A Côte d’Azur speleologist rescued after two days spent underground

He was found just 5m from the exit point but totally exhausted.

A speleologist who had ventured alone on Monday in a course in Saint-Vallier-de-Thiey, near Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes) was rescued Wednesday at midday after spending two days stuck underground, said indicated at

the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) 06, confirming information from BFM Côte d'Azur.

The 50-year-old man was able to be extracted from the cavity too narrow to ensure his passage by the Perilous Middle Group of firefighters and specialists from the French Caving Rescue, called to the rescue.

Especially dehydrated, the victim was transported in relative emergency to the Grasse hospital center.

It was a report received by the gendarmes that made it possible to trigger the rescue operations in time.

A man, surprised to see a vehicle parked for two days at the entrance to this site popular with speleologists, alerted them.

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