Nearly 250 volunteer rescuers involved in bringing injured man out of ‘intestinal’ cave network

When the alarm was raised with members of the South Wales Caving Club on Saturday afternoon that a fellow caver was stuck underground with serious injuries, they sent out an alert to comrades across the country that help was needed.

By Monday afternoon, the number of experienced cavers arriving to assist the rescue mission at the Ogof Ffynnon Ddu in the Brecon Beacons had swollen to nearly 250.

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