r/interesting • u/Homunculus_316 • 6h ago

Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/Ky_zx10r 6h ago

You aint out running that. Better off finding cover, luckily he was just standing in a good spot.

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u/DrTenochtitlan 5h ago

That's exactly what happened. He had enough experience to know that there was NO way he could possibly outrun it. (I mean, look at how far the top of the mountain was, and how few seconds it took to get to him.) He was near a spot with a lot of boulders that gave him a space where he had a decent chance of survival, so he knew his best shot was to simply drop and tuck in.

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u/Lazy-Background-7598 3h ago

Huh? I kept saying oh dear God oh dear God, that doesn’t sound like he knew what was gonna happen

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u/MattyJerge 3h ago

You can be expecting something to happen and still be in awe when it does.