Rescuers rappelled to a 42-year-old Brighton man after he became stuck on a cliff about 28 miles southeast of Hanksville, Utah, authorities said.
Rob Lougee had gotten stuck Sunday when he rappelled down to narrow rock formations in a slot canyon that he could not pass through and did not have the equipment needed to climb back up, said Becki Bronson, spokeswoman for the Garfield County Sheriff’s Office.
Lougee, his wife and two hikers from Salt Lake City had rappelled a half-mile down in the Three Forks Area to some narrow passages in the rock.
Where Lougee was rappelling, a hole in the rock was smaller than 16 inches wide, and he could not pass through, Bronson said. He found a small shelf about the size of a kitchen table and waited there overnight for help. Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post
