I'm Julie Andrews, and it is my great pleasure to bring you Jane Austen Stories,

the new show from the Noiser Podcast Network.

I'll be reading Pride and Prejudice.

We'll walk grand estates and take tea with well-dressed gentlewomen,

but in this tranquil corner of England, not everything is quite as it appears.

Listen to Jane Austen stories wherever you get your podcasts.

It's Monday, March the 7th, 2011.

Deep in the canyon lands of southeastern Utah, many miles from the nearest passable road, lies a wild, sun-baked swath of wilderness known as robber's roost.

In the days of the Old West, outlaws made their hideouts among its serpentine ravines and twisting red rock gullies.

Today, aside from coyotes and cotton tails, few venture out this far, the sheer remoteness proving too much for all but the most intrepid explorers.

At the heart of this sprawling expanse, no man's canyon is a hairline crack in the earth's crust,

a narrow, vein-like gorge that snakes off the main artery of the dirty Devil River.

Getting here means using a rope and harness to navigate miles of tight, mazy ravines,

clambering over wind-swept mesas, and slogging through vast tracts of cactus-strewn desert.

And getting here is the easy part. Getting out poses a far

greater challenge. As 57-year-old, David Chiquatello knows all too well. David sits on a rocky ledge partway down no man's canyon.

He is 100 feet above the ground.

Scattered around him are assorted pieces of climbing gear,

a harness, a rappel device, some carabinas.

But no rope.

And without a rope, David is stranded.

For me, the focus was in the form of a mantra.

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