Terrifying GoPro Footage of Skier Plunging into Deep Glacier Crevasse

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He had a lucky escape.

Newly-shared GoPro footage shows the terrifying moment a skier falls into a deep glacier crevasse in the French Alps.

The skier, who is filming himself with a GoPro camera strapped to his helmet, is suddenly seen plunging feet-first into the crevasse. It is estimated that the skier slid about 15 meters down into the glacier before he was able to stop. At the end of the clip, he is heard gasping for air as he catches his breath.The video was filmed by a member of a group of off-piste skiers calledwho were skiing a glacier on the mountain of Meije near La Grave in France’s southern Alps in April 2022.

It took them 15 to 20 minutes to reach the crevasse he had fallen into and the group called it “the longest [minutes] of our lives.” The mountaineering group feared that their friend had fallen head first or too deep to be rescued.

 

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