Man gets stuck in canyon for six hours and chased by wild dogs trying to take selfie
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: The mystery of Shin-au-av - the legendary lost city in the heart of America "I really wanted to get some good pictures and a selfie or two, and stupidly decided I could descend into one of the deep canyons." What Josh didn't count on is how steep the terrain was.
As he slowly made his way down the cliff face he realised he was in terrible trouble.He explained: "As I started to climb down I realised that the drops were 20 feet plus, and from where I had got to there was no going back up. "I spent an hour or two slowly making my way down into the canyon and managed to do so without dying.
I am no rock climber so God knows what I thought I was doing! "I found one point where there was a long sloping rock, perhaps 30-40ft in length that I could slide down most the way into the canyon." Once at the bottom, the 35-year-old from Leeds, realised he was now lost as the hot midday sun shone down on him. "I realised that I was now stuck in the canyon with no way out," he recalled. "I started walking back towards the coast as that would have been the direction the lava would have taken, which created these canyons.
To make matters worse, Josh had also forgotten to take any water with him. He said: "I walked for hours and was starting to feel faint and weak from lack of water and the heat, when I came across what can only be described as a village built into the cliffs.
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