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Posted: Tue 22 Jul, 2008 8:35 am
by grumpytramp
A very experienced caver/mine explorer was killed in Edinburgh at the weekend exploring a mine shaft a mere 30' deep:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edi ... 3.stmThose of us with a mining background are all too familiar with the hazards of blackdamp and oxygen depletion .......... but this conditions can as equally prevail in basements, culverts and tunnels.
Posted: Tue 22 Jul, 2008 12:54 pm
by Steve Jones
Well if you want to include dangers, don't forget the chance of catching Weils Disease from rat urine !You go a lovely shade of yellow before dying if untreated.
Posted: Tue 22 Jul, 2008 6:36 pm
by chameleon
Steve Jones wrote: Well if you want to include dangers, don't forget the chance of catching Weils Disease from rat urine !You go a lovely shade of yellow before dying if untreated. And recent statistics say you are never more than five feet away from a rat in the city centre. They probably mean the rodent type - but you never know