Songkhla spelunker wandered onto cliff face, trapped overnight

A man who hanged nearly two days from the side of a cliff in Phatthalung province is resting in a hospital today.

It took more than 50 rescuers to complete the rescue last night of Amnuay Rattanachotiyo, who had been trapped on the precipice while climbing around the Khao Hua Chang Reservoir.

Initial reports indicated the 47-year-old Songkhla native left the nearby monastery where he was staying Tuesday and found a large cave to explore along the cliff. Noticing a light shining from the cave wall several meters up, he put down his belongings and used a rope to climb through the hole, which led outside.

Amnuay then tried to use his rope and tree roots to climb down from the outside, came up short about 30 meters from the ground.

He used his shirt to tie himself to tree roots to prevent himself from falling and spent Tuesday night in his makeshift sling until…