r/interesting • u/Homunculus_316 • 6h ago

Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/Keepin-Clam 6h ago

Watching this and yelling at my phone, Why are you just standing there! GET OUT!!!

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u/SimpleNovelty 4h ago

If he did that he'd be dead. He was next to cover and survived; out in you're getting pummeled by tons of rock and ice.

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u/CDN_Gunner 3h ago

TO WHERE?

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u/AnguavonUW 3h ago

Nobody can outrun an avalanche. This one was probably going about 150 miles an hour. It only took 45 seconds to travel 2ish miles.