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Dec 14, 2024
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RUNBYU1
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100% agreed. I remember being so pissed they closed it. Just close all the roads
that people die on with car crashes, etc would be an equivalent reaction.
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I always find the Nutty Putty cave to be amusing whenever it's talked about online. Due to the tragic
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
Nice Leather Pants
12/14/24 9:10am
Jon “bones” Jones
Reasonable1
12/14/24 9:19am
Didn't they use dynamite to collapse the cave to permanently seal Jones in there?
Skeptical Optimist
12/14/24 9:20am
I didn't know they dynamited it. If that's the case than I guess he's permanently stuck down there.
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
12/14/24 9:25am
Reading some of the quotes in the link I posted below, it looks like it's not an irreversible
Skeptical Optimist
12/14/24 9:32am
No just cemented up the entrance
BYU Grounds
12/14/24 12:47pm
Also, the cave was closed at the request of the Jones family. They told the land owner
Skeptical Optimist
12/14/24 9:25am
Amusing & Tragic don’t seem to align
Chicago Cougar
12/14/24 9:29am
Once was enough for me. I didn’t know I was claustrophobic until I explored that cave.
Tokolosh
12/14/24 9:30am
Same here
DavisCoCoug
12/14/24 9:33am
Yep. I didn't get very far until I said "nope" and waited outside.
fredgarvin
12/14/24 10:03am
We’ve made everything so safe that there’s not enough opportunities for
Nakedbootleg
12/14/24 9:30am
They closed the nutty putty cave so now there is nothing challenging for young adults and they can’t hang out in large
shimmy
12/14/24 9:34am
Yes, absolutes are always what we deal with. Always.
Nakedbootleg
12/14/24 9:37am
Closing places where people die recreating is a slippery slope.
Madam Pattirini
12/14/24 9:38am
I get it, but I’m familiar with 2 cave closings in Utah in 40 years. There has to be some balance. The cave where
shimmy
12/14/24 11:00am
I'm not passionate about it, but I'd leave public spaces open and warn.
Madam Pattirini
12/14/24 12:43pm
Nah. No reason for anyone to go in there or any other cave like that
Beggar
12/14/24 9:30am
There is one reason…
Russell Feathers
12/14/24 9:36am
RE: There is one reason…
fredgarvin
12/14/24 10:04am
Yes
Russell Feathers
12/14/24 10:05am
Escape Rooms have taken the place of actual places like this
OU Cougar
12/14/24 9:34am
I did it twice. Wasnt for me.
Longseason
12/14/24 9:37am
RE: I always find the Nutty Putty cave to be amusing whenever it's talked about
Japan Coug
12/14/24 9:37am
In general, the number of pansies in society has tracked closely with the rate of declining testosterone over the years.
Rules For Thee
12/14/24 9:39am
Insurance and liability have a lot to do with it
Skeptical Optimist
12/14/24 9:44am
Spot on, used to hit the caves frequently in the 90’s …birth canal was tough tho
DoctorEvil
12/14/24 9:40am
Went many times. I was to big to do the birth canal but the group I was with wasn't
crimedog
12/14/24 9:41am
The birth canal was definitely freaky though.
inertiaman
12/14/24 9:46am
They should reopen Gollum's Cave in Provo. Sounded awesome.
Wife_Apologist
12/14/24 9:46am
Very very different caves. Nutty Putty was relatively safe. Jones broke a number of huge spelunking rules and used
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
12/14/24 9:54am
What were some of the rules he broke and bad judgment he used? Honest
kos
12/14/24 10:08am
The biggest one was "if you don't know where you're going, don't go."
volleyjiver
12/14/24 10:21am
He went into an unexplored section of the cave he was unfamiliar with, and then instead of turning around he went head
MHallDidNothingWr0ng
12/14/24 10:27am
Didn't somebody die in that cave in the 90s? Got stuck in a tunnel and drowned?
cougarmeister
12/14/24 11:01am
2005
Wife_Apologist
12/14/24 11:56am
I went through it less than a month before they died.
dYrtbYkerYder
12/14/24 3:22pm
You think dangerous enough to close?
Wife_Apologist
12/14/24 3:49pm
There was oxygen in the chamber when I went, so it seemed fine.
dYrtbYkerYder
12/14/24 3:55pm
Definitely was better the smaller you were. I went in a few times post growth spurt just because I didn't want to look
mokelembembe
12/14/24 9:58am
It was so much fun.
Mufasa
12/14/24 9:59am
100% agreed. I remember being so pissed they closed it. Just close all the roads
RUNBYU1
12/14/24 10:03am
I get your point, but those reactions aren't exactly equivalent.
Jeffacka
12/14/24 10:36am
The world is a big place with lots of people
stonecougar
12/14/24 10:25am
Amen. It was the first date with my wife. I took multiple groups there myself and I'm no caver.
CSoul
12/14/24 10:56am
Who was the landowner? Maybe they were just tired of the liability.
Reasonable1
12/14/24 11:45am
It's State Trust land
RUNBYU1
12/14/24 12:42pm
Does the state have liability for people that die inside?
Reasonable1
12/14/24 12:53pm
I went through that cave when I was dating my wife.
VenomFarmer
12/15/24 1:32am
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