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Carved Into Stone: How 23 Marks Saved a Canyoneer's Life

Carved Into Stone: How 23 Marks Saved a Canyoneer's Life

A trapped canyoneer carved 23 precise marks into sandstone with a carbide-tipped chisel while stranded 14 feet above a canyon floor submerged by a silent flash flood - could those scratches be the difference between being found and being lost? Discover how a routine habit, a broken tool, and one stubborn marking method intersected to create a rescue that almost didn’t happen.

In this episode, we follow the timeline from the morning Amy Wilson entered Corda Narrows to the moments she spent awake on a ledge carving into stone, and we…

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