Mark Dickey is an American cave explorer who has charted areas deep underground that had never been explored by humans before. During a recent expedition in Turkey, he became ill and got stuck there. Now, a multinational rescue effort is underway. The World’s Carol Hills talks with Carl Heitmeyer, one of Dickey’s friends and an expert caver himself.
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