? Ouch! 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 3 hours ago, markaoffy said: The Best Caving Divers in the World From UK! Fact That's not a fact, they did not do it on their own, they are just a small part of a big rescue team of equally proficient divers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, scubascuba3 said: 1 hour ago, wanderluster said: dont forget this was not a 2-3 man job. 1000 people worked very hard for this outcome, and it would not have been possible without them all. Without this small specialist team its doubtful they would have been found so quickly That's only your opinion based on nothing at all, the British divers are not a "small specialist team" they are two divers working with the rest of the huge team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thingamabob Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, jossthaifarang said: No need to gloat mate, sometimes you get a better result when you don't so o.. Strange comment 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post oldlakey Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Just Weird said: That's not a fact, they did not do it on their own, they are just a small part of a big rescue team of equally proficient divers. These people where called in because they are the BEST why would you want or accept second best 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cranky Posted July 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2018 44 minutes ago, SpeakeasyThai said: Britain or 'Brits' as you state is actually England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The football team you are referring to is England. I hazard a guess and would assume you are from United States in North America. Fear not, it's not uncommon for your breed to be so geographical ignorant. ? Really? Pedantic doesn't even come close. Who cares where they came from or what the UK is made up of; they were clearly brilliant at what they do and credit must be given to who identified them and got them here so quickly. The lads are being rescued but let's save the real celebrations for when they surface. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heybuz Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Who cares good luck or good planning it worked 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 25 minutes ago, jossthaifarang said: Ouch! Education no substitute for it, it trumps ignorance every time 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlakey Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 4 minutes ago, Cranky said: Really? Pedantic doesn't even come close. Who cares where they came from or what the UK is made up of; they were clearly brilliant at what they do and credit must be given to who identified them and got them here so quickly. The lads are being rescued but let's save the real celebrations for when they surface. 5555555555555555555555555555555 Wrong football team my man 55555555555555555555555555555555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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