American explorer rescued from cave in Turkey after being trapped for more than a week

Cave expert Mark Dickey was hit with gastric pain last weekend while helping to chart the cave system, leaving him stuck more than 3,200 feet underground.

was rescued from a cave in southern Turkey on Monday night, the Turkish Caving Federation said.

Dickey, 40, got stuck last weekend in a section of the cave system known serendipitously as"Camp Hope." The speleologist, or cave expert, was hit with gastric pain that turned into bleeding and vomiting while helping to chart the cave system— the country's third deepest and sixth longest— leaving him stuck more than 3,200 feet underground.

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