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John Volanthen. John Paul Volanthen, GM (born June 1971) is a British cave diver who undertakes cave rescues through the Cave Rescue Organisation, South and Mid Wales Cave Rescue, and the British Caving Association. In 2018, he played a leading role in the Tham Luang cave rescue . He cave-dives as a hobby and conducts rescues as a volunteer.
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Sep 23, 2022 · British divers John Volanthen and Rick Stanton were the two divers who first discovered the 12 boys and their coach in the cave system. On July 8, 2018, a rescue team made up of 13 international ...
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John Volanthen is a world record-holding cave diver who participated in the Tham Luang Thailand cave rescue in 2018. He has also explored and mapped caves in the UK, Europe, and Malaysia, and invented innovative equipment and procedures for underwater diving.
May 19, 2021 · John Volanthen was the first person to make contact with the young members of a football team and their coach who became trapped underground in 2018. He used the latest lockdown to write a book on ...
Jul 11, 2018 · Briton John Volanthen's voice was the first the boys and their coach heard after nine days trapped underground. He and fellow British diver Mr Stanton were called in by Thai authorities, along ...
Jul 3, 2018 · John Volanthen is one of the two British divers who discovered the missing Thai football team and their coach in a cave in Thailand. He is an IT consultant, a world record holder and a cave diving expert.
John Volanthen, one of the cave divers involved in the miraculous rescue, reveals the inside story. On 23 June 2018, it was Peerapat “Night” Sompiangjai’s 17th birthday. Night, along with his friends on the Wild Boars football team, had gone out to celebrate. They ended up in the Tham Luang cave, beneath the Doi Nang Non mountains of ...
