Emily Mobley stays cool under pressure

In 1991 Emily Mobley, an expert caver with 20 years of experience and owner of Speleobooks, was leading a survey team of five cavers through an area two miles Lechuguilla Cave, the nation's deepest cave with 70-degree temperatures and near 100% humidity, when she fell about 12 feet and an 80-pound rock fell on her left leg below the kneecap, breaking it. Despite her splinted leg, Mobley managed to move about half a mile through a moderately difficult section of the cave. During this four-day rescue she showed incredible strength and resolve. She and only had three major requests: a hairbrush, pizza, and that the media wouldn't find out about her injury. Unfortunately for her, the story leaked but it seems that the article merely attributed to her amazing ability to stay cool under pressure and even pain. Mobley still caves today and in fact, only days after the rescue she told the media that she intended on returning to the cave as soon as her leg healed.

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http://articles.latimes.com/1991-04-03/news/mn-1595_1_cave-explorer

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