 But Knight wasn't rushing home that day. He was out with his friends and other members of the local youth football team, the Wild Boars, and their assistant coach, Ekapol Eke Chetanwang. When their football practice ended, they raced through the rice paddies on their bicycles and up the forested hills that had lately been blanketed in rain. Their destination was the Tham Luang Cave, a favorite haunt for the boys, who love exploring the nooks and crannies of the mountain range towering over Mae Sai.