Woman who fell down mountain saved thanks to app [Video]

By Blaise Cloran via SWNS

A hiker has told how his auntie’s life was saved because he had the what3words app on his mobile phone.

Ed Farnworth, 31, and his auntie, Sarah Robert, 59, were hiking in Switzerland when Sarah fell 60 feet down a mountain and suffered serious injuries.

Sarah suffered a broken arm, and a gashed forehead and was severely concussed in the fall.

The pair were away from flat ground, in the woods and there were no landmarks for Ed to tell the emergency services where they were.

Luckily, Ed, from Bolton, Lancs, had the what3words app on his phone which provides users with a unique three-word code that reveals their precise location.

After ringing the emergency services, who knew about what3words, the address ///crabmeat.hers.froze showed the services the exact spot where Sarah landed.

Ed said: “For most of my adult life I’ve been drawn to the outdoors, traveling, my big thing is getting out …