Two people were treated by paramedics after the dramatic cave rescue west of Sydney.
SES crews have described the dangerous operation rescue crews embarked on after two people were rescued from treacherous caves west of
Emergency services were called to the Jenolan Caves off Jenolan Caves around 7.20pm yesterday after multiple people became trappedPolice said a man and a woman, who had been exploring the caves as part of a group, both became trapped.The pair were part of a larger adventure group from Canberra that were able to exit the cave and raise the alarm.
The almost ten-hour rescue of the pair unfolded at the cave site, which lies more than 100 kilometres west of Sydney in theEmergency crews waited outside the caves while specialists drilled into the rocks to carve out a path for the man and the woman, who were able to leave the cave just before 5am today.He said cave rescues were a complex operation and described the Jenolan caves as "more dangerous".
"Once we got the man free, we handed him and the female over to paramedics, and it was great to see them both walk away from the scene safe and well despite it taking many hours to get him free. "This was my first rescue in the adventure caves – which are more dangerous as they're in much tighter areas that are difficult to access."Gibbons has been a member of the NSW SES 30 years and has conducted a number of rescues at the caves over the years."We do a lot of training to build our skills, and it was just great to get a successful outcome today.
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