Matilda Campbell breaks her silence after she was trapped upside down in crevice between two boulders in the NSW Hunter Valley

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By Lisa Edser and Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 00:44 EDT, 23 October 2024 | Updated: 01:59 EDT, 23 October 2024

The young female who was trapped upside-down betwixt 2 boulders aft she fell into a crevice while trying to retrieve her telephone has surgery her soundlessness complete nan terrifying ordeal.

Matilda Campbell, from Newcastle, NSW, was caught successful an S-shaped spread aft dropping her telephone while bushwalking pinch friends successful nan Hunter Valley. 

Her mates battled unsuccessfully to free Ms Campbell from nan three-metre spread for astir an hr earlier they called emergency services to free her.

Photos of nan rescue ngo by NSW ambulance paramedic specialists revealed thing but Ms Campbell's feet arsenic she hung upside down aft becoming trapped.

She was yet released by a squad led by paramedic Peter Watts who built a woody framework astir nan area to clasp nan immense rocks retired nan way.

Photographs of nan rescue ngo went viral aft they were released connected Tuesday and Ms Campbell has now responded successful bully humour connected societal media. 

'Not my feet connected show for illustration that,' she posted connected Facebook pinch a laughing emoji arsenic shared a news communicative astir nan October 12 rescue mission. 

'It's safe to opportunity I'm nan astir mishap prone personification ever. I americium okay - conscionable person immoderate injuries I'm recovering from, nary much stone exploration for maine for a while!

Matilda Campbell from Newcastle (pictured) was bushwalking pinch friends successful nan Hunter Valley erstwhile she dropped her telephone and tried to retrieve it - but fell into a crevice betwixt 2 boulders

The 'S' style of nan three-metre acheronian spread made it intolerable to propulsion Ms Campbell retired (pictured nan Newcastle resident fell successful upside down, pinch her feet visible)

She added: 'Crazy to judge it was maine but I'm doing bully now everything is astir healed!'

It took conscionable complete 7 hours to free Ms Campbell, who miraculously suffered only insignificant scratches and bruises - but she ne'er retrieved her phone.

Ms Campbell paid tribute to nan squad of workers who freed her and her mates for looking aft her.

'I wanted to springiness nan biggest shoutout to my friends, nan squad who worked truthful difficult to get maine out,' she wrote.

'I'm everlastingly thankful arsenic astir apt I would not beryllium present today. 

'I emotion you guys and you mean nan world to me.'

Emergency services had to region a 500 kg boulder to prevention nan young woman

The associated rescue effort (pictured) took 7 hours but Ms Campbell had only insignificant injuries

The style of nan spread prevented Ms Campbell from being simply lifted out, and rescuers spent complete an hr trying to navigate done nan tight space. 

Before they could extract her, they utilized a typical winch to move a monolithic 500kg boulder.

'In my 10 years arsenic a rescue paramedic I had ne'er encountered a occupation rather for illustration this, it was challenging but incredibly rewarding,' Mr Watts said.

'Every agency had a role, and we each worked incredibly good together to execute a bully result for nan patient.'

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