At the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association, the rescue and climbing gear is stored, and a several volunteers explain why they joined the rescue team. You read that right: six. “The true story was so emotive, so exciting and so dramatic that it didn’t need the addition of Hollywood stars and effects. THE CAVE is a Thai film that tells the story of the incredible rescue of the “Wild Boars” Soccer Team – 12 boys and their coach who in July 2018 casually set off to explore Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand and were inescapably trapped by sudden monsoon flood waters.
Tags: Thai cave rescue Tham Luang Thai cave. In a dramatic fashion, and as the phone rings, the film shows closer and closer shots of an intertitle for Wharfedale Rescue Team. Peter Jackson              direction photography editingUnlike many of the films featured on YFA Online, which are part of larger collections, this film was made as a one-off by Otley photographer Edward Winpenny. Once on location, they grab their gear and make their way through the caves to the injured man. As the stretcher is carried over the moors, the other rescuers pack up their gear, and some of the rescue team are seated on the grass drinking soup. In 1946 they formed the Cave Diving Group, still going strong and possibly the oldest technical diving organisation still in existence. The rescuers load the kit into the back of a land rover, get into their vehicles, and drive off to the scene. Here the message is conveyed to another member of the team who passes the message onto another rescuer via a walkie-talkie. The movie coming to cinemas in November recounts the story of the 12 boys and their team’s assistant coach who got trapped by rising floodwaters while exploring Tham Luang Cave on June 23, 2018. And, while the story ended happily, it was not without tragedy.

At last they get to the outside where they place the injured man onto another stretcher. A policeman answers the phone and locates their position on a map. They carry a stretcher with them. Waller seized on the perspective of foreign rescuers like Jim Warny, an expert cave diver who assisted with the mission and understood both the Thai context and the international attention riveted on Chiang Rai. Edward finally gave way to Mesothelioma disease, (a form of Asbestosis) in 2007 due to early exposure to asbestos from a factory near his childhood home in Armley. It required a lot of improvisation, like tying rope to the camera in order to lower it down holes. At that time there was no way to claim any expenses, and the film shows schoolboys helping as runners – something not allowed any more because of the problems of getting insurance cover. We had hundreds of extras and an extensive art department, and I think we were able to give an accurate impression of what it was actually like to be at that cave at that time. It may seem so overwhelming strong that it leads to fear; but man is part of nature, meant to enjoy its nobility and beauties.’(Special thanks to Chris Baker and Norman Shorrock) 2020. One of the rescuers uses a portable wind-up line phone and rings through to the surface. They made explorations of Keld Head, Alum Pot and Goyden Pot (which is featured in Cave RescueI); all detailed in Today caving is a thriving activity, as a browse through the websites listed in Further Information will testify. “Hollywood does what it does very well, but I was worried that, if it was left entirely to Hollywood to tell the story, it would probably be dramatized in a way that might not be entirely authentic to the real events. Today more than 80 well trained and well equipped volunteer cavers, climbers and mountaineers are on call 24 hrs and 365 days a year. The reason why caving inspires many might be elusive: watching the film the extremely confined spaces may provoke a claustrophobic reaction for many. The rescuers reach the injured man and securely strap him to the stretcher. Made by Peter Jackson and Edward Winpenny, this film documents the work of the Upper Wharfedale Fell Rescue Association. The film begins with three potholers who make their up a muddy incline underground. “But of course, this was also a very personal and very human story of the heroes who risked their lives, not even knowing for a long time whether the kids were still alive. At first caving, also known as potholing or speleology, was done for scientific research, before being taken up as a sport in the British Isles during the latter years of the nineteenth century.
For this reason, we used some of the original divers in the film. Over 350 people packed into Otley All Saints Parish Church for his funeral.In the 1950s and 60s equipment was often acquired from other sources and adapted for rescue work.