The treacherous area near Sedona, Arizona, where Janelle Banda and her father were camping as part of a father-daughter outing, is known as the Edge of the World. Banda went on a walk in the area, rough terrain carved with steep cliffs and covered with thick forest, and nearly lost her life with a misstep that dropped her hundreds of feet and out of reach for days. She was stuck for 2 ½ days about 400 feet into a narrow canyon near the southern end of Woody Mountain Road. She endured extreme daytime heat and cold and pitch-black nights before a Pima County sheriff'shelicopter rescueat noon on June 16. Sarah Banda, 29, was jolted with anxious energy when she learned her older sister, 32, had been saved. "This has been nothing short of a miracle," Sarah Banda told The Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network. The positive outcome inspired "an overwhelming amount of relief, joy" in her and the sisters' parents. She said that by the third day her sister was missing, the Phoenix-area family was "very much mentally preparing for the worst." The news of Janelle Banda's rescue came after a long stretch of uncertainty but was preceded by optimism − searchers had realized she was alive. The sisters "always had a love for the outdoors" and had hiked throughout the Phoenix area, including Camelback Mountain, and on trails in Sedona, Sarah Banda said. But this was Janelle Banda's first visit to Edge of the World. She and her father were in the area since around June 11, Sarah Banda said. Janelle Banda, an Arizona State University dual-degree graduate and Etsy store owner, appears to have walked a short distance from her campsite the evening of June 13 when she became "spooked by something" after getting lost in the darkened woods, her sister said. "If you walk the wrong way, down the wrong path, you could just end up walking and stepping where you shouldn't at the edge of the cliff," Sarah Banda said. Their father and a nearby camper began looking for her, and shortly after, they called authorities. The search drew in the Coconino, Maricopa and Yavapai county sheriff's offices, as well as the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Sarah Banda said the family was "immensely thankful" for those efforts and for the volunteers who "tirelessly" worked hundreds of hours to find her sister. Janelle Banda managed to avoid broken bones and head and spinal injuries, her sister said. But she did endure two sprained ankles and sustained cuts, bruising and skin scraping resembling road burn. She also suffered from extreme dehydration, Sarah Banda said. "She can't really move," Sarah Banda said. "She's in a lot of pain." Sarah Banda said her sister was released from the hospital on June 17 after an overnight stay. Janelle Banda's physical recovery includes a lot of rest and limited movement while under the care of their parents, she said. There will also be other healing, Sarah Banda said. "There's obviously the mental toll of ... the trauma of not just falling but being in the canyon alone," she said. "That's a different battle that she'll have to deal with." This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic:Woman stuck for 2-1/2 days after falling 400 feet into Arizona canyon