Posted on 11/08/2021 6:13:08 PM PST by nickcarraway
A woman was lost alone in dense Hawaii foliage for hours with a dying cellphone battery, officials told news outlets.
The 27-year-old wandered off trail Saturday, Nov. 6, and couldn’t find her way back, the Honolulu Fire Department told the Star-Advertiser. The hiker called 911 after she was lost for hours alone in “thick, dense foliage,” KITV4 reported.
She only had 25% battery life left on her cellphone when she called for help.
The woman began her hike at about 1 p.m., and firefighters arrived three hours later, according to KHON2.
Rescuers hoisted the woman to safety in a helicopter, KHON2 reported. She was airlifted to the trailhead, according to the Star-Advertiser.
SNIP
Weeks ago, people on social media advised hikers to change their cellphone voicemails if they got lost, but rescuers were concerned about the advice. “To be blunt, wasting time changing your voicemail could be the last thing you do,” the Halifax Search and Rescue team in Canada said.
“If you don’t call for help, and you didn’t leave a trip plan, NOBODY IS COMING TO GET YOU.”
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Was she late for a hair appointment?
It’s what women do and then it’s the men who have to bail them out. It’s expensive. Just ask any husband.
GPS + map app?
What did her helicopter paris have to say?
They should be sued for producing a near useless product.
And we’re told only men don’t stop and ask for directions
/sarc
It was getting critcal as her phone was only at 25% battery life yet, and she hadn’t done her daily instagram posts and vlogs yet
Stay out of the bushes.
Strawberry guavas should be in season now. Could live for weeks on those.
20+ years ago she likely would not have had a phone at all. Some folks would have had a compass, maybe.
Apparently tho your phone MAY die, the answering message can be a "director" for people at least to get an idea what may have happened and where to start to look....
GPS + map app?
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Good question. Most phones have GPS.
I could live indefinitely on the Botanical Gardens at Kauai.
Bad advice, according to most Search & Rescue (SAR) experts. They advise using the remaining battery to send a group text with that same info to everybody in your Contacts list. The text message/SMS uses considerably less battery power while increasing the likelihood of getting the information to someone who can get help.
She called BLONDSTAR with her remaining 25%
This is not a very good article.
It doesn’t explain, for one example, why she had to be “hoisted to safety”.
“A woman was lost alone in dense Hawaii foliage for hours with a dying cellphone battery,”
OM! This is hugh and series!
So glad she could rescue the cellular telephone!
How come men won’t ask for help - when they are lost?
So a young adult was lost only 3 hours at most.
Wow, really slow news day there!
If cell service is spotty a text message will often go through even when you can’t get a call through.
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