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This is a list of recreational caving fatalities in the United Kingdom. It includes all verified deaths associated with the exploration of natural caves and disused mines in the modern era (post 1880). Cave diving is a specialised aspect of caving, so deaths resulting from drowning whilst cave diving have their own category. Deaths involving members of the general public who may have slipped down a shaft, or wandered into a cave without being aware of the risks, have been excluded. ==List of fatalities== There have been a total of 126 fatalities associated with recreational caving. The main causes of death have been drowning when cave diving, drowning as the result of flooding or negotiating deep water, injuries incurred from falling from a height, and injuries incurred as the result of rock falls. In ten cases the bodies have not been recovered. The worst incident in UK caving history was the Mossdale Caverns incident in 1967 when six cavers were drowned following an unexpected cloud burst. There have been three incidents when three people have died. The first was when three cavers drowned in Langstroth Pot in 1976 when free-diving short sections of underwater passage as the result of the air in an air bell becoming foul. Three cavers were drowned in the Marble Arch system in 1995, and three cavers were killed by a rock fall in Ease Gill Caverns in 1988. Porth yr Ogof, in South Wales, accounts for eleven fatalities, nine of which were the result of people drowning when negotiating the exit pool.〔 Ease Gill Caverns and its associated entrances accounts for ten, and Mossdale Caverns accounts for six, all from one incident, as does Alum Pot and its associated entrances. The only case of a caver dying in the UK as the result of becoming stuck was Neil Moss in Peak Cavern in 1959. The cause of death was foul air building up around him.〔Lovelock (1963), pp. 11–27.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of UK caving fatalities」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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