2. No map, no guide, and poor route-finding skills - lost.

3. Wore inadequate or inappropriate clothing for conditions - hypothermia.

4. Didn't bring extra clothing - hypothermia.

5. Moving but not paying attention - caver fall.

6. Free-climbing more than a body-length without belay - caver fall.

7. Traversing above drop without belay or safety line - caver fall.

8. Ignored rainy weather forecast; entered water cave - flood entrapment or drowning.

9. Careless movement in tight passage or crevice - stuck.

10. Entered bat cave or passage without precautions - histoplasmosis.

11. Solo caving and something went wrong - stranded.

12. Didn't tell anyone of plans - delayed rescue by hours or days.

13. Didn't clear loose rocks from lip - struck by falling rock.

14. Climbing or descending rope hand-over-hand - lost grip and fell.

15. Climbing cable ladder without belay - fell off.

16. Lost control of rappel; no bottom belay or rappel safety - fell to the bottom.

17. Out of shape or unfamiliar with climbing system - stranded on rope.

18. Didn't know how to change from rappel to climb or from climb to rappel - stranded on rope.

19. Hair or clothing stuck in rappel device; didn't know how to recover - stranded on rope.

20. Rappelling without wearing climbing system - stranded in pit or on rope.

21. Attempted pull-down trip without map or guide - stranded.

22. Sharing vertical gear; lost equipment passing it up or down the pit - stranded.

23. Didn't tie a knot in the end of the rope - rappelled off the end and fell.

24. Moving around lip of pit without being belayed or being on rope - fell into pit.

25. Didn't check attachment of rappel device to harness - became detached from rappel device and fell.