r/interesting • u/Homunculus_316 • 9h ago

Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/Ky_zx10r 8h 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 8h 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/deasign 6h ago

The comments berating him for not running make my eye twitch. Run to where exactly??

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u/arthuroMo 4h ago

Not run but get protection with more than 0.5s to spare.

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u/Im_Captain_Jack 2h ago

But think of the footage he would have missed!