Mendip
Mendip

Author: Herbert Ernest Balch

Publisher:

Published: 1947

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Wookey Hole; Its Caves and Cave Dwellers
Wookey Hole; Its Caves and Cave Dwellers

Author: Herbert E. Balch

Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781230049878

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...in the story of the Cave is revealed to us in the picture of " The Goatherd." Near the doorway of the Cave on the right hand side was a fissure, and in._._Tum=d up and it were the remains of a comparatively recent interment--that is, it lay above some relics of the Romano-British occupation, and had been recently disturbed by burrowing animals. This is the only trace of anything of the kind throughout our work, and I do not believe that such an explanation will account for the distribution of the human bones in any other instances which have come under our observation. For instance, beyond our diggings, Fig. 24._Tress" Hair' one of time found with scattered among those large boulders WI"llCIl lie skeleton at Pflddy, showing style of hair-dressing. about to the right of the pathway Just before 5"" '"I)' " I-Iell Ladder " is reached, there were quite a number of scattered human bones. They were all much decayed and fragmentary, and comprised teeth as well as bones of old and young individuals. They were not nearly enough to represent the whole of the bones of any one person, and I am inclined to think that many must have entirely decomposed. This occurrence I attribute to what I have already suggested, the pursuit, even into the fastness of the Cave, by some closely following enemies, who caught and killed the Cave people as they made for the remoter recesses. They probably, or more correctly, possibly, belong to the time of the evacuation of the Cave, for similar remains accompanied Romano-British pottery in the Boulder Chamber just beyond the "Spur and Wedge" (Pl. XXVa). But when we come to the consideration of the larger quantity of human remains of the floor debris from the...

Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives
Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives

Author: John Volanthen

Publisher: Aurum

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 0711266115

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READ ABOUT THE HEROIC RESCUE, AS SEEN IN RON HOWARD'S THIRTEEN LIVES, FROM THE MAN AT THE HEART OF THE SEARCH. ‘A profound and thrilling read.’ —COLIN FARRELL ‘Riveting...a powerful story written by a hero who lived it.’ —RON HOWARD, Oscar-winning director of Apollo 13 This is the thrilling account of the dramatic Thai cave rescue which saved the lives of thirteen people, from the diver who led the rescue. In this first-hand account, John Volanthen reveals how he pushed the limits of human endurance in the life-or-death mission to rescue the Thai youth soccer team trapped in the flooded cave. The world held its breath in 2018 when the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach went missing deep underground in the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand. They had been stranded by sudden, continuous monsoon rains while exploring the caves after practice. With torrential rain pouring down and the waters still on the rise, an army of rescue teams and equipment was deployed, including Thai Navy SEALs, a US Air Force special tactics squadron, police sniffer dogs, drones and robots. But it was British cave diver John Volanthen and his partner, Rick Stanton, who were first to reach the stranded team and who played a key role in their ultimate rescue. As John’s light flickered from one boy to another, he called out, ‘How many of you?’ ‘Thirteen,’a boy answered. After 10 days trapped in desperate darkness, the boys and their coach were all alive. Each chapter of Thirteen Lessons that Saved Thirteen Lives tells one part of the edge-of-your-seat mission from Tham Luang but also imparts a life lesson, gleaned from John’s previous rescues and record-breaking cave dives, that can be applied to everyday obstacles and challenges. In this story of breathtaking courage and nerves of steel, John reveals how responding positively to the statement, ‘But I can’t…’ by stating, ‘I can,’ led to one of the most incredible rescues of all time. He hopes that his story will inspire the superhero in you. Meanwhile, he is always on standby for the next rescue.