ivan salas, his dog, lola, and his rescuers there. gentlemen and lola, it's good to be with all of you this morning. ivan, i want to get to you. i want to take you back to the moment that your father threw that bottle over the edge. what happened then? >> once he threw the bottle, the dog went after it. and then, i saw, like, other dust going up. so, i went to go and check on the dog. and i saw lola stuck. so, i decided to go help her out. and then, i went -- i was sliding down carefully. and then, i kind of slid down halfway. then, i got stuck with my dog. >> you go over the edge. and you can see that lola is stuck some distance down that canyon wall. as you go down, can you describe your descent and what you managed to hang on to stop yourself? >> when i was sliding down, i was trying to hold on to whatever i can. and then, i managed to hold on to a rock that was stable inside the dirt and stuff. and from there, i just got lola to stay with her. >> as you made your way down, was there a point before you got to lola, that you thought

. >> reporter: it started as a normal family hike that in an instant plunged 19-year-old ivan salas intohtmare. ivan was hiking along this ridge with his brother and father when his dad threw a bottle over the edge of a 300-foot drop. that's when lola, a year old german shepherd mix, fetched. she slid down the side of the ravine, 150 feet from the bottom. ivan tried to rescue her. then, needed his own rescue. >> the terrain is very steep. >> reporter: 35 firefighters responded as the 2 dangled, as rescuers inched closer on an instable hillside. they wanted to use a helicopter to hoist them out. but the winds from the rotor blades forced them to plan b. >> we were able to make members from the top of the ridge top, rappel down, secure the victim, along with his dog and lower them to safety. >> reporter: finally, rescuers were able to get a harness and leash on lola. then, ivan and a rescuer slowly rappelled down. they were unhurt. we met ivan at the bottom of the ravine. how long were you up there? >> like, for two hours. >> reporter: two hours. how scary was it? >> it was very scary. >>

ivan salas was hiking when he went over a cliff trying to save a dog. scueed crews were able to reach both ivan and the companion after several tense moments. both were brought safely to the bottom. ivan said whoa do it again to help save his dog. >> first i have to get my dog safe. if anything happens, i hope it happens to me not my dog i thought it was the end of my life because i saw bottom and there's nothing there. i am going to hold onto. >> ivan's father who was hiking tried to rescue his son and another family member saw what was happening and called 911. >>> it may be the most anticipated auction in heftry. more than 5500 art -- history. more than 5500 artifact from the titanic are going up for bid. china and portions of the hall were appraised at $189 million back in 2007. the auction will take place on april 1st in new york. so the results will be announced on april 15th which will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the titanic. >>> fireworks will help ring in the new year at the inner harbor and so will this fan from annapolis. [ musi

. >> reporter: it started as a normal family hike that in an instant plunged 19-year-old ivan salas into nightmare. ivan was hiking along this ridge with his brother and father when his dad threw a bottle over the edge of a 300-foot drop. that's when lola, a year old german shepherd mix, fetched. she slid down the side of the ravine, 150 feet from the bottom. ivan tried to rescue her and needed his own rescue. >> the terrain is very steep. >> reporter: 35 firefighters responded as ivan and lola waited for 90 long minutes, dangling as rescuersish ched closer on an unstable hillside. they wanted to use a helicopter to hoist them out, but the wind from the rotor blades forced them to plan b. >> we were able to make members from the top of the ridge top, rappel down, secure the victim, along with his dog and lower them to safety. >> reporter: finally, rescuers were able to get a harness and leash on lola. then ivan and a rescuer slowly rappelled down. they were unhurt. we met ivan at the bottom of the ravine. how long were you up there? >> like, for two hours. >> reporter: two hours. how sca

went bad in southern california..actuall y turned out well.. 19- year- old ivan salas was dehydratedy the time los s firefighters rescu >>> a dog walk that went bad in southern california turned out well. 19-year-old was dehydrated by the time los angeles firefighters rescued him from the side of a cliff. he was walking with his father and two dogs when the father tossed a bottle that went over the cliff and a dog went after it. here's what happened. he went after the dog but they slid 150 feet down the slope. >> i thought it was the end of my life because i saw the bottom and like there's nothin there to hold on to. first i have to get my dog safe. if anything happens, i hope it happens to me, not to my dog. >> the side of the cliff was crumbling under him so he couldn't get a foothold. two firefighters as you can see rappelled down the cliff to save him. one was able to move the dog to safety before the other firefighter and salas were lowered to the bottom with safety harnesses. >>> if all goes well, 2011 will be the safest year ever for u.s. airlines. according to a consulting fi

ivan salas and his dog lola were hiking on this hillside in lake view terrace yesterday when lola fell off the cliff chasing a bottle. ivan went after her and they were stranded 150 feet off the ground. firefighters dangled out of a helicopter to rescue the pair. lola was saved first, then ivan. he made his way down the hillside using a safety harness. ivan says he would do all over again for his best friend. >>> i thought it was the end of my life because i saw the bottom like there's nothing that i'm going to hold on to. and then i was like first i have to get my dog safe. if anything happens, i hope it happens to me not to my dog. >> the rescue took an hour and a half. ivan and lola are okay and back home. >> lucky duo. lawrence karnow in the house. what rain we saw whatever that was drizzle is gone, right? >> wasn't that exciting? [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> misting. >> something else around the bay area. a lot of drizzle showing up around the bay area today plenty of clouds of course but not much in the way of rainfall. we just can't get it cranked up this year. clouds outside right

. >>> a risky rescue for a hiker and dog in southern california. 19-year-old ivan salas was dehydratedme l.a. fire department rescued him. salas was walking with his father and two dogs when his dad tossed a bottle over the cliff and, of course, lola the fetcher went after it. she fell, salas went after lola. but he ended up sliding 150 feet down the slope. >> i thought it was the end of my life because i saw the bottom and like there's nothing that i'm going to hold onto and then i was like first i have to get my dog safe so if anything happens, i hope it happens to me and not to my dog. >> two firefighters rappelled down the cliff. one was able to move lola to safety before the other firefighter and salas were lowered finally to the bottom of the cliff. >> apparently it's been so dry, it's crumbling on the cliff. they couldn't get a foothold so that's what was so scary about it. >> it was near the ocean, too, i guess? >> that i don't know. [ laughter ] >> i wasn't there, frank. [ laughter ] >> i don't know it all. [ laughter ] >> you know where it was? >> it was in the foothills. >>