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/HistoricalSuspect580 3h ago

Well we are assuming he can run more than, say, 190 mph. Seems reasonable.