Hilary Whiteman

Just the bare soles of the woman's feet can be seen in photos of the incident posted on social media Monday by the New South Wales (NSW) Ambulance service.

Woman wedged upside down between rocks for 7 hours after trying to retrieve her phone

An Australian woman tried to grab her lost phone between boulders and became stuck upside down for seven hours before being rescued. The woman was wedged between rocks near an overgrown bush track. The 23-year-old had been walking with friends when she dropped her phone between rocks. Only the feet of a woman trapped between two boulders can be seen in this image released by NSW Ambulance. The rescue effort involved multiple emergency teams from police, fire and ambulance services. Rescuers had to remove several large boulders to get close enough to her feet to pull her out.

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