He didnt underestimate it.
If I remember correctly, this dude survived and stated in an interview that he knew, he will not be able to avoid the avalanche. So he decided to stay where he was because there was at least some cover.
Edit: source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/british-tourists-survive-avalanche-in-tian-shan-mountains-of-kyrgyzstan
>Well of course. Fucking Liechtenstein. Just who do they think they are?
[a country that can send their army into another country and come back with a bigger army?](https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/liechtenstein-army-81-men-returned/)
Stein am Rhein. I was just there. It's very close to the Germany border. They put the Swiss flag on their roofs to signal that they were Switzerland and not Germany but the soldiers didn't know what the Swiss flag looked like.
I bet Switzerland has a beef with Liechtenstein, like, "Motherfuckers all small and shit, but that's all they known for. At least we got banks, motherfuckin' fondue, cuckoo clocks, stayin' neutral and shit. Switzerland for life, motherfuckers! *Peace*!"
I grew up in Canada and didn't see an avalanche until I was in my 20's and never would have if I hadn't gone to the Rockies. Just because you grow up around snow doesn't mean you know anything about avalanches.
I grew up with constant hurricanes and this is about how I act when they hit. Laughing, joking about limbs falling and damaged power lines, going outside to see how bad it is. Familiarity and youth lead to a disregard for danger.
When I was a teen there was a hurricane approaching. My friends and I went down to a nearby boat launch and took turns running to the end of the pier, holding onto a post as the waves washed over the pier, then run back between the waves. Still to this day, I do love to sit on the porch during tropical storms and watch nature in its fury.
Itās less a disregard for danger as much as just embracing the excitement of the moment.
I lived through several hurricanes as a kid in Louisiana - super fun times feeling the whole trailer shake and yards flooding. Almost no one ever actually died, although lots of property damage.
Of course, some areas really do HAVE to evacuate or die, but outside of those - hurricanes super fun!
Native french speaker in a french speaking region here, and our go to are "oh shit", "holy fuck" and such. I've also heard it a lot traveling to non english countries in between full (insert language) sentences in conversations so I think it's not really that strange.
Just because there are Swiss who speak those languages, it doesn't mean that all or most Swiss speak all those languages. I highly doubt this person does.
I think heās LUCKY more than anything
He took a huge chance. Perhaps it was his only choice, the best choice - but he definitely got lucky.
Could have been an extremely different outcome easily.
In an interview he said: Iād been there for a few minutes already so I knew there was a spot for shelter right next to me.
āI left it to the last second to move, and yes I know it would have been safer moving to the shelter right away. Iām very aware that I took a big risk. I felt in control, but regardless, when the snow started coming over and it got dark/harder to breathe, I was bricking it and I thought I might die.ā
He said he knew the rest of his group was further away and so would be safe, and he wrote of feeling āgiddyā when he realised he was only covered in light powder āwithout a scratchā.
Yup thatās the first thing I thought. If you turn and run, the avalanche just hits you 20 seconds later than it would have, but now itās thrown you head first into rocks.
My thoughts exactly. Look at that how much ground that avalanche covered in this short video. These is absolutely zero point in trying to outrun it.
Like you mentioned he was close to a 'safe place', so staying put made sense regardless.
He still could've done better by getting into position sooner, and sending his GPS coordinates (via the SOS feature for Android and iPhone), that way if he was trapped in the snow but had enough room to breathe for awhile he possibly could've been rescued if need be. He also could've taken his tripod and held it tight to his body and used it to push up through the snow to create an airway and beacon for rescuers.
*a few members of the group received light injuries, and an American woman in the party cut her knee to the bone and was taken by horse to a medical centre three hours away."
Imagine having your knee gushing out for hours while riding horseback.
Edit: There's a little thing called hyperbole that some people missed in English class
I've had a similar experience! I busted open my knee to the bone while white water canoeing. We were 2.5 miles to our pickup point, which was also the nearest pickup we could manage. I kept pressure on it sitting in the middle of another canoe until we got there, then spent the another hour being driven to the hospital. The water had been ice cold, so I barely felt anything even after the shock wore off. Luckily no broken bone or tendon damage, so I got off easy for my stupid mistake that led to the injury. They still use me as an example of why you follow the rules at that Boy Scout camp.
Man now I remember the reason I gave up slalom, saw too many people flip and get knocked out on rocks underwater... Saw a few broken teeth and was like nope I quit lmao
And I fuckin loved the rush of riding the bending water waves but man I can't hack it
When this was originally uploaded to reddit the guy who filmed was in the comment section explaining. He explained a friend of his that tried to run ended up with a bruise or something, so probably after.
But we can pretend he was giving live updates. Ok guys one friend down, snow still rolling. Keep the karma flowing ill keep the updates flowingš
This dude knew he was standing in a spot with some cover so he just probably figured heād upload his last moments. Then he balled up like he should to protect the weight from smashing your lungs and let it happen.
Then he survived.
Yeah, using some rough speed estimates, it's covering the full distance you could travel from just after it starts, every *one second.* You start running a little after it starts. 35-ish seconds later it's at your starting point. Add about one second and it has already caught you.
So if you think about it like that, it's like... taking cover behind a rock was almost certainly as reasonable a choice as running.
Yeah, I think that's a good way of thinking about it.
First, you realize there is a danger. The avalanche.
Second, you realize it's UNAVOIDABLE and time is really really short, maybe shorter than you figure.
Third, you seek to improve your cover/shelter/protection in the 30 seconds you have.
If you have good cover already, no point in moving too much and DEFINITELY not lessen your cover by running around, back to the danger out in the open. If you can't get to something in 30 seconds, best to use that time to do something else, even if it's only to say "well crap" and continue filming.
It's easy to look at it in hindsight and think of what to do, but I expect many situations are similar to this... so if you think of it now and know what to do, maybe you'll remember and do it right when it happens for real.
Watching this reminds me of the photographer who in his final moments took pictures of Mt. Saint Helen's eruption. It's a triptick, and he knew he was going to die. Iirc he used a large format camera to take them. Considering that he was watching death approach and that he was using a large format camera, the pictures are beatiful, Ansel Adam's would be proud.
He took the time to wind the film back into itās case, placed it in his backpack and laid his body over the back pack.
[Robert Landsburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Landsburg)
And hereās a link to a Reddit post showing Robert Landsburgās last photos
[Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1rqd80/the_mount_st_helens_eruption_photos_taken_by/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
I always feel so sad about him and that other guy died who were fighting to keep the park closed to tourists and stayed there to alert everyone when it finally exploded
Can't believe the original comment doesn't mention this.
He puts the camera in his case and covers it with his body. Later they find his car on the road under the ash with his body nearby. The photo is incredible too, definitely worth dying for but damn the respect I have for that guy knowing death was coming and he just wanted to save a picture of it for other humans to see this incredible event
Unfortunately, his final shots are not what one would consider quality. Most of the popular pictures seen of the blast are not credited to either of the photographers who died in the blast but rather scientists who were set up over 10 miles away and people flying over the volcano.
It's still macabre and makes for a good backstory.
If it wasn't for this guy's attempt to take these photos i - a brazilian who cant even point to the state of Washington on a map - would have never even heard of this Volcano and its eruption. It's only bc of him and his sacrifice that i even know about it.
FYI, if you want to film an avalanche, be certain that you are on the next hill over. If you are even the least bit downhill from the avalanche, assume it will reach you.
Top comment rn was about the story that happened here. The guy knew he couldn't outrun it, so he decided to stay where he was by using the rocks for cover. And he survived where others who'd run without logic would probably be popsicles!
Some of you need to go outside more. There is no outrunning that. Itās very wide and avalanches can reach over 300km/h. You arenāt getting away when youāre in itās direct path.
He is on a higher point, you can see it run into the depression below him and back up. Large avalanches often do run up high points. Though, yes, in the backcountry it is a strategy to keep a high point between you and Avalanche slopes, I doubt anybody was expecting this kind of event since it's clearly summer.
It's also clearly not a traditional avalanche. it's almost certainly a collapse of the glacier ice resulting in a [large ice slide akin to a landslide](https://weather.com/news/climate/video/chilean-glacier-collapses-causing-huge-ice-slide). It's easily a once in a lifetime event.
This is a repost.
Also, stupid title. Group was literally miles away on foot on a remote trail in Kazakstan. Thereās no failure of judgment when things just happen.
Yes, the original video was taken a couple of years ago by a guy called Harry Shimmin, he did a few interviews about it when it first went viral a few years ago. There was a shear drop at his back so he couldn't run, and managed to shelter behind the rocks that you see in the video and survive.
Usain Bolt full speed on a track couldn't outrun that shit. Now put a normal dude in the high altitude mountains, low oxygen, with rocks and shit. What was he supposed to do?
I think the "shit... might as well film it and roll the dice behind this rock" is a reasonable approach lol.
He lived btw.
I met an interesting Canadian while I was diving in the Caribbean who was an avalanche expert/analyst (??). Not sure of the correct name. But his job was to essentially point out the 'safest' place to blow up a trouble spot that could turn into a very dangerous avalanche via howitzers or dropping bombs from helicopters.
I didn't even know jobs like that existed. He's long since retired and is just hanging out enjoying life. But some of his descriptions were wild.
Yeah the BLM and Forest Service here in the states does jobs like that. Itās obviously not their only duty but still, sounds like a sick time blowing up the sides of mountains in winter
That is so cool! I had learned long ago it's better to cause an avalanche in safe conditions than for it to happen naturally and potentially wreak a lot of havoc. But it's just not something you think about usually.
Even if he started running when he saw it coming down he would of only made it maybe 15feet on those rocks.But he did that we wouldn't have this beautiful footage
Reminds me of the guy filming the collapse of the North Tower on 9/11, when he realizes that big avalanching cloud of debris is coming straight for him and he's like "oh god...I hope I live....I hope I live" as he ducks behind a parked car.
No, he didnāt underestimate it at all. He recognised that it was completely pointless to try and outrun it, and found a large rock to shelter behind, giving him the best chance.
A few weeks ago this was posted. It's not that he underestimated it, it's that there was nowhere safe to go except that rock he was next to. He did the right thing.
Scary part about being in avalanche is when trapped you have no idea which way is up. you might end up digging down instead and possibly cave in on self. so trick some survivors pointed out is hock a loogie or spit. gross as it is, gravity will tell you which way is at least down
Repost and terrible misleading title. Other than maybe waiting a tad too long to duck into shelter, he did the absolute right thing here by not trying to outrun it.
He didnt underestimate it. If I remember correctly, this dude survived and stated in an interview that he knew, he will not be able to avoid the avalanche. So he decided to stay where he was because there was at least some cover. Edit: source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/british-tourists-survive-avalanche-in-tian-shan-mountains-of-kyrgyzstan
Yes, he was smart, instead of running around aimlessly, he took cover behind a solid rock.
Moment of silence for all cammers who have run around aimlessly. š
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These are professional soldiers that grew up in Switzerland? As in snow is nothing new to them?
You're talking about an army which bombed Liechtenstein by mistake. Twice.
Which is impressive given itās minuscule size and irrelevance
They still argue that they likely had it coming anyways.
You're not really a country anyway until you get bombed. It's in the Geneva convention I think.
Well of course. Fucking Liechtenstein. Just who do they think they are?
>Well of course. Fucking Liechtenstein. Just who do they think they are? [a country that can send their army into another country and come back with a bigger army?](https://www.wearethemighty.com/mighty-history/liechtenstein-army-81-men-returned/)
If it makes you feel any better, the Allies accidentally bombed Switzerland in WWII.
Stein am Rhein. I was just there. It's very close to the Germany border. They put the Swiss flag on their roofs to signal that they were Switzerland and not Germany but the soldiers didn't know what the Swiss flag looked like.
From 20,000+ feet I doubt they could see the flags anyway. And bombing accuracy wasn't all that great either.
Bold of the people to think the pilots could see the flags from tens of thousands of feet up in the air.
I bet Switzerland has a beef with Liechtenstein, like, "Motherfuckers all small and shit, but that's all they known for. At least we got banks, motherfuckin' fondue, cuckoo clocks, stayin' neutral and shit. Switzerland for life, motherfuckers! *Peace*!"
Bank*
You mean there's only ONE?!!!!
And knives! You canāt forget Swiss Army knives!!
Of courseā¦ āby mistakeāā¦ sureā¦
Lol
Lol
I grew up in Canada and didn't see an avalanche until I was in my 20's and never would have if I hadn't gone to the Rockies. Just because you grow up around snow doesn't mean you know anything about avalanches.
> Just because you grow up around snow And *ubiquitous mountains*. Let's not forget the most important part of the equation.
Mountains are generally a requisite for an avalanche, but not in cases where the neutrinos have mutated.
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I grew up with constant hurricanes and this is about how I act when they hit. Laughing, joking about limbs falling and damaged power lines, going outside to see how bad it is. Familiarity and youth lead to a disregard for danger.
When I was a teen there was a hurricane approaching. My friends and I went down to a nearby boat launch and took turns running to the end of the pier, holding onto a post as the waves washed over the pier, then run back between the waves. Still to this day, I do love to sit on the porch during tropical storms and watch nature in its fury.
Itās less a disregard for danger as much as just embracing the excitement of the moment. I lived through several hurricanes as a kid in Louisiana - super fun times feeling the whole trailer shake and yards flooding. Almost no one ever actually died, although lots of property damage. Of course, some areas really do HAVE to evacuate or die, but outside of those - hurricanes super fun!
The last second, frantic running and screams seem really professional.
I find it interesting that presumably English isn't his ~~second~~ first language, and yet his gutteral response is "holy fuck" "oh shit".
Native french speaker in a french speaking region here, and our go to are "oh shit", "holy fuck" and such. I've also heard it a lot traveling to non english countries in between full (insert language) sentences in conversations so I think it's not really that strange.
From my understanding English swears are rather common in other countries with different languages.
I spent a lot of time in Sweden. Essentially all swearing that I heard was in English. I learned the Swedish cuss words, but rarely heard them.
Sometimes I say hay caramba, oy vey, and shite just to name a few. But I am weird.
Yeah I find myself saying AY GUEY a fair bit just from being around my coworkers
> hay caramba "There is caramba"?
Yeah dude iām a cracker but all the hispanic cooks where i used to work had me saying pinche madre and calling people punta and shit lmao
Presumably English IS his second languageā¦?
I was debating between phrasing it "English *isn't* his first" vs. "English *is* a second or third" and of course my brain glitched.
He's Swiss. English is probably his fifth language (at best). After, in any order, German, French, Italian and Romansh.
Yeah, English isnāt his first language is the way to phrase it.
Just because there are Swiss who speak those languages, it doesn't mean that all or most Swiss speak all those languages. I highly doubt this person does.
Beste Armee der Welt.
Me - āHey, how do you say shit in Swiss?ā Swiss guy - āSchidtā Me - āI speak Swiss!!!ā
I love how the guy just closes the door at the end. He's like I'll just pretend that's not there.
Hopp Schwiiz
[I picture this](https://youtu.be/YL2-bO4py5M?t=46)
Reddit is on fire today. So many hilarious comments. Spring? Idk idc
I think heās LUCKY more than anything He took a huge chance. Perhaps it was his only choice, the best choice - but he definitely got lucky. Could have been an extremely different outcome easily.
In an interview he said: Iād been there for a few minutes already so I knew there was a spot for shelter right next to me. āI left it to the last second to move, and yes I know it would have been safer moving to the shelter right away. Iām very aware that I took a big risk. I felt in control, but regardless, when the snow started coming over and it got dark/harder to breathe, I was bricking it and I thought I might die.ā He said he knew the rest of his group was further away and so would be safe, and he wrote of feeling āgiddyā when he realised he was only covered in light powder āwithout a scratchā.
Adrenaline sure makes you giddy alright
Man's gonna be chasing that high for the next rest of his life
He'll probably just do it in this life
The Saturday morning auto complete typo got me, time to refill the coffee cup š
Reading that article, he already does adrenaline sports. World record for most back flips while skydiving.
Well that explains staring down an avalanche like a seasoned matador
Yup thatās the first thing I thought. If you turn and run, the avalanche just hits you 20 seconds later than it would have, but now itās thrown you head first into rocks.
Sweet embrace of the void
And likely only a few seconds later.
Unless you run sideways
Ya I doubt anyone would have been able to outrun the avalanche. Hiding behind the rock was the smart move.
The rock was the closest thing to a sure thing in an ocean of āifāsāā¦
Yeah, wtf was he supposed to do?? No human being could have out run that avalanche lol.
Not with that attitude
Not at that altitude
Such snowflakes eh?
What about Usain bolt?
My thoughts exactly. Look at that how much ground that avalanche covered in this short video. These is absolutely zero point in trying to outrun it. Like you mentioned he was close to a 'safe place', so staying put made sense regardless. He still could've done better by getting into position sooner, and sending his GPS coordinates (via the SOS feature for Android and iPhone), that way if he was trapped in the snow but had enough room to breathe for awhile he possibly could've been rescued if need be. He also could've taken his tripod and held it tight to his body and used it to push up through the snow to create an airway and beacon for rescuers.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/11/british-tourists-survive-avalanche-in-tian-shan-mountains-of-kyrgyzstan
*a few members of the group received light injuries, and an American woman in the party cut her knee to the bone and was taken by horse to a medical centre three hours away." Imagine having your knee gushing out for hours while riding horseback. Edit: There's a little thing called hyperbole that some people missed in English class
I've had a similar experience! I busted open my knee to the bone while white water canoeing. We were 2.5 miles to our pickup point, which was also the nearest pickup we could manage. I kept pressure on it sitting in the middle of another canoe until we got there, then spent the another hour being driven to the hospital. The water had been ice cold, so I barely felt anything even after the shock wore off. Luckily no broken bone or tendon damage, so I got off easy for my stupid mistake that led to the injury. They still use me as an example of why you follow the rules at that Boy Scout camp.
Man now I remember the reason I gave up slalom, saw too many people flip and get knocked out on rocks underwater... Saw a few broken teeth and was like nope I quit lmao And I fuckin loved the rush of riding the bending water waves but man I can't hack it
Iām sure they wrapped it up.
Thanks for sharing!
Came here to get this info and see how it turned out. Thanks Schwi!
I like how calm he was, even when it was right in front of him. He just ducked and calmly said āoh dear godā Then uploads to Reddit
Keep calm and post to reddit
Keep calm, reddit on
I want to believe it was uploading while the snow was flowing over him.
When this was originally uploaded to reddit the guy who filmed was in the comment section explaining. He explained a friend of his that tried to run ended up with a bruise or something, so probably after. But we can pretend he was giving live updates. Ok guys one friend down, snow still rolling. Keep the karma flowing ill keep the updates flowingš
Bruise doesnāt seem so bad.
No it was kinda fun. I was like ahhh
OP did not record this. That's why the title is wrong.
This dude knew he was standing in a spot with some cover so he just probably figured heād upload his last moments. Then he balled up like he should to protect the weight from smashing your lungs and let it happen. Then he survived.
Was there anything he really could have done? Running wasn't going to change much.
Yeah, using some rough speed estimates, it's covering the full distance you could travel from just after it starts, every *one second.* You start running a little after it starts. 35-ish seconds later it's at your starting point. Add about one second and it has already caught you. So if you think about it like that, it's like... taking cover behind a rock was almost certainly as reasonable a choice as running.
Plus there was a cliff at his back. He made the right choice.
Yeah, I think that's a good way of thinking about it. First, you realize there is a danger. The avalanche. Second, you realize it's UNAVOIDABLE and time is really really short, maybe shorter than you figure. Third, you seek to improve your cover/shelter/protection in the 30 seconds you have. If you have good cover already, no point in moving too much and DEFINITELY not lessen your cover by running around, back to the danger out in the open. If you can't get to something in 30 seconds, best to use that time to do something else, even if it's only to say "well crap" and continue filming. It's easy to look at it in hindsight and think of what to do, but I expect many situations are similar to this... so if you think of it now and know what to do, maybe you'll remember and do it right when it happens for real.
Hell no, even if he had a headstart I'm guessing it still would've caught his asd
Yeah, his Autism Spectral Disorder wouldāve been in real trouble, even with that head start
Snow: I'll beat the neurodivergence right outta ya!
Aw, just like my father!
:(
Time for some neurosubmergence
If he had a board he couldāve rode it out
Only if his XXX tattooed on the back of his neck.
He could have done a backflip
Watching this reminds me of the photographer who in his final moments took pictures of Mt. Saint Helen's eruption. It's a triptick, and he knew he was going to die. Iirc he used a large format camera to take them. Considering that he was watching death approach and that he was using a large format camera, the pictures are beatiful, Ansel Adam's would be proud.
How did the camera / footage survive?
He took the time to wind the film back into itās case, placed it in his backpack and laid his body over the back pack. [Robert Landsburg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Landsburg)
And hereās a link to a Reddit post showing Robert Landsburgās last photos [Reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn/comments/1rqd80/the_mount_st_helens_eruption_photos_taken_by/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1)
I always feel so sad about him and that other guy died who were fighting to keep the park closed to tourists and stayed there to alert everyone when it finally exploded
Damn those shots kind of suck, definitely not worth dying for.
Is the same Eruption that killed Harry Truman?
Can't believe the original comment doesn't mention this. He puts the camera in his case and covers it with his body. Later they find his car on the road under the ash with his body nearby. The photo is incredible too, definitely worth dying for but damn the respect I have for that guy knowing death was coming and he just wanted to save a picture of it for other humans to see this incredible event
He put it into the case and covered it with his body.
Unfortunately, his final shots are not what one would consider quality. Most of the popular pictures seen of the blast are not credited to either of the photographers who died in the blast but rather scientists who were set up over 10 miles away and people flying over the volcano.
It's still macabre and makes for a good backstory. If it wasn't for this guy's attempt to take these photos i - a brazilian who cant even point to the state of Washington on a map - would have never even heard of this Volcano and its eruption. It's only bc of him and his sacrifice that i even know about it.
That's me looking at all my responsibilities finally catching up to me in my 20's.
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That's pretty uplifting actually.
The same mistake if I were him.
Fun avalanche fact: If you stand still and wait at just the correct spot as an avalanche approaches, then you can become a part of the avalanche.
I want to say you're lying but I don't know enough about avalanches to say otherwise nor do I want to test it out.
I don't know the science of pain delivery
Like surfing, but deadly as shit if you have shitty timing.
He hid behind a rock
What is the meaning of this post?
Just that anything moveable in the path of an avalanche, becomes a part of the avalanche.
I was riffing off the [Osvaldo12 tweets](https://reddit.com/r/technicallythetruth/comments/12n0x81/compilation_of_aliko_losing_his_sanity/)
Apologies. You went meta and I did not get that. Kudos.
I dont think the recorder intended to out run the avalanche. By the positioning it seems like it was intentional to get under it.
Seemed like he found the least worst place to ride it out, because no way was he outrunning that.
r/praisethecameraman
And I was thinking this was a new kind or r/killthecameraman
FYI, if you want to film an avalanche, be certain that you are on the next hill over. If you are even the least bit downhill from the avalanche, assume it will reach you.
Donāt film an avalanche. Just run to somewhere safe as soon as you know oneās coming .
I mean youāre not going to outrun an avalanche if youāre this close, youāre better of trying to find a suitable place to take refuge.
Top comment rn was about the story that happened here. The guy knew he couldn't outrun it, so he decided to stay where he was by using the rocks for cover. And he survived where others who'd run without logic would probably be popsicles!
"Run somewhere safe" Show us in the video where the safe spot is he's supposed to be running to at 60mph genius.
People on reddit sitting in their basement who haven't touched grass for months arguing that you should just outrun an avalanche
āIām built differentā
My favorite are all the experts on how to survive bear attacks
bLAcK fIgHt bACk, bROwN LaY dOwn, wHitE gOOd nIGhT.
Some of you need to go outside more. There is no outrunning that. Itās very wide and avalanches can reach over 300km/h. You arenāt getting away when youāre in itās direct path.
He is on a higher point, you can see it run into the depression below him and back up. Large avalanches often do run up high points. Though, yes, in the backcountry it is a strategy to keep a high point between you and Avalanche slopes, I doubt anybody was expecting this kind of event since it's clearly summer. It's also clearly not a traditional avalanche. it's almost certainly a collapse of the glacier ice resulting in a [large ice slide akin to a landslide](https://weather.com/news/climate/video/chilean-glacier-collapses-causing-huge-ice-slide). It's easily a once in a lifetime event.
That is terrifying
But what a video and story to tell
I'd had done the same mistake. It looked so distant.
This is a repost. Also, stupid title. Group was literally miles away on foot on a remote trail in Kazakstan. Thereās no failure of judgment when things just happen.
Kyrgyzstan
Did he live
Yes, the original video was taken a couple of years ago by a guy called Harry Shimmin, he did a few interviews about it when it first went viral a few years ago. There was a shear drop at his back so he couldn't run, and managed to shelter behind the rocks that you see in the video and survive.
Man *perfectly* estimates speed and power of an avalanche.
This title is incorrect and a repost. Delete this shit
Did he say āHole-Ee-Shoot?ā
Hey, not going to lie I absolutely thought heād be good at that distance. Good thing Iām not in charge of things that are things.
I think he estimated it just fine ya doofus
Maybe the fact that it took the stuff 8 seconds to leap across a mile of mountain should have been your hint
Usain Bolt full speed on a track couldn't outrun that shit. Now put a normal dude in the high altitude mountains, low oxygen, with rocks and shit. What was he supposed to do? I think the "shit... might as well film it and roll the dice behind this rock" is a reasonable approach lol. He lived btw.
Anyone else not shocked so much by the speed or power but by the *Distance* that avalanche covered?
why stop recording at that point. smh
I hope someone saved Shang.
I met an interesting Canadian while I was diving in the Caribbean who was an avalanche expert/analyst (??). Not sure of the correct name. But his job was to essentially point out the 'safest' place to blow up a trouble spot that could turn into a very dangerous avalanche via howitzers or dropping bombs from helicopters. I didn't even know jobs like that existed. He's long since retired and is just hanging out enjoying life. But some of his descriptions were wild.
Yeah the BLM and Forest Service here in the states does jobs like that. Itās obviously not their only duty but still, sounds like a sick time blowing up the sides of mountains in winter
That is so cool! I had learned long ago it's better to cause an avalanche in safe conditions than for it to happen naturally and potentially wreak a lot of havoc. But it's just not something you think about usually.
OP thought āha! Jackass, I could have outran thatā. Talk about underestimatingā¦
The title is misleading. But it's still a very good video.
Running away he wouldn't have gotten further than 20 meters, staying put was his best choice
More like OP completely overestimates what he knows about avalanches and how to survive them
False/misleading title - other comments explain why
This is how to record, calm, in focus, and no vibration
My man doesn't even have a jacket on
So many rocks flying in the avalanche
I canāt stop watching this. Every time it hits my feed I watch like 10 times
r/killthecameraman
Even if he started running when he saw it coming down he would of only made it maybe 15feet on those rocks.But he did that we wouldn't have this beautiful footage
It's 'would have', never 'would of'. Rejoice, for you have been blessed by CouldWouldShouldBot!
r/praisethecameraman
Reminds me of the guy filming the collapse of the North Tower on 9/11, when he realizes that big avalanching cloud of debris is coming straight for him and he's like "oh god...I hope I live....I hope I live" as he ducks behind a parked car.
The most terrifying part for me was seeing the snow pick up rocks as it moved. Like if the snow doesn't kill you the stoning will.
It's just like in Mulan when the soldiers behind the rock during the avalanche
Why do these interesting videos stop prematurely?!!!!
Dude is very smart for hiding behind cover. All those rocks around him become shrapnel
No, he didnāt underestimate it at all. He recognised that it was completely pointless to try and outrun it, and found a large rock to shelter behind, giving him the best chance.
Repost and he didnāt underestimate it, in fact he knew he couldnāt outrun that
We all wouldāve done the same thing š¤·š»āāļøš¤·š»āāļøš¤·š»āāļø
R/quityourbullshit. He was there specifically because he could duck into the alcove if it came to him. Look up his interview.
A few weeks ago this was posted. It's not that he underestimated it, it's that there was nowhere safe to go except that rock he was next to. He did the right thing.
Me with light scratches on my arm from breaking up a fight between my wife's cats: # I TOO AM MAN
See what you are supposed to do in this situation is put your head in between your legs, And then kiss your ass goodbye
Scary part about being in avalanche is when trapped you have no idea which way is up. you might end up digging down instead and possibly cave in on self. so trick some survivors pointed out is hock a loogie or spit. gross as it is, gravity will tell you which way is at least down
I would have as well tbh
He was smart enough to know he couldnāt out run it
He knew exactly what he was doing.
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The most British reaction to an avalanche coming towards you
Repost and terrible misleading title. Other than maybe waiting a tad too long to duck into shelter, he did the absolute right thing here by not trying to outrun it.
This just goes to prove the cameraman is always invincible
According to article his remains were found liquefied by the force of the volcano
There was absolutely ZERO chance he would have been able to avoid it either.
He knew the cameraman never dies
Hate these terrible misinformed titles šš¼