U.S. speleologist Mark Dickey, described as 'a highly trained caver and a cave rescuer himself,' suffered gastrointestinal bleeding deep underground.
— Turkish and international cave rescue experts were working Thursday to save an American speleologist trapped at a depth of more than 3,280 feet in a cave in southern Turkey after he became ill. Mark Dickey, 40, became sick during an international expedition in Morca cave in southern Turkey's Taurus Mountains, in the Mersin province, according to the European Cave Rescue Association.
Mark Dickey, a U.S. caver who was trapped in the Morca cave system in Turkey on September 7, 2023, poses for a photo in Mentone, Alabama, in a May 12, 2023 file photo provided by the National Cave Rescue Commission.Dickey was on an expedition mapping the 4,186-foot-deep Morca cave system for the Anatolian Speleology Group Association before becoming sick, according to Yusuf Ogrenecek of the Speleological Federation of Turkey.
Ogrenecek of the Speleological Federation of Turkey told The Associated Press that Dickey's condition had stabilized, and that he was in"good spirits."
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