![]() 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.
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