A British skier who fell into a crevasse was saved from plummeting 700 feet to his death by his cell phone.
David Fitzherbert got wedged between two rocks due to the half-inch-wide BlackBerry in his breast pocket.
Incredibly, the device still worked after keeping him stuck for two hours until he was rescued.
David, 52, was skiing off-trail down a glacier in the Matterhorn and Monterosa peaks in Switzerland when the snow gave way.
The finance worker said: “The snow gave way beneath me and I fell down a very deep crevasse. After 70 feet it narrowed and I became stuck like a cork in a bottle between the walls. Fortunately the extra inches of the Blackberry were enough to block the fall.”
David broke his jaw, smashed his teeth, cracked a bone in his chest and nearly tore his nose off.
(Source: Fox News)
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Wow, whoever said a blackberry isn’t worth it!
I always carry my blackberry on me for circumstances like these! 😉
coming soon: onstar for blackberry
#2, can I offer you my old Canon calculator? It is much more effective in circumstances like these.
Wow. I used to ice climb before I was chozer l’tshuva. I had to choose between climbing and mitzvos, and the latter won out. Some of the crevasses I climbed over were absolutely enormous. It’s like an ice blue neverending abyss.
I know someone that cracked their spine due to climbing.
Thanx Sam. But can you make calls from your canon calculator? I mean- may as well get a life protector that calls too…
Mi yamus o’me yichiye!!!!!!!!! Blackberry Shmackberry