Earlier this month, the woman, identified in reports as Matilda Campbell, slipped into a three-meter crevasse while out for a stroll in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales.
It marked the beginning of a seven-hour struggle in which emergency personnel would perform a “challenging” rescue, which included moving many rocks.
Additionally, they still needed to figure out how to get the woman out of the “S” bend she was in after successfully winching a 500 kg (1,100 lb) rock out of the way.
“I had worked as a rescue paramedic for ten years, but I had never seen a job like this.
According to a statement posted on the New South Wales Ambulance service’s social media platforms, paramedic Peter Watts commented, “It was difficult but really rewarding.”
Her companions’ early attempts to liberate her had failed, and she had been upside down for over an hour before rescuers came.
The ambulance service released photos of her hanging between the rocks at her feet, along with the difficult work of keeping the location steady while they attempted to make a large enough opening for her to be freed.
