The international team that rescued them included caving experts and specialist cave divers. One of the rescuers, a Thai navy diver, died on the way out of the flooded cave.
In the UK, most cave divers have many years of "dry" caving experience before starting to dive. The two British cavers belong to the South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue Team, which is made up of cavers who have undergone specialist rescue and diving training. Mr Allen, of the British Caving Association, says "clearly caving is hazardous" - but that accidents are uncommon.
Mr Allen, who has helped discover large river caves in Papua New Guinea and an underground system in Borneo, says it has become safer over the years thanks to advances in weather forecasting and synthetic clothing to keep warm.
The year-old, who has caved since he was a teenager and continues to go twice a week, has only ever been involved in two incidents. In one, when he was flooded into a cave overnight after a "weather bomb" of rain, the local rescue team was called and the group managed to get out without any problems. Mark Fox, an instructor at the Peak District Survival School, says people are often anxious and fearful when he leads them into a cave for the first time.
But the reward? He recalls seeing the remains of skeletons of prehistoric sabre-toothed tigers, rhinoceroses and bears during a caving trip to Scotland. Student Mr Morgan, who is originally from Abergavenny, said there is "something humbling about seeing the guts of the Earth Ari Cooper-Davis, 22, from Cumbria, says it can be "therapeutic", but adds: "That's not to say that it's peaceful though.
Chris Binding, a professional caver in the Mendip Hills in Somerset, describes caving as "the next best thing to being on another planet" and a "sensory overload". But he insists that it is safer than most non-cavers tend to believe.
Mr Cooper-Davis admits that on paper, caving does not sound like much fun. You get sore knees, bump your head on the roof, and have to crawl through thick mud. There are some magnificently beautiful things underground too, like chambers full of sparkling crystals, or spectacular waterfalls thundering down shafts of bright sunlight.
It's a magical feeling. The extensive labyrinth is made up of million year old rocks and there are plenty of impressive stalagmites and stalactites. Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Log In Register now My account. By i Team. July 5, pm Updated August 24, pm.
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