Race To Free Caver Stuck For A Week After Fall

Rescuers are working to free an injured explorer who has been trapped for a week in an Amazonian cave about 400 metres (1,300 ft) underground.

Spaniard Cecilio Lopez was hurt when he fell five metres (16ft) inside the Inti Machay cave in a remote ravine in Peru's Leimebamba district, hundreds of miles northeast of the capital, Lima.

Getting to him is proving to be difficult because of the remoteness of the ravine and the structure of the cave, which does not have a vertical opening.

The cave is in a remote ravine in the Amazon

But emergency teams have managed to get food and water to Mr Lopez, who is a well-known cave explorer.

Rescue coordinator James Apaestegui said a doctor had reached him and found he had two damaged lumbar vertebrae which limits his movement.

The cave does not have a vertical way in

"Cecilio Lopez is lying face up. He can move laterally but he cannot stand up," said Mr Apaestegui, who is a researcher at the Geophysical Institute of Peru and President of the Andino Caving Club.

"He's accompanied (by someone at all times), and is waiting for the stretcher to arrive to begin the evacuation," Apaestegui said, adding that Lopez was in good spirits.

Foreign and Peruvian cavers are trying to rescue Lopez, including a large contingent from Spain.

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