Posted on 10/22/2024 3:54:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A young woman spent hours trapped upside down after slipping between two boulders as she tried to retrieve her mobile phone during a hike in Australia.
The woman - named in reports as Matilda Campbell - was walking in New South Wales' Hunter Valley region earlier this month when she fell into the three-metre crevice.
It was the start of a seven-hour ordeal which would see emergency services undertake a "challenging" rescue - including moving several boulders.
And even after managing to winch a 500kg (1,100lb) rock out the way, they still had to work out how to get the woman out of the "S" bend she had found herself in.
"We were all like, how did you get down there - and how are we going to get her out?"
Unbelievably, the rescued woman was left with just minor scratches and bruises, NSW Ambulance said.
She did not, however, manage to retrieve her phone.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Should have put the phone into airplane mode...
Matilda Campbell... was left with just minor scratches and bruises, NSW Ambulance said. She did not, however, manage to retrieve her phone.
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