Show J j HIKER HAS CLOSE ESCAPE I SMALL LEDGE SA SAVES 4 FES rES LIFE Edgar Dansie 20 20 Salt Sal Lake stenographer of Dresden avenue ave are nue Monday looked back on a a harrowing experience when he was 0 trapped for tor nearly an m hour Sunday on a a small smal led ledge led c overhanging a foot 1000 drop on Mount He lie le described himself himsel as I 0 still sti shaky shaky C Danie had scaled the peak with wills wih a party pty of 12 1 members member of g the First and Thirty first Thirty frt wards of at the L. L D. D S. S church and anti was I making the return trip when he took a shortcut near Emerald lake ake a He lie Ie sUpped slipped over the edge of a precipice and fell fel about 12 1 feet to toa a a shale the ledge lede which offered f precarious footing because of sliding a I a He le managed to keep his position above the yawning yawning chasm a while members of the party notified the ranger station at Tim Tim- Tima a panagos Cave Ca park After much struggling he managed malJe to crawl a aa a up the steep surface of the cliff cUt ten minutes before rangers and anda a Sheriff Sherif George DUnel of Utah county count appeared with wih ropes 0 Im Im lucky to be alive alvel Dan le said Monday I thought I was wasA va g I A goner when I looked down from that ledge I dont don't know how I a aa a ever got out out but I just kept clawing cawing and clawing until I got a a hold holdS S strong enough to pull pul me mc tip up up a The near tragedy was the first in many ninny years year |