A team is trying to rescue a 52-year-old man injured in a rock fall in a 1,000m-deep (3,280ft) cave in Germany, in an operation that could take days.
The Riesending cave is Germany's deepest and it took one of the man's companions up to 12 hours to return to the surface to raise the alarm.
Some 200 people are involved in the operation, near Berchtesgaden in southern Germany.
The first rescuers reached the man in the vertical cave on Monday.
A second group, including an Austrian doctor used to cave rescues, descended some hours later, Bavarian public TV said. Another team from Switzerland was also reported to be on its way.
Stefan Schneider, Bavarian Mountain Rescue Service, explains the challenges
The man, who was with two companions on a Whitsun-holiday trip in the Untersberg mountain range, suffered injuries to his head and torso in the rock fall in the early hours of Sunday. Although he was wearing headgear, it was unable to protect him from the weight of the rock.
"He is responsive but he's not doing well," an official told Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
The man was one of the researchers who discovered the cave a few years ago, German media report.
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