![]() Very few people have been up there and he was crawling along head first." John was exploring a passage that is not on the map and you have to go out of your way to locate it and try to crawl. Michael Leavitt, Cave Access Manager, Nutty Putty ( RadioWest Interview) "After reading the articles and hearing the news stories, much of the information regarding his location were not reported accurately. But there was a well marked hole, known as the Birth Canal, everyone wanted to try to make it up through. Now where John went, was about 8-10 feet further down the cave, and on the opposite wall. Sam Penrod and Marc Giauque ( KSL News) "The Birth Canal is the most popular portion of the cave. The actual area in which he is trapped is described as being 18 inches wide and just 8 to 10 inches tall." Andy Armstrong, Cave Rescue ( Incident Report) "The spot he is stuck is known as Ed's Push and is described to be 125 feet below and about 700 feet away from the cave's entrance, requiring someone to meander through numerous confined spaces. The remainder of the passage to its dead-end is very tight and slopes downward at about a 60 degree angle." The passage is mostly belly-crawl size and undulates up and down before taking a decisive turn to the left and downward. "They proceeded to a tight, nasty, passage beyond the well-known Bob’s Push. Who was called in for the ongoing rescue effort?.What early attempts were made to free Jones?.What was the initial assessment of rescue personnel?.How did Jones' caving party respond to his situation?.How did other cavers describe the area and experience?.How did Jones get stuck in the passage?.Have other people been stuck in the passage?.Were there any indications not to traverse the passage?.Where exactly did John Jones get stuck?.Dale Green, Nutty Putty Discoverer "Some situations are simply not survivable, no matter who the rescuers are or how they are trained or what equipment they have." "There were some things that happened down there that will never be published.” It is of course, up to the reader to decide who and what they believe. I generally selected those who I felt had either informative points of view, or interesting information to share. ![]() This site attempts to provide various points of view on many elements of the incident, rescue, and aftermath of Nutty Putty Cave.Īs a final note, there is of course no guarantee of authenticity or accuracy regarding quoted individuals. Over the years sources of information have already been lost.Īdditionally, disinformation and misinformation appears to be prevalent in regards to this incident, which is very unfortunate for those looking to understand what actually happened. Although there are many resources for this event, I feel the information is too scattered and difficult to locate. This site contains aggregated information on the Nutty Putty Cave tragedy of 2009, when caver John Jones passed away after being trapped in an inverted position for 28 hours. ![]()
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