The process of getting Mark Dickey out of the cave in which he has been stuck for days officially began yesterday and could take a couple of more days because of the cave’s depth.
An American caver who became ill with severe gastric pain while exploring a deep, narrow cave system in Turkey last week has been brought about halfway to safety by a Turkish rescue team and is in good condition, according to the Turkish Caving Federation—but it could take several more days to complete the rescue.... [+]Key Facts
Mark Dickey, 40, began suffering from severe gastric pain last week after descending more than 3,600 feet into Morca Cave in Southern Turkey, according to from the European Cave Rescue Association, but he wasn’t able to be rescued until yesterday, when doctors deemed him “transportable.”from the Turkish Caving Federation on X, formerly known as Twitter, Dickey hadn’t bled or vomited for two days.Dickey had been lifted to about 500 meters—or about 1,640 feet—below surface and was stable, adding the “members of the different rescue teams are in a good physical condition,” as well.
Prior to the rescue evacuation, rescuers from Turkey, Hungary and Bulgaria descended to Dickey’s location in the cave system to treat him.another couple of days as some of the cave’s deep and narrow passages require ascending up rappel ropes and the rescuers are carrying Dickey out on a stretcher.150.
, which is 4,186 feet deep—about the height of about three Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other.Dickey has been an instructor with the National Cave Rescue Commission for a decade and is a “
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