Ravine Rescue: Canine Hero

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Danelle Ballengee is an endurance athlete, an experienced trail-runner who knows the Utah backcountry like the back of her hand. But when a training run through the sandstone mesas goes disastrously wrong, she’s left immobile and incapacitated. Trapped in a ravine, there is just the faintest glimmer of hope. Danelle will come to realise that her loyal pooch, Taz, could offer a moonshot chance of survival… A Noiser production, written by Joe Viner. For ad-free listening, exclusive content and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started with a 7-day free trial. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.0	It's Friday December the 15th, 2006 in the early hours of the morning.
0:27.0	The desert near Moab in the state of Utah is Red Rock Country. It's one of the most stunning natural environments in
0:35.4	all of North America. By day this unspoiled wilderness is a mecca for extreme
0:41.6	sports enthusiasts from mountain bikers to trail runners.
0:45.0	But when the sun goes down, the canyon-filled expanse becomes extremely inhospitable.
0:53.0	Nighttime temperatures can plummet as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius.
1:00.0	Part way down a deep sandstone ravine.
1:03.1	35-year-old D'Nell Balangee lies in the dusty earth, badly injured, helpless.
1:09.7	Her breathing is labored, and she's freezing cold. Her feet are beginning to turn black from frostbite.
1:17.0	A fresh wave of pain radiates from her shattered hip. She needs medical attention, fast. But as far as she is aware no one knows she's out here
1:27.8	Her chances are being rescued could hardly be slimmer
1:31.8	I tried not to think about the situation and how bad it was. I tried to think
1:39.1	positive, but as the night went on, I started to lose hope, and that's when I started to think, okay, I may not make it out of here.
1:48.0	Denel is trapped here, inside this jagged gash in the earth's surface without a cell phone or any other means of calling for help.
1:57.0	But she is not, in fact, alone.
2:00.0	She glances over at her loyal companion, her dog Taz.
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