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Blue_true

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34. Actually, if you are in a situation where you have no choice but overcome it, you will.

Reply to Rorey (Reply #22)

Sun Jul 8, 2018, 06:31 PM

Jul 2018

Nothing focuses the mind like a stake choice.

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This Thai cave rescue "choke point" video is stunning. It's a miracle they even found them, [View all] catbyte Jul 2018 OP

'His' not fully baked utterances. 🤥 Embarrassing. eom sprinkleeninow Jul 2018 #1

If there was 12 fatalities, he wouldn't say a word. Kittycow Jul 2018 #2

You said Trump tried to take credit----nothing that you posted implies virgogal Jul 2018 #3

Agree. B2G Jul 2018 #10

Yesterday and the day before there were several threads complaining he had NOT said anything! Tipperary Jul 2018 #31

I haven't read that there are any Americans on scene. There are Thai, British, & Aussie catbyte Jul 2018 #11

There are some Americans, including in the cave divers muriel_volestrangler Jul 2018 #19

Of course there are Americans on the scene. virgogal Jul 2018 #30

Yes, there are Americans on scene. Tipperary Jul 2018 #32

now imagine doing that with the tunnel flooded lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #4

nightmare Ikeoftheprairie Jul 2018 #29

I get claustrophobia just looking at the video.. pangaia Jul 2018 #5

Thoughts and prayers because that's all I've got hamsterjill Jul 2018 #6

Though that is not the actual cave... demmiblue Jul 2018 #7

They said that the choke point is the approximate width of this video & that's one of the catbyte Jul 2018 #12

That video is previous video from caver Keith Edwards Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #8

The choke point is 15 inches wide, which is about this width. The place they entered is catbyte Jul 2018 #13

Actually the choke point is 24 inches by 30 inches Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #18

I figured those kids never could have gone through all that. Ligyron Jul 2018 #21

Can you imagine someone being claustrophobic having to do that? Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #28

How in the world did they get 3 miles into the cave in the first place? hedda_foil Jul 2018 #9

Something does not make sense here. Baitball Blogger Jul 2018 #15

But then couldn't the divers have simply taken that route? W_HAMILTON Jul 2018 #16

It's [robably confusing because the route you access on foot is very different Baitball Blogger Jul 2018 #17

But -- even if filled with water -- wouldn't you be able to dive the route accessed by foot? W_HAMILTON Jul 2018 #25

First of all the video is not real video from the cave Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #20

Video appears to be made in England and Wales. sl8 Jul 2018 #14

I can confidently state I'll never go into another cave Rorey Jul 2018 #23

I once went down a passage where the ceiling was 6 inches above my face. Blue_true Jul 2018 #33

You couldn't pay me enough to do that kind of caving. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #27

Same here. nt Duppers Jul 2018 #37

A living nightmare Rorey Jul 2018 #22

If I didn't have it before I might now. That whole thing gave me the heebie jeebies. Afromania Jul 2018 #26

Actually, if you are in a situation where you have no choice but overcome it, you will. Blue_true Jul 2018 #34

I sincerely hope they all get out safely; the boys, coach and rescuers. What an ordeal Fla Dem Jul 2018 #24

Bad choice on the adult's part, especially with signage around giving warnings. Blue_true Jul 2018 #35

Those kids were thin to begin with, and after 9 days with virtually no food, they're even thinner. tblue37 Jul 2018 #36