| 31. | Many of the rescuers were amateur spelunkers who volunteered their time to help extricate those who were trapped.
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| 32. | But spelunkers short enough, thin enough and brave enough to squeeze through made it to the room.
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| 33. | It is considered an ideal cave for beginning spelunkers, but was filled with water after heavy rain.
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| 34. | Marquez, a veteran rock climber, spelunker and sky diver, signed through her interpreter, Kelly Shanahorn.
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| 35. | The first rescuers descended 600 meters ( yards ) Tuesday night but found no trace of the missing spelunkers.
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| 36. | Two other spelunkers, a British woman and a Hungarian man, were killed Wednesday deep inside the cave.
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| 37. | "We're concerned because we have no contact with the spelunkers, " said Tonnaire.
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| 38. | In 1974, amateur spelunkers Gary Tenen and Randy Tufts first made it inside the caverns through a sinkhole.
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| 39. | While there, he shared notes with the English spelunker, James Mudie Spence ( 1836-1878 ).
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| 40. | The amateur spelunkers who came upon the French cave in 1994 had already reported seeing footprints of bears and humans.
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