 Once at the mouth of Tham Wong, they stashed their bikes and bags by the cave entrance. The team and their young coach had often ventured deep into Tham Wong, sometimes as far as 8 kilometers, for initiation rites where they would write the names of new team members on a cave wall. In high spirits, they clambered into the cave with just their torches. They didn't need much else. After all, they were only planning to be there for an hour. However, they would not emerge until two weeks later.