Post by jspiers on Nov 20, 2008 13:03:33 GMT -5
Three experienced cavers walked underground for three miles as they tried to escape a flooded cave network in the Burren.
The men, all from Co Clare, entered the renowned system near Doolin on Sunday afternoon and finally came back up with the help of rescuers on Monday. Initially it was feared they had been trapped by rising flood water after flash floods blocked their exit from the Fisher Street pothole. But the men, Brian Lillis and Brian Mac Coitir from Ennis and Robin Sheen from Corrofin, who have explored the caves for years, turned back to find another way out.
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The men, all from Co Clare, entered the renowned system near Doolin on Sunday afternoon and finally came back up with the help of rescuers on Monday. Initially it was feared they had been trapped by rising flood water after flash floods blocked their exit from the Fisher Street pothole. But the men, Brian Lillis and Brian Mac Coitir from Ennis and Robin Sheen from Corrofin, who have explored the caves for years, turned back to find another way out.
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