A ScubaBoard Staff Message...
Personally I believe he's in there, down a little clay-lined slick hole, perhaps even buried in a local collapse. There was a fairly large sand and clay collapse a couple months ago, and it isn't unusual for a few small ones to follow a big one until the system settles again.
Sure would be nice if someone could actually spot the body and remove all doubt, but it won't be me going back there, and it won't be me asking anyone else to go back there either.
Rick
I'd like to point out for those that don't know that Vortex is not a naturally occurring cave. It was excavated and there is a sand dredge in there that removes sediment from the cave. Conditions at the back of this cave are not typical and collapses are more likely and frequent than in naturally occurring caves.
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