A New Zealand snowboarder has described his unbelievable rescue after falling by way of a five-metre crevasse, utilizing a little-known iPhone method to sign for assist.
Tim Blakey was snowboarding in Switzerland by himself when he fell down a gap within the ice, with no one witnessing his disappearance.
He wrote on Instagram he would by no means snowboard solo once more.
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"Irrespective of how skilled you suppose you might be, it's no joke," he wrote.
"I used to be lured right into a false sense of safety which additionally led me to be very blasé about researching the areas I snowboard."
Mr Blakey had three p.c battery on his iPhone and little or no reception.
However he was capable of sign for assist utilizing the aspect button five-click technique.
On latest iPhones, an emergency SOS will be despatched when a consumer clicks the side-button 5 instances.
When activated, the iPhone makes an emergency name, then alerts your emergency contacts and sends the consumer's location.
"It very doubtless saved my life," Mr Blakey stated.
"Eight out of ten individuals I inform this story to aren't conscious it exists."
The emergency alert led to Swiss Rescue monitoring him down and bringing him to security.
"The choice to this has been conserving me up at night time to say the least." Mr Blakey stated.
"To stroll /hobble away from this comparatively unhurt & make my flight again to London that night is sort of the headf—."
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Mr Blakey posted an image of himself with one of many males who saved his life.
"Michael, and his group fairly actually saved my life. I'm nonetheless clueless as to how I'll ever repay him and Swiss Rescue companies," he stated.
"However I guarantee you I'm engaged on it. Maybe step one is bringing consciousness to the superb job these guys do on the mountain and consciousness to others to not be as careless as I used to be."
He additionally posted images taken of the crevice he was trapped in.
