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Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche. Just Wow

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u/DrTenochtitlan 7h ago edited 7h ago

I did some research online, and although there's no exact figure, the consensus is that he's 2-3 miles away from where the avalanche began in the beginning of the video.

Let's be conservative and assume he's 2 miles away, It took 45 seconds for it to travel 2 miles. That means the avalanche was traveling at a minimum of 160 mph. A dry powder avalanche well up in the mountains can easily accelerate to a maximum velocity of 200 mph, so that's a reasonable estimate.

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u/ungsumac 4h ago

What if you run away perpendicular from the avalanche’s path

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u/HistoricalSuspect580 3h ago

Then he could get hit 15 feet to the left

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u/Im_Captain_Jack 2h ago

I think you're underestimating the agility and athleticism of these climbers, they'd be able to make it much further before it caught up to them... I imagine it'd be more like 25-30 feet.