An upside-down Australian woman? So just a regular woman then?
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Dropped iPhone Causes Woman to Be Trapped Upside Down in Rock Crevice for Hours
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Pro tip: This is what trained monkeys are for. A monkey gets you the phone, you give it a banana. No one gets hurt.
iPhones cost an arm and a leg, but I never considered a spine in my estimates.
What does this situation have to do with an iPhone? Or any phone! This sensationalist headline makes it sound like she was trapped upside down in a rock crevice for hours...because she dropped (had) this iPhone, mitigating her actual actions and rather highlighting the device instead.
I’m torn on how to respond to the story. If she dropped her phone and it was just right in front of her on the ground and she slipped bending down, that’s one thing. But if she dropped it and it was in a dangerous place to try to retrieve it, then she was being dumb.
Either way, I’m glad she’s safe.
Either way, I’m glad she’s safe.
Something about the photo takes me out every time I see it. Just helpless upside down.
Not MacRumors worthy or really worth consuming bandwidth/server space at all.
Not MacRumors worthy or really worth consuming bandwidth/server space at all.
The irrational fear of my phone falling through a grate to become unrecoverable is why I pay extra for theft and loss coverage.
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That is a nightmare scenerio. Glad she was ok and that there were great people there to make it happen.
I saw another article that mentioned she had friends with her, and that they called for help when they were unable to get her out.
What are you suggesting exactly? If feet higher than head, SOS Sat connect be initiated?
The real tragedy is that those "rescuers" deprived her of a well deserved Darwin Award™
The last line! 😙👌🏼
Australian woman Matilda Campbell ended up trapped in a tight rock crevice upside down after she fell trying to retrieve an iPhone that she dropped, according to a report from ABC Newcastle.
The 23-year-old was taking images in the New South Wales Hunter Valley when she lost hold of her phone. She tried to get it, but slipped and fell three meters and became stuck between two large boulders, hanging upside down by her feet. While the news report does not make specific mention of an iPhone, Campbell's social media accounts indicate she was an iPhone user.
It took an hour for rescuers to get to Campbell, and several more hours to free her. NSW Ambulance rescue paramedic Peter Watts told ABC Newcastle that Campbell was calm and collected, despite the situation. He said it was a difficult, "out-of-the-box rescue" that was unlike anything he'd previously experienced. NSW Ambulance shared images of the rescue on Facebook.
Rescue crews had to remove seven boulders weighing between 80 and 500 kilograms to free Campbell, plus a wooden frame had to be constructed in case any boulders cracked and fell. Campbell was trapped for approximately seven hours, and she ended up with scrapes, bruises, and a cracked vertebra. She was not able to retrieve her iPhone.
Article Link: Dropped iPhone Causes Woman to Be Trapped Upside Down in Rock Crevice for Hours
She made a bid for a Darwin Award, but alas, they rescued her. Next up: people that take selfies whilst petting bisons!
Who is responsible for the clickbait headlines?
"Dropped iPhone Causes Woman to Be Trapped Upside Down in Rock Crevice for Hours"
The difference between causality and correlation needs to be explained perhaps...
"Dropped iPhone Causes Woman to Be Trapped Upside Down in Rock Crevice for Hours"
The difference between causality and correlation needs to be explained perhaps...
I completely agree. Anecdotal stories like this and similar ones about apple watches saving a heart attack victim are ridiculous.
