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From Staff Reports
RENICK, WV -- The three cavers who went missing late Saturday night in Greenbrier County successfully exited the cave with no injuries. Keyser’s Grant Blaisdell, Jay Buchina, and Matthew Stevens entered the Bone-Norman Cave on Saturday, planning to arrive back in Keyser late Sunday evening, but got lost in the intricate cave system.
Search and Rescue teams were deployed after the frantic family members called 9-11 when the young men did not return. The search ended around 8:00 p.m. Monday evening, when rescuers were finally able to locate the three friends.
According to published reports, the cavers entered system at the Bone-Norman Cave opening, planning to travel completely through and exit at the Bone Cave. The caves are connected by an eight inch crawl space called the “Devil’s Pinch,” that they were unable to find. In trying to backtrack, the young men took a wrong turn toward a dead-end where they realized they were lost.
According to various caver Web sites, the Bone-Norman Cave System features over 14 miles of surveyed passageways. It consists of two main sections. The Bone section is a mostly dry cave with a few formations and lots of dry, dusty clay silt.
The Norman section is an active cave with stream passages, waterfalls, and many rock formations.
The two sections are connected by the very tight Devil's PInch craw-way, which measures about 8 inches high.
From Staff Reports
RENICK, WV -- The three cavers who went missing late Saturday night in Greenbrier County successfully exited the cave with no injuries. Keyser’s Grant Blaisdell, Jay Buchina, and Matthew Stevens entered the Bone-Norman Cave on Saturday, planning to arrive back in Keyser late Sunday evening, but got lost in the intricate cave system.
Search and Rescue teams were deployed after the frantic family members called 9-11 when the young men did not return. The search ended around 8:00 p.m. Monday evening, when rescuers were finally able to locate the three friends.
According to published reports, the cavers entered system at the Bone-Norman Cave opening, planning to travel completely through and exit at the Bone Cave. The caves are connected by an eight inch crawl space called the “Devil’s Pinch,” that they were unable to find. In trying to backtrack, the young men took a wrong turn toward a dead-end where they realized they were lost.
According to various caver Web sites, the Bone-Norman Cave System features over 14 miles of surveyed passageways. It consists of two main sections. The Bone section is a mostly dry cave with a few formations and lots of dry, dusty clay silt.
The Norman section is an active cave with stream passages, waterfalls, and many rock formations.
The two sections are connected by the very tight Devil's PInch craw-way, which measures about 8 inches high.
