They had a choice to close part of the cave instead they closed all known entrances without public input. Honestly

Oct 22, 2024
10:31:47am

CSoul Hardcore Democrat

it was strange the way they did it and just based on emotion. I didn't lose sleep over it, but I think it was too reactionary and it impacted how people view caving vs other activities, and it's illogical. And I'm not even that big of a caver.

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CSoul

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Author

Time

Gave me some Nutty Putty chills.

Kauai

9:34am

Rest in peace John Jones

robin

9:36am

My body gets a literal visceral reaction reading about this or nutty putty.

Adwight

9:36am

Well there’s a whole diagram to look at that makes it worse

PortlandCoug

9:40am

Yikes.... I grew up in Utah Valley and never went into Nutty Putty, I have

Penske Material

9:38am

I did Nutty Putty as a scrawny deacon and it was plenty tight for me.

ProvoY

9:44am

I grew up in Brigham City, my friends and I would crawl around and go into abandoned mines...

Coug

9:47am

I went in a few times, but the last time I was in there I saw a really slender kid push himself into a little crevice

Black Diamond Bay

9:48am

I loved Nutty Putty, and went many times. It was the first date with my wife. Also took Deacons

jdub

9:49am

once again proving that people would rather die than be without their phones

Cougarclaw

9:42am

Hahah. Love that last line, "too bad about the phone, tho." She is funny, proba

RoboKayne

9:47am

Went to nutty putty several times while at BYU, thinking back on it gives me the creeps, went through some very tight

dingus79

9:47am

I did nutty putty for scouts as a kid

DavisCoCoug

9:47am

It was less dangerous than swimming in the lake at scout camp

CSoul

9:59am

We need more nutty putty Boy Scout activities not less. You had good leaders

DiamondMo

10:15am

It bugs me that we treat caving so much differently than other activities that have risk and we try to shut it

CSoul

9:58am

This is a great point, I'm all for allowing people to do what they want, everyone has their passions and it's a shame if

dingus79

10:15am

In the case of nutty putty, I think it has as much to do with the fact that the

G.Freeman

10:26am

They had a choice to close part of the cave instead they closed all known entrances without public input. Honestly

CSoul

10:31am

There were other issues. You had to trespass across private land to get there. They were also doing rescues out there

Black Diamond Bay

10:34am

I think it should have been discussed publicly with input but I respect your argument.

CSoul

10:50am

I had nightmares about the Nutty Putty caves after the death of John Jones.

Ungoy

10:02am

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