Firefighters in Washington state rescued a California woman who fell into a "vault toilet" while trying to retrieve her phone at Olympic National Forest on Tuesday, authorities said.

The woman, who was in her 40s, was using a toilet at the top of Mt. Walker when she dropped her cellphone down into the vault, the Brinnon Fire Department said.

She attempted to take the toilet apart, disassembling the seat and housing and used her dog’s leash to fish out the dropped phone, according to authorities.

When the woman used the leashes to help support herself, fire officials said the leashes failed, and she slid headfirst into the vault. After spending nearly 20 minutes trying to climb out, she used her cellphone to call 911.

Brinnon and Quilcene firefighters responded to the mountaintop around 3 p.m. and made a "makeshift cribbing platform" tall enough for the woman to stand on and pulled her to safety, fire officials said.

The woman was not injured during the incident.

"The patient was extremely fortunate not to be overcome by toxic gases or sustain injury," the fire department said.

Rescuers washed the human waste off her and gave her a disposable Tyvek suit to wear, officials said.

Despite firefighters encouraging the woman to seek medical attention after being exposed to human waste, officials said she declined and continued back to California.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/was...woman-163138829.html

I threw up a little in my mouth reading that. yuck.

What a shitty situation.

A Californian? Somehow I'm not surprised.

I guess she's flushed with pride.

Instant karma.

I for one am glad there are no pictures in the linked article.

Only thing worse than a Port-A-Potty is a "Vault Toilet"!

Huge lawsuit to follow. She's gonna get rich and I'm certainly not implying she should.

There once was a young man named Clyde
Who fell in an outhouse, and died.
He had a twin brother
Who fell in another
And now they're interred side by side.

OK what is a vault toilet?

quote:

Originally posted by Rick Lee:
Huge lawsuit to follow. She's gonna get rich and I'm certainly not implying she should.

So you're saying she's going to be "flush" with cash?

Stupid is as stupid does.

Why is your cell phone out while you’re taking a dump on top of a mountain?
Selfie?

quote:

Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
OK what is a vault toilet?

Its modern take on the outhouse. Basically a big tank buried in the ground that can pumped out as needed.

Thank you.

Good thing there was a phone down there. She should consider herself lucky.

IPHONE2

SHITTYMAX

OR

IPHONEDUECE

quote:

Originally posted by dsiets:
Good thing there was a phone down there.

Thread WINNER!!!!!

If the phone was a Jitterbug, could this California person tell it from a turd.



I am not a fan of Jitterbug.

I think this is indicative of people's lack of common sense and the ability to think critically.

It's likely an older phone and not worth retrieval. Just let it go.

Knowing the area i'm surprised she got cellular coverage. There is many spots in the mountains around here in Western Wa where cellular coverage is very limited to none at all.

Several years ago I was cleaning a suppressor in my shop. There are spiders that live in the corners and the dark places in my shop. This suppressor has a blue O-ring in the booster section. After reassembly, I grabbed an air hose and shot some compressed air into the throat of the suppressor. Out flies the O-ring. I watched it arc up and then down into one of those spidery places. I walked over and peered into a huge web that had a fresh hole where the O-ring had penetrated. I shuttered and made a skrinched up face and said," Nope." I went in the house and emailed Knight's Armament with my story. They sent me three more O-rings free of charge. They must have spidery corners in their shop too.

Had I dropped my phone into the sludge, I would have watched it sink and then bought another one.