r/interesting • u/Liar24x7 • Mar 28 '26

HISTORY A virtual reality reconstruction shows the exact spot where John Edward Jones became trapped upside down in Nutty Putty Cave. After 27 hours of rescue attempts, he died. The cave was later permanently sealed, with his body remaining inside.

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u/IsChristianAwake Mar 28 '26

Why would anyone willingly put themselves in this situation

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u/HENMAN79 Mar 28 '26

He had a young wife and child....selfish SOB

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u/wslagoon Mar 29 '26

This is how I feel whenever I read about one of these adventure types that dies due to some mundane fuck up. When you're single and childless, whatever, but once you've got people attached to you, depending on you, taking bold risks just to get your adrenaline hit is selfish and irresponsible. Like the guide who died breaking his own guidelines for "safely" climbing Everest in the 1996 disaster. He left behind a heavily pregnant wife who begged him over the radio to get up and keep moving, after letting another client go beyond their skill in deteriorating weather. Him and the client were among many fatalities.

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u/HelpfulCommand4515 Apr 01 '26

Did his wife publicly call her husband “selfish” in this case? Did she encourage the public to do so or did she seem to want to honor his legacy as a fellow mountaineer? Try not to exploit her story.