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Apple Watch saves hiker after a blindfolded mountain fall

The Fall Detection feature of the Apple Watch helped save a hiker after he had a treacherous, blindfolded fall down a Colorado mountainside.

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The Apple Watch has frequently been cited as helping to save people’s lives in emergency situations. In one new claim, it helped a man who hurt himself on top of a mountain.

Hiker Phong Le was headed to Father Dyer Peak along a ridge of Mount Helen, in Breckenridge, Colorado, on Halloween. While traversing the ridge, he propped himself on a boulder to study his map, but the large rock gave way.

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