Many people say they can’t live without their phones. But one Australian woman’s attempt to save hers left her fighting to get back to her life.

Earlier this month, Matilda Campbell was with her friends in the Hunter Valley, a wine region about 150 miles north of Sydney, when her phone fell between boulders. She tried to retrieve it but slipped and got stuck between two boulders — eventually finding herself upside down.

Her friends tried to help her but were unsuccessful and tried calling an emergency help line, but had to get in their vehicle and drive far enough away to find a signal, she said in a statement. One friend stayed behind and helped keep her calm, though she still had a panic attack.

“At one point I had honestly thought I wasn’t going to make it out and was cursing myself for not telling my family I loved them before I had left and was thinking of every situation that I could have handled better,” she said. “I did start crying as I was thinking these things as I truly believed I was not getting out.”

By the time the paramedics got to Ms. Campbell, she had been hanging by her feet for more than an hour.

The rescuers said they had to remove several large boulders to create a safe access point and build a hardwood frame to ensure stability. They then used a Tirfor winch, a traction and lifting device with a continuous wire rope, to move a boulder weighing 500 kilograms (more than 1,100 pounds).

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