"Caving is not inherently a dangerous sport," Mark Dickey told CBS News. "It's a dangerous location." It's one he's lucky to have escaped, but can't wait to get back to.
ANKARA, Turkey A major rescue operation in Turkey’s Taurus Mountains succeeded in bringing out an American researcher who fell seriously ill nine days ago at a depth of some 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) from the entrance of one of the world’s deepest caves. An experienced cave rescuer himself, Mark Dickey was…
Mark Dickey is a well-known cave researcher and a cave rescuer himself who had participated in many international expeditions, and was on an expedition to map the Morca cave system when he fell ill.