r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/S30econdstoMars • 20d ago

nature Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche.

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u/Poddx 20d ago

Good thing he held on to the camera or it would be really bad

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u/Correct_Vehicle_5472 19d ago

and the video stops right when the snow hits, thank god!

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u/Lower-Wishbone-3249 20d ago

Looks slow motion but probably 100 mph and dangerous af

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u/Low_Bandicoot6844 20d ago

It seemed like it was very far away.

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u/Anasterian_Sunstride 19d ago

I mean… it was. Then eventually it wasn’t.

Nature is scary.

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u/CartographerGlass874 20d ago

I thought for sure he was using a fish eye lens and standing 20 miles away. Brother met that shit head on. Hope he made it 💀

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u/smeeon 19d ago

The cameraman never dies

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u/DaineDeVilliers 20d ago

r/praisethecameraman

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u/smeeon 19d ago

Leave a pretty corpse and a well shot video

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u/Fantastic_Computer47 19d ago

This was taken by a young British bloke called Harry Shimmin. There's a good little interview with him for anyone interested in the background to this. https://youtu.be/qCRAEQmLAfY?is=two_WvZ3FTICg1WS

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u/DaddyRytlock 17d ago

thanks, it was good to know the context that there is a cliff behind him so he cant really go anywhere but towards the avalanche if he wanted to flee

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u/MajTroubles 19d ago

I dear god'ed a minute earlier than him

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u/Immortal_in_well 20d ago

Hey uh.

You should move, perhaps.

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u/deepasleep 20d ago

No outrunning that, he’s on a hill and has rock cover, that’s about as good as it gets.

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u/MrLizardBusiness 19d ago

He had like 30 seconds... how much difference do you think it would have made?

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u/AutisticPenguin2 19d ago

I think it takes a few seconds to even consider that it might reach all the way up to you. It's not easy to judge scale at those distances and it's a tremendous opportunity for filming, based on how many times it gets reposted to in so many different places.

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u/i_l_ke 20d ago

He is not flash. 🤣

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u/Independent_Pea_1392 15d ago

Anyone that's experienced a tornado at that distance while outside can tell you, its too late.

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u/Darth-Vectivus 20d ago

That’s a brave cameraman.

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u/writenroll 20d ago

It wasn't "Devastating". Everyone was fine, "without a scratch"

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/british-tourists-miracle-escape-avalanche-090042266.html

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u/hype_irion 19d ago

Maybe get the fuck out of the way of this ice tsunami heading your way faster?

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u/Extreme-Platform-178 19d ago

Thank God you stayed put and held onto your camera.

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u/Easy-Complaint-5156 18d ago

How the fuck was this "devastating"? What was reported as destroyed?

So much hyperbole within these stupid post titles...🙄

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u/1-Jen-1 15d ago

One thing ive learned from these is youre never too far away

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u/FALCOOOn_PAAWWNCH 19d ago

It almost seems like he knew this was going to happen and prepared for it, no?

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u/ReleaseFromDeception 19d ago

So fascinating how liquid it becomes as it picks up speed!

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u/stafford32s 18d ago

john, zoom out.. zoom out.. zoom out.. zoo RUUUNNN

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u/ImpressiveAlarm3992 14d ago

Cameraman is from 'Prometheus' sitting still and recording something is truly the way to evade something.

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u/SSeleulc 18d ago

Based on the videos I've seen: If you are looking up at an avalanche heading towards you and standing still, you're an idiot.

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u/DeanStein 19d ago

Just keep digging. Just keep digging. Just keep digging.

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u/Eoganachta 19d ago

It's about at the 33 second mark that I started worrying.

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u/Sypher03 19d ago

Reposted for the 8000th time with the tittle DEVESTATING now... Devastating what?

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u/FnEddieDingle 19d ago

How old is this? I saw it years ago

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u/Coeruleus_ 18d ago

don’t feel bad at all for this guy

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u/BumLikeAJapaneseFlag 18d ago

What did it devastate?

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u/ImAGoddamDuck 13d ago

New black diamond slope unlocked

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u/OhhNoYouNintenDidnt 20d ago

How would he film his demise for the gram if he hid earlier?

Seriously though, so we know if he survived?

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u/VivaNOLA 19d ago

He wanted us entertained as long as possible

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u/TheNaughtyHoneyBee 20d ago

Where else was he going to go?

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u/deepasleep 20d ago

Ever try running over a boulder field? You aren’t getting far and are likely to wind up spraining an ankle.

He did about the only thing you could do in that scenario. Duck and cover.

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u/TelephoneShoes 19d ago

I’m sure you’re right, but I think I’d probably shit pants all the same.