“She slipped and fell down in where it was too tight,” said Emery County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Janalee Luke on Friday. Her husband tried for two hours to free her before he hiked out to call 911.
One man — a nurse with the medical helicopter who has experience canyoneering — was the only person small enough to fit into the narrow crevasse, according to Luke. The team lowered him down head-first so he could hook up webbing and rope to create a rigging system to connect to the woman’s harness. But she was wedged in too tightly to be pulled out.