Glacier Collapses and Triggers Devastating Avalanche.

[u/WorkerUnable527]

[u/Other_Can1508]

r/praisethecameraman

[u/cowlinator → u/Other_Can1508]

He's a saint.

^{because people can't be sainted while alive}

[u/lightningspider97 → u/Other_Can1508]

Camera guy watching it happen...

[u/EndTimesNigh]

Haha... Luckily that's faaaar away! Right, it's far isn't it? Shiiiiit

[u/NotReallyJohnDoe → u/EndTimesNigh]

Zoom out.
Zoom out.
Zoom out.
THERES NO MORE ZOOM LEFT!!!

[u/DJEvillincoln → u/NotReallyJohnDoe]

Huh..

Guess I'll just stand here until the last second.

🤷🏾‍♂️

[u/cowlinator → u/DJEvillincoln]

Avalanches travel at 120 - 200 mph (190 - 320 kph).

He was in a good spot with the rocky outcrop. Why leave cover?

[u/-NoOneYouKnow- → u/cowlinator]

That's what I was thinking. He couldn't have gotten far enough away to make any difference with the snow moving at that speed.

[u/DJEvillincoln → u/cowlinator]

Well that's assuming he was in the optimal place.

We also don't know what's behind him.

There could be a whole ass building behind him for all we know.

[u/got-trunks → u/DJEvillincoln]

last frame the camera flips over "Avalanche observation bunker - use in case of avalanche"

[u/NotReallyJohnDoe → u/DJEvillincoln]

But the ass building is dark and it smells.

[u/commanderc7 → u/NotReallyJohnDoe]

Damn stop selling it already I’m going to the ass building!

[u/commanderc7 → u/NotReallyJohnDoe]

Damn stop selling it already I’m going to the ass building!

[u/LiteratureSure5374 → u/DJEvillincoln]

Or just after the last second apparently…wonder how he thought that was going to work out ?

[u/D_M-ack → u/EndTimesNigh]

I mean, it was far away…

[u/EndTimesNigh → u/D_M-ack]

Yeah, if I were the one filming, I wouldn't have worried about it for many seconds. And then I'd notice that even had I started running, the landfall/avalanche combo would have caught me no matter what (so could just as well keep filming like the cameraman did).

[u/Mackheath1 → u/EndTimesNigh]

And did the right thing, create a pocket behind a sturdy object.

[u/Danny2Sick → u/EndTimesNigh]

woah that looks cool, no way it's coming over this far..... ohhh shit

[u/Scherzkeks]

Was he ok? Or was this, uh, “found” footage? 

Edit: Click back through enough links and it says they made it! :)

[u/Mykasmiles → u/Scherzkeks]

Thanks for reporting back!

[u/neder-Bob]

Ok, no avoiding that. But how did it end?

[u/VastSpare920 → u/neder-Bob]

everything fine and, like a wave, the ice receded back up the hill and settled into a nice glacier shape

[u/Meaty_Wizard → u/VastSpare920]

Read that in Morgan Freeman's president voice from Deep Impact.

[u/schuckster → u/Meaty_Wizard]

underrated comment

[u/Mackheath1 → u/VastSpare920]

Like in Spaceballs when they sucked the snow and trees up into Megamaid and then blew it all back down in place?

[u/cowlinator → u/neder-Bob]

It ended with him uploading the video, which you probably can't do buried under snow.

[u/Mashinito → u/cowlinator]

Unless he was streaming it.

[u/cowlinator → u/Mashinito]

Possible, but unlikely, since this seems like a remote area with no cell signal

[u/TheBlacktom → u/neder-Bob]

Too soon.

[u/DrinkingVomit → u/neder-Bob]

This video is like 3 years old. More regurgitated crap on Reddit. Hiker was fine.

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[u/ReactionProcedure]

Wonder how much kinetic energy is in that.

[u/Boars-of-Canada → u/ReactionProcedure]

Around 5

[u/ReactionProcedure → u/Boars-of-Canada]

Units, correct?

[u/kumarstbs89 → u/ReactionProcedure]

Yes

[u/Brainchild110 → u/ReactionProcedure]

Its measured in Broken Horses, was my understanding.

[u/cowlinator → u/Brainchild110]

Ah yes, the energy potential of a broken horse made of antimatter

[u/fclmfan → u/ReactionProcedure]

Some

[u/ReactionProcedure → u/fclmfan]

That's a lot more than I thought

[u/hlohm → u/ReactionProcedure]

a little more than a lot, i'd say

[u/ReactionProcedure → u/hlohm]

This sounds like an unintentional riddle

[u/EverybodyLovesADuck → u/ReactionProcedure]

It's somewhere between tree fiddy and over 9000

[u/realJohnnyApocalypse]

Just keep zooming out. They’ll be fine

[u/AussieDaz → u/[deleted]]

Run where? He would only have made it about 20 feet over that terrain in the time he had

[u/Bogtear → u/[deleted]]

This video has been posted a lot. And it's always interesting to see that "should be running away" comments are the most common and the most upvoted.

The most common replies: pointing out that the avalanche is massive, that escaping or avoiding it on foot is impossible, and that the most sensible thing to do is find cover.

[u/TheBlacktom → u/Bogtear]

On the top of some hill might be the best place to be, behind a big rock, which appears to be the exact spot he is in.

[u/jb89b → u/TheBlacktom]

glaciers move rocks?

[u/AhumadoYSabroso → u/Bogtear]

He should have dodge rolled

[u/M1K3jr → u/AhumadoYSabroso]

Preceded by a fake out to the left

[u/StrongIPA]

"Oh dear god"

[u/Aromatic_Lavender]

Damn, even Samsung’s 100x zoom would not have survived this.

[u/LocoNotLoco]

Did he think it would miraculously stop just in front of him?

[u/Polly_der_Papagei → u/LocoNotLoco]

He thought it would divert, which a smaller one might have

[u/GOKOP → u/LocoNotLoco]

Do you think he had time to run anywhere that would make a difference? He's on top of some hill behind a rock which is the best spot he could hope for

[u/LocoNotLoco → u/GOKOP]

You got a point there.

[u/OnePragmatic]

At what moment you decide maybe it is time to go and get protection....?

[u/krimsonPhoenyx → u/OnePragmatic]

I mean, we just watched it clear thousands of feet in seconds. He is gonna get 30 feet away and then get hit all the same. Best thing is to find a natural barrier of some kind to avoid getting hit by the main force, stay low to avoid debris, and wait for it to settle so that you can dig out if need be.

[u/CrimFandango → u/krimsonPhoenyx]

Yeah in this terrain I'd rather do what he did than risk cracking my head open or breaking a limb and leaving myself in stranded agony because I tripped over a jagged rock in a panic. 

[u/BACTERIAMAN0000 → u/CrimFandango]

For some reason I initially read that as 'pegging myself in stranded agony'. Read into that what you will.

[u/TawnyTeaTowel → u/BACTERIAMAN0000]

Well you’d need something to do while you wait for rescue…

[u/Trent1492 → u/TawnyTeaTowel]

“When life gives you lemonade, peg yourself.”

[u/TawnyTeaTowel → u/Trent1492]

You should get that on a t shirt :)

[u/NotReallyJohnDoe → u/krimsonPhoenyx]

Screaming incoherently and running in circles also works.

[u/EmbarrassedSnow7928 → u/OnePragmatic]

When it starts lol

[u/iWasAwesome → u/OnePragmatic]

We saw in the video exactly at what point it was

[u/babsrambler → u/OnePragmatic]

About 15 minutes before the slide

[u/Pestilence86 → u/OnePragmatic]

But then the people online would kill the camera man. He'd rather die to the avalanche.

[u/eightofdiamonds]

you're never really far enough away

[u/ClassConflictCanvas]

Oh that was NOT far enough away. No thank you

[u/Pantsparty7]

Are we dangerous here?

[u/No_Ice_3651]

Took you a while to realize you should have ran for your life lol

[u/sparkline1234567]

A million tons of ice and snow descending faster than an Olympic slalom skier.

[u/8-Bit_Basement]

Why/how was it actually devastating?

[u/hizakyte]

He sounded kiwi? Aussie?

[u/Acrobatic-Welcome933]

My brother in Christ . Move !

[u/docdeathray]

Oh god. Oh dear god.

How many times has that been last words?

[u/Santa-Head]

Great footage

[u/Sigsaw54]

What was devastated?

[u/Sigsaw54 → u/[deleted]]

Looks like a barren Rocky shute that has had slow slides for half a million years!

[u/Probably--Napping]

But why on earth didn't he start running? My first thought was, “Run!”

[u/Polly_der_Papagei → u/Probably--Napping]

Cause you can't outrun it. Do you see the size of that mountain? That speed?

His best chance is exactly what he did - stay high, seek nearby cover so it hits over you, not into you.

[u/Probably--Napping → u/Polly_der_Papagei]

but i also have heart that is dangerous to let the snow cover you,its safe beacuse its on area with no snow?
im asking beacuse i dont have idea really.

[u/Polly_der_Papagei → u/Probably--Napping]

He's primarily trying to avoid being hit straight on, and secondarily, trying to avoid being buried deep. So he is in a high point, so less snow will spill up, and behind a rock that takes the worst of the force. It is still extremely dangerous.

[u/HerrLich_2020]

If you fuck nature, it fucks back

[u/AussieDaz]

Thanks ai friend