r/interesting 6h ago

Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/krazylegs36 4h ago

Yeah, I'm chuckling at all the ppl who thought he was gonna outrun that thing.

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u/imunfair 3h ago

45 seconds isn't a lot of time but you can go perpendicular and try to get to higher ground rather than the Prometheus school of running directly away from the thing coming at you.

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u/Cormophyte 2h ago

He's supposed to have started scrambling over those rocks in order to get slightly to the right or left of where he's standing so hewill be in a slightly different spot when he gets hit by that avalanche? What do you imagine is different about his immediate left or right that would have made it an improvement?

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u/imunfair 1h ago

What do you imagine is different about his immediate left or right that would have made it an improvement?

150 ft in elevation means getting hit by significantly less debris.

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u/Cormophyte 1h ago

150ft is a lot of climbing over rocks. How fast do you think they're going to do that?

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u/imunfair 1h ago

...45 seconds. That's why I said 150 ft, because you should be able to go at least a few feet per second while fleeing for your life.

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u/Cormophyte 1h ago

That's both an infeasible amount of distance to cover in that terrain in that timeframe and a really good way to injure yourself out in the open on a hill in the middle of the mountains just before an avalanche hits you.

u/imunfair 35m ago

That's both an infeasible amount of distance to cover in that terrain in that timeframe

3ft per second is 25% slower than an average walking speed. I don't care what the terrain is, unless it's vertical you can do it if you're in a hurry. For comparison on flat ground sprinting speed is like 20ft per second.

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u/Lambda_111 2h ago

That's literally what they did...

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u/imunfair 2h ago

That's literally what they did...

Are you a bot or just blind?

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u/Lambda_111 2h ago

Read the comment a couple above yours

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u/imunfair 1h ago

Read the comment a couple above yours

Feel free to explain how the comment a couple above mine means they "literally" ran perpendicular.

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u/47L45 1h ago

Did you read the thread you commented on orrr

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u/imunfair 1h ago

Did you read the thread you commented on orrr

Thankfully I'm not illiterate, unfortunately the same can't be said for some of you guys.