Of the canyon to the next. as eric falls, his life really does flash before his eyes. my thoughts go to my life, what i had accomplished, what i had done, my thoughts go to my family, you know, thinking i shouldn t see them again. hey, you okay? and he s feeling a searing pain. what caught my attention was the sound of the rope. at this point, i can feel the burns on my hands as i m trying to stop. i hit the side of the wall with the back of my head right here, and i believe that that knocked me out. you hear one hit, you hear the second hit and then you hear the final thump. in my mind, i m just wondering what just went on, what happened. david scrambles to the canyon s edge and peers down. i got into kind of panic mode.
In a utah canyon, a man rappels down a towering cliff but loses control and falls 100 feet to the bottom. i thought for sure that my life was coming to an end. hey, you okay? in the summer of 2009, eric shrever and david cardona are hiking through utah s zion national park. they re both experienced canyoneers, skilled at getting through canyons by any means possible. that includes climbing, rappeling or even swimming. i ve always loved the outdoors. i ve been an avid hiker. but this canyoneering sport, it takes hiking to a whole new level, and i started dabbling in that about three years ago. i ve been doing canyoneering for about a year with eric. this time, david is also going to be a cameraman. we thought it would be great to have it on camera and we
Of the canyon to the next. as eric falls, his life really does flash before his eyes. my thoughts go to my life, what i had accomplished, what i had done, my thoughts go to my family, you know, thinking i shouldn t see them again. hey, you okay? and he s feeling a searing pain. what caught my attention was the sound of the rope. at this point, i can feel the burns on my hands as i m trying to stop. i hit the side of the wall with the back of my head right here, and i believe that that knocked me out. you hear one hit, you hear the second hit and then you hear the final thump. in my mind, i m just wondering what just went on, what happened. david scrambles to the canyon s edge and peers down.
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i got into kind of panic mode. hey, you okay? i mike he dead? because he s not responding. at the bottom of the wall of rock, eric comes to. i looked at my hands, saw a bloody mess, checked myself out, immediately stood up. and it dawns on him, amazingly, he s still alive. i knew i had just been part of a miracle. modern day miracle caught on tape. david now has to rappel to his friend in the canyon below. i asked him what happened, you okay. he just shows me his hands and his hands were just all blistery, all meaty. i knew i had just survived a fall that i should not have survived. and now there s only one way out of the canyon. i m a little shocked still, but we re carrying on. he s a trouper. it was another ten hours out