• iconNews
  • videos
  • entertainment
  • Home
  • News
    • UK News
    • US News
    • Australia
    • Ireland
    • World News
    • Weird News
    • Viral News
    • Sport
    • Technology
    • Science
    • True Crime
    • Travel
  • Entertainment
    • Celebrity
    • TV & Film
    • Netflix
    • Music
    • Gaming
    • TikTok
  • LAD Originals
    • Say Maaate to a Mate
    • Daily Ladness
    • Lad Files
    • UOKM8?
    • FreeToBe
    • Extinct
    • Citizen Reef
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • Tyla
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
Snapchat
TikTok
YouTube

LAD Entertainment

YouTube

LAD Stories

Submit Your Content
Woman left hanging upside down between two huge rocks after dropping her iPhone

Home> Community> Weird

Published 16:41 22 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Woman left hanging upside down between two huge rocks after dropping her iPhone

Paramedics said they had never seen anything like it before

Tom Earnshaw

Tom Earnshaw

Featured Image Credit: NSW Ambulance

Topics: Australia, iPhone, Environment, Weird, Viral, Facebook, Social Media

Tom Earnshaw
Tom Earnshaw

Tom joined LADbible Group in 2024, currently working as SEO Lead across all brands including LADbible, UNILAD, SPORTbible, Tyla, UNILAD Tech, and GAMINGbible. He moved to the company from Reach plc where he enjoyed spells as a content editor and senior reporter for one of the country's most-read local news brands, LancsLive. When he's not in work, Tom spends his adult life as a suffering Manchester United supporter after a childhood filled with trebles and Premier League titles. You can't have it all forever, I suppose.

X

@TREarnshaw

Advert

Advert

Advert

A woman was left with her feet up in the air and stranded between two huge rocks after trying to retrieve her dropped iPhone from a deep crevasse.

The shocking incident happened earlier this month, with paramedics rushing to the scene which they described as something they have 'never encountered' before.

After fumbling her iPhone while hiking in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia, the woman fell in to a three-metre hole between massive boulders.

Very much stuck between a rock and a hard place (NSW Ambulance)
Very much stuck between a rock and a hard place (NSW Ambulance)

Advert

Given the size of the hole and her entering head first, she was left upside down with no ability to drag herself out and to safety.

With no phone reception in the area to call for help, her friends tried and failed when calling for emergency services, which in Australia is triple zero.

Hanging upside down by her ankles for an hour at this point, NSW paramedics were finally called to the scene to rescue the woman.

And it wasn't exactly an easy task, with emergency services having to create a stable wooden frame before removing several heavy boulders, so that the other rocks did not give way and squash the stuck woman.

The team spent seven hours on site saving the woman (NSW Ambulance)
The team spent seven hours on site saving the woman (NSW Ambulance)

Advert

After removing the rocks, which weighed more than 500 kilograms, the woman spent more than an hour being navigated through an extremely tight 'S' bend in the rock formation.

NSW Ambulance specialist rescue paramedic, Peter Watts, said: "In my 10 years as a rescue paramedic I had never encountered a job quite like this, it was challenging but incredibly rewarding.

"Every agency had a role, and we all worked incredibly well together to achieve a good outcome for the patient."

All in all, the rescue operation took more than seven hours.

After removing 500kg of rock, the woman could finally be freed (NSW Ambulance)
After removing 500kg of rock, the woman could finally be freed (NSW Ambulance)

Advert

Injuries wise, the woman was left with just bruises and scratches - something that feels like a miracle of sorts given the predicament she was faced to deal with.

And while she was successfully rescued, the woman's iPhone remains lost. Ah well.

Posting about the rescue on social media, Facebook users have applauded the paramedics for their work.

"Well done to all involved so glad she is safe and unhurt," one person wrote.

A second said: "Oh my gosh. The young lady is so lucky you were able to get her out.

Advert

"I hope she bought a lottery ticket and shares the winnings with you all."

And a third member of the public added: "Wow, just wow. What a mighty and fantastic effort and demonstration of true team work. Thank you for your service to the community."

  • Woman left in tears after finding out the true meaning of tattoo she got in Fiji
  • People left terrified after spotting chilling detail in image of family at the beach
  • Woman sparks huge debate as she's left horrified after washing her Christmas tree
  • People left stunned after woman appears to take photo of her bum during baseball game on live TV

Choose your content:

a day ago
3 days ago
  • a day ago

    $340 million lottery winner was denied jackpot following brutal mistake

    John Cheeks ended up suing the lottery

    Community
  • a day ago

    What artist 'ready to die' after letting spectators do whatever they wanted to her is doing now

    Marina Abramović is one of the most extreme artistic performers of all time

    Community
  • 3 days ago

    Man explains how he miraculously managed to escape after being held captive in wild hippo's throat

    Paul Templer was swallowed three times by a hippo... and survived

    Community
  • 3 days ago

    Women realise they’re not alone in confusion over common men’s shower habit

    Girlfriends have been left shocked at the odd ritual that several men seem to do

    Community