This week! On the Bearded Action Show!
We discuss the cave-in of a Chilean mine system, and dish the “dirt” on how this could have been the result of a Minecraft obsession!
Then we’ll give you the inside scoop on how they managed to survive for more than 69 days – WITHOUT the benefit of a diamond-bladed Pickaxe!
Still curious about what led them to these depths? We’ll drop our cameras down their life-shaft and show you the 8-bit art they carved into their walls!
ALL THIS WEEK…. on the Bearded Action Shooooooooooow!
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- 2,296 feet underground.
Today, after almost 70 days underground, a successful rescue operation was completed.
- All 33 miners were successfully extracted using this contraption.
- Scraped the walls the whole way up
- About 10 minutes for the journey to the surface.
- Only 21.25 inches in diameter.
VIDEO OF FIRST RESCUE: https://gizmodo.com/5662523/video-first-of-33-chilean-miners-has-been-rescued-successfully
Received limited supplies thru a whole that was only 15cm (~3inches) wide. https://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/13/back-story-think-of-the-miners.html
- A 2,000 calorie diet per miner (mostly energy shakes, but also some bread and ham)
- A camera and phone line
- A mini-projector and fiber-optic line for displaying a 50” television screen
- Football (soccer) jerseys signed by Chile’s national team
After being rescued, one of the miners received an all-expenses-paid trip to Graceland, TN. https://www.okmagazine.com/2010/10/rescued-chilean-miner-headed-to-graceland/
- He helped keep morale high during the ordeal by hosting Elvis sing-alongs.