My grandfather was a mountaineering, climbing and ski-tourguide in the alps for decades. in the mid 60s somewhere in the mont blanc area he fell (or rather slipped) down a crevasse about 30 meters (about 100 feet) deep, but virtually unharmed except for some bruises and an overstreched tendon. He found himself in an actual fucking ice cave and his first thought was "damn I need to explore this place" but his flashlight stopped working after about 5 minutes. So he decided to smoke a cigarette and wait for his partners to drop down a rope. They did that and started pulling him out. After about 10 meters, the damn rope broke! So he was back in the hole, this time with a fractured knee. Two of his partners went to get help, and an other guy dropped down some clothes and a blanket so he wont freeze. All in all he was down there for about 4-5 hours before a team of about 20 people managed to get him out. Luckily it happened in the morning so they had plenty of daylight. About 2 hours after they left, carrying him on an emergency sled, a massive avalanche went down exactly where it all happened. He still loves to tell this story to this day (he's almost 90 yrs old now). This ordeal never stopped him. He always thought of it as a fascinating experience and I admire him for that
Grew up in the alps, this is quite interesting to watch because they are clearly very experienced skiers. He saw the crevise running through the snow and stopped to inspect it at 2:02, what pushed him in was the pressure from the snow on top. This is a common issue with deep snow skiing, however his friend also majorly fucked him over by pushing so much loose snow on him in 2:15. This is why generally speaking you are trained to not attempt and stop on top of another person. The weight of the loose snow in conditions like these can push the person below away and in a situation like this, that can be fatal.
@@Aleshanation Interesting to come back to this video today and we just had news of a hiker being found who fell into a glacier crevice in the 70s. I imagine even as a duo it's easy to panic in such a situation. Unfortunately lots of people go by themselves which is fankly irresponsible and stupid.
Thank you for the analysis cuz I was trying to figure out what happened. It seem like he knew it was there for a second but then suddenly fell in it as his friend approached. I felt like his friend had something to do with it but couldn't quite tell what.
@@GR-bn3xjyou couldn’t tell he got pushed by snow? Do you know what an avalanche is? I genuinely am confused if your observation is so bad that you legitimately did not know what happened.
@@rhuarkk2138not everyone is experienced enough with snow or the area to tell, hard to see through a video anyway how much weight is carried with that snow if you aren't familiar with it
@@addisonmosher64 you may be right, but doesn’t the snow wall look dense? If I were alone and in that situation I’d try to gets the skis off and try to wall climb somehow idk that’d be terrifying
Some lessons to be learned here. 1: That wasn’t just a crevasse, that was a bergschrund. A bergschrund is the top of a glacier where it breaks away from the mountain. You can tell by how the crack traverses the entire slope. That means they were skiing down onto a glacier which means after passing that crack, you would be susceptible to passing more crevasses possibly hidden by snow bridges. Very dangerous. 2: never ski and stop above another skier in high angle backcountry terrain. You could fall and take out the skier below you or trigger and avalanche on top of them. 3: if you know you are traveling on a glacier, always be wearing a harness and have at least 1 ice screw with you. First thing you need to do if you fall into a crevasse is to place the ice screw and clip in so that you don’t fall deeper into the crevasse. 4: this is obviously in Europe which has the largest and most well-established alpine rescue network in the world. They get many calls on the daily to save people in mountainous terrain. So if you are ever in the mountains in Europe and you see a rescue helicopter hovering near you, they are looking for people who called in for an emergency and they are checking on you. There are 2 hand motions you need to know. If you did not call for help, extend your arms in a diagonal direction(one arm angled up and other arm angled down) this lets the rescue team know that you are okay and they can continue their search for whoever did call. This saves precious time that could be the difference between life and death for whoever calls. If you are the one who called, hold you arms up in a “V” or “Y” like the skier did in this video. This lets the rescue team know that you are the ones who called and need help.
I don't know why I carefully read your entire comment since I will never ever be skiing in the backcountry 😅 But this may very well save another person's life! 🙏
The scariest part here is that it's actually dangerous to try and climb yourself out because it's likely you'll end up covering yourself with snow as you dig yourself out.
Those rescuers are amazing. Its so impressive to see the work that they do. The guy is literally standing out of the helicopter staring out as if its nothing. Gave me chills
Seriously, for a second my only thought was “C’mon, we can’t see anything!” until I actually processed that that was the last thing he should’ve been worrying about
@@northern_21 It doesn't make sense to routinely risk your life as a hobby unless you value impulsive momentary pleasure over your own safety. And you do these things when you either don't have much responsibility in your life or, again, you value impulsive pleasure more than say the responsibility you have for your family.
@@Littlemangoneinsane Everything in life is momentary pleasure, you can either spend your life critiquing what other people choose to do or you can go outside and do something fun. Your choice.
@@northern_21 A lot of people suffer greatly as a consequence of their voluntary choice to adopt responsibility. It has nothing to do with chasing impulsive pleasures. And their lives are full of meaning. People who are willing to possibly die just so they can experience excitement are abysmally irresponsible fools who will inevitably make the people in their lives suffer more than it's necessary.
He basically said that he couldnt remove his ski and he was afraid to fall even further or that the snow above him would fall. But most of the time he was saying that his knee was hurt.
What baffles me is that this group didn't seem to be prepared for a crevasse rescue. I can't stress enough how important it is to get some training and carry some gear, even if it's just the most basic pieces. (They climbed up there so they had what would be have been required)
My uncle was a pilot in the 4-corners area with these rescue helicopters. It's insane how skilled you have to be- they lost like 2/3 pilots during his career (retired now, btw) Sudden storms, winds, etc. He also took avalanche classes with his son. This man in the video is incredibly lucky. My uncle loved backcountry, and occasionally got free lifts from other helicopter pilots when they had a free space on the pay-per-seat charters. (Back before insurance wouldn't let you do that- give rides to dangerous places for your friends for free)
(don't woosh me) But actually the bodies would still be there with their very frost bitten flesh, because they are basically refrigerated by the snow, it's the same thing with mount everest as well in the "rainbow alley/path" the bodies still have their skin intact but are very frost bitten.
just for everybody wondering what he said, I'm french so here's the translation -Be careful we're close to the end -Oh shit there's an avalanche (falls down crevasse and starts shouting) -Help me! I think my knees are broken! Oh shit, I'm sinking in deeper! Fucking hell! Come and pull me out! -Hang on! -My knees are really hurting and, I can't see much because of the snow on my face, warn the others quickly, just don't step where I did -This is gonna be hard, I'm not balanced properly, it's very dangerous -You have to go and warn the others -Take your boots off -I can't its too risky -You making any progress? -No -Then I'm gonna pass you my ice pick, try and take your boots off -No I can't, I'll go in even deeper, you need to call for help, I'm gonna try and move up (removes boot) here take my boot, my knees are really painful -Good job, try and grab the rope -I can't my knee hurts, I'm gonna try and remove the other boot -Grab the rope -Ok It's done -Good job Hope this translation helped you
Nobody is talking about the aim of that helicopter pilot once he was coming back to pick em up with the harness? The rescuer didn’t even have to move to catch the rope. Nice.
This is terrifying. Truly a nightmare scenario where you have virtually no control over the outcome and you’re completely at the mercy of the chance and the elements. Impressive composure as well, glad you’re ok.
Swears in another language are some of the easiest and most memorable words to learn. Even if you didn't know what merde meant before, you can definitely figure it out here lol.
Boss-level buddy you have there, hanging on the edge that could of collapsed and calmly working the problem! You both kept your cool and have a killer story to tell and some awesome video! Heroic!
This is horrifying but you all handled it so well. I’m so sorry this happened to you and I hope your knee is okay. But this is also quite possibly the coolest video I’ve ever seen and it is cooler than any video game I’ve ever played.
He was saying it because more skiers that come will bring snow with them and it will increase his risk of being buried. It has nothing to do with caring for others
I'm happy that you came out safe in that situation and the rescue was excellent! But as someone living in the mountains or someone that knows the conditions you can already see at 0:06 that there are crevasses and that you brought yourself in severe danger just by walking there. Still glad that everyone was safe in the end and rescued!
@@desmondjefferson2127when you look close enough you see a blue spot on the right side were the light shines through the glacier. I think everyone can take risks like they want but all should keep in mind that there are some people that aren't familiar with these conditions (like city people). These people could do things like that mindlessly and the rescue team is in great danger every time they do something like this. Also they had a lot of luck here! Often you fall a lot deeper and probably die...
from what other people have figured out, the thing he said was something allong the lines of watch out for the crevasse, and then he got pushed in from the snow his buddy kicked up while going down.
Well or think the hole was bit larger and fel all the way down in the mountain then your just waiting to starve to dead and freeze would be awfull slow death. If you make it down alive off course.. but then I would look for an opening and fel down head first so I would be faster death
Sacrée video. Nous ne skions pas, nous faisons de la rando neige (sommets, pics), nous avons toujours nos piolets avec nous. En ski on nous a toujours dit la même, un piolet en cas d’urgence, des mousquetons et de quoi sangler pour porter un blessé au cas où et de quoi localiser pour les skieurs en cas d’avalanche (une mini pelle). Tout peut arriver très vite en neige 😔 tout va bien qui finit bien 🙏🏻 un grand merci aux sauveteurs, ils font toujours du bon boulot extraordinaire pour les avoir vu intervenir
I'm not a weak man but every time I see a rescue by the PGHM I get emotional, they are such fantastic EXPERTS, they train so much and are at the leading edge of their field...Chapeau! et Bien Merci! Glad it all worked out for the positive finalle
I tore just 1 ligament in knee (pcl) & it was awful i don't know how many you tore but i can't imagine getting on top of that pain. Glad you survived always do this with a friend. Thanks for your friend who saved your life 👏
@@DaRoyalSaif I mean, fun or not, it is pretty dumb. Humans decide to do pretty dumb stuff and a lot of that stuff is a lot more dangerous than it needs to be.
@@trickytreyperfected1482 I see your points, These kind of Stuff I recommend you pull of with a bunch of friends, just in case what was in this video happens to me, Although either way the chance for me to be in that position is close to 0 as the place I live, hasn’t experienced snow in fucking decades
Scary to believe that other people died like this either because their legs were too fucked up or someone wasn't there to help them, lucky this guy for surviving
The fact that we have the ability to fly in with a helicopter and carry an injured person away is incredible. Imagine an ancient human seeing this happen.
@@msevans7 they have found remains of ancient humans in the alps.. with gear for climbing and exploring. It’s a certain desire we have, I’m sure he wasn’t skiing thoo😂
Guy who helped you MVP. Not a SINGLE piece of equipment dropped throughout all of that, perfectly calm the whole time, and then, cool as fuck while pulling you out: "At least you're not buried in the snow." Felt like a Call of Duty 4 cutscene.
Amazing that he stayed calm. Also amazing that he was worried about getting his skis out of there instead of unclipping and getting the fuck out of there!
basically he was saying "dont go above me it will all fall on top of me" in french: "ne viens pas au dessus de moi ça va me tomber sur la gueule" i mean its what i can remember lol it was at one moment also he sais multiple times "je me suis niqué le genou" which means "i fucked my knee up"
thats why the language system in schools is so bad. They teach you random vocabulary simply for a test and the dont actually teach you how to speak and interpret the language (for the first 3-4 years anyway, later at the very end of your learning the will teach you speaking skills) and learning at home is much faster (i say this assuming you are learning french at school
@@giraffewarrior1756 i also hated all of them they really just didnt like me either so i really didnt like the classes and i didnt pay attention so its kinda my fault but it was also theirs
@@mikeol510 A friend of mine had to call the heli for one of his friends that wasn't feeling good (or was scared, idk) and couldn't climb down the mountain. They both boarded the helicopter and they were charged 3000 euro each since it wasn't an emergency. This wasn't an emergency either (since it wasn't an accident), and I seriously hope he got charged
Yeah fair play as the dude was coming down to them from the helicopter I was thinking this is soo dangerous 😬 fair play to these guys, probably a daily thing having to go and save people
For real, the people who put their lives on the line to help others. No matter how far away, how cold it is, or how steep, not all super heroes wear capes. Probably look like an angel flying in.
i know you were in “intense fractured ligament pain” but you CANT tell me you didn’t enjoy and admire that view as the helicopter carried u away from the mountains
Imagine: Being born, growing up, meeting friends, enjoying life, going on a ski trip, falling into crevasse, losing consciousness, waking up, you’re in a wagon You’re wearing shackles Some guy opposite you speaks *“Hey you, you’re finally awake”*
I fell into a crevasse last winter and shattered my leg. Luckily it was only about 10 ft deep and I was able to climb out. I was alone and climbing out with a broken leg was the hardest thing I have ever done. I had a fiend with me but we got separated right before I fell in
Most of RUclips “we almost died” and nothing happened or they are just pretending they did something dangerous This person: Actually happened, and he nearly died. Admitted his fault, explained his mistakes, showed the crazy videos and gave all of us lessons. But the most importantly, the world is fucking dangerous but beautiful
Yo you seen that video where they drop ice down into a hole and makes a weird sound? Now for some reason I'm imagining thats what would happen to the guy
I don’t know what he’s saying, but the “oh shit” tone is a universal language
They actually do say that. Hey at least taking French is good for something.
Ahhh, fuck, my knee!
He actually said « oh chaud »
@@nicolb7395 he did say “putain merde”
He did keep saying his knee was fucked up
Don't worry, he's the protagonist, he won't die.
watch re:zero
or Akame ga Kill.
or New Danganronpa Version 3
Or Pokémon
@@lili-rw4fd I’m watching danganronpa 2 rn 😂
My grandfather was a mountaineering, climbing and ski-tourguide in the alps for decades. in the mid 60s somewhere in the mont blanc area he fell (or rather slipped) down a crevasse about 30 meters (about 100 feet) deep, but virtually unharmed except for some bruises and an overstreched tendon. He found himself in an actual fucking ice cave and his first thought was "damn I need to explore this place" but his flashlight stopped working after about 5 minutes. So he decided to smoke a cigarette and wait for his partners to drop down a rope. They did that and started pulling him out. After about 10 meters, the damn rope broke! So he was back in the hole, this time with a fractured knee. Two of his partners went to get help, and an other guy dropped down some clothes and a blanket so he wont freeze. All in all he was down there for about 4-5 hours before a team of about 20 people managed to get him out. Luckily it happened in the morning so they had plenty of daylight. About 2 hours after they left, carrying him on an emergency sled, a massive avalanche went down exactly where it all happened. He still loves to tell this story to this day (he's almost 90 yrs old now). This ordeal never stopped him. He always thought of it as a fascinating experience and I admire him for that
Your grandad sounds like a badass, thanks for sharing!
Ice cave! That is so cool.
Interesting i wonder what the cave looked like
Moron
yeah my grandad went to mars
Grew up in the alps, this is quite interesting to watch because they are clearly very experienced skiers. He saw the crevise running through the snow and stopped to inspect it at 2:02, what pushed him in was the pressure from the snow on top. This is a common issue with deep snow skiing, however his friend also majorly fucked him over by pushing so much loose snow on him in 2:15. This is why generally speaking you are trained to not attempt and stop on top of another person. The weight of the loose snow in conditions like these can push the person below away and in a situation like this, that can be fatal.
Dudes friend was really thick skulled through this whole thing actually but likely wasn't processing the situation completely.
@@Aleshanation Interesting to come back to this video today and we just had news of a hiker being found who fell into a glacier crevice in the 70s. I imagine even as a duo it's easy to panic in such a situation. Unfortunately lots of people go by themselves which is fankly irresponsible and stupid.
Thank you for the analysis cuz I was trying to figure out what happened. It seem like he knew it was there for a second but then suddenly fell in it as his friend approached. I felt like his friend had something to do with it but couldn't quite tell what.
@@GR-bn3xjyou couldn’t tell he got pushed by snow? Do you know what an avalanche is? I genuinely am confused if your observation is so bad that you legitimately did not know what happened.
@@rhuarkk2138not everyone is experienced enough with snow or the area to tell, hard to see through a video anyway how much weight is carried with that snow if you aren't familiar with it
It's terrifying the crevice goes deeper past where he fell
If he was unlucky he could be 100’s of meters deeper... he is lucky that he got stuck up there.
@@2003bjorn yeah
yeah hes lucky i think if he didnt have someone to help him he wouldve slowly fell down because of his body heat.
@@addisonmosher64 you may be right, but doesn’t the snow wall look dense? If I were alone and in that situation I’d try to gets the skis off and try to wall climb somehow idk that’d be terrifying
@@vegimandude yeah i also think the skis were propping him up and stopping him form falling. i would also be scared ahitless
This what happens when that damn ice age squirrel pulls the nuts
Genius
Lol
LMFAO
Good explanation of a joke.
sheeeeesh
You know how skilled that pilot is to land that swinging hook directly back in his hand like a magnet? I could only imagine how much they’ve practice.
There is a video that I suspect is the same pilot where the rotors almost touch the side of the mountain. ruclips.net/video/M0z9HRC7hlU/видео.html
Time stamp pls
@@Petitmoi74 they r same, no need to suspect
Some lessons to be learned here. 1: That wasn’t just a crevasse, that was a bergschrund. A bergschrund is the top of a glacier where it breaks away from the mountain. You can tell by how the crack traverses the entire slope. That means they were skiing down onto a glacier which means after passing that crack, you would be susceptible to passing more crevasses possibly hidden by snow bridges. Very dangerous. 2: never ski and stop above another skier in high angle backcountry terrain. You could fall and take out the skier below you or trigger and avalanche on top of them. 3: if you know you are traveling on a glacier, always be wearing a harness and have at least 1 ice screw with you. First thing you need to do if you fall into a crevasse is to place the ice screw and clip in so that you don’t fall deeper into the crevasse. 4: this is obviously in Europe which has the largest and most well-established alpine rescue network in the world. They get many calls on the daily to save people in mountainous terrain. So if you are ever in the mountains in Europe and you see a rescue helicopter hovering near you, they are looking for people who called in for an emergency and they are checking on you. There are 2 hand motions you need to know. If you did not call for help, extend your arms in a diagonal direction(one arm angled up and other arm angled down) this lets the rescue team know that you are okay and they can continue their search for whoever did call. This saves precious time that could be the difference between life and death for whoever calls. If you are the one who called, hold you arms up in a “V” or “Y” like the skier did in this video. This lets the rescue team know that you are the ones who called and need help.
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimaye
I don't know why I carefully read your entire comment since I will never ever be skiing in the backcountry 😅 But this may very well save another person's life! 🙏
correct, the arm signals are
No (arms diagonally, the middle stroke of N) \
Yes (arms up and apart, the upper part of Y) V
It's french, he mostly say "Tell the other to be careful", "Help me" and "my knee hurts"
Shit translation
No
@@romainchaffard512 no what ?
I’m taking French in school and all I recognized was “merde” lmao
Yep I'm French and I confirm that he said that
The scariest part is sitting through 3 minutes and 42 seconds, wondering when "it" was going to happen.
Yes
Georgie: FLOTE OUT OF THERE LIKE I DID
Yes
You monster
Haha 420 like funy number
The scariest part here is that it's actually dangerous to try and climb yourself out because it's likely you'll end up covering yourself with snow as you dig yourself out.
Those rescuers are amazing. Its so impressive to see the work that they do. The guy is literally standing out of the helicopter staring out as if its nothing. Gave me chills
he had security ropes and carabiners but still
My first knee-jerk thought was, “Dude, wipe off the lens!” Immediately followed by, “Never mind, I can see you are busy with other things.”
His first knee-jerk resulted in a break
SAME
Seriously, for a second my only thought was “C’mon, we can’t see anything!” until I actually processed that that was the last thing he should’ve been worrying about
ME TO😭
Life is more important than fame. - Me
Good thing is I'm too poor to afford such activities.
Cap
@@tariq7018 maybe if you actually skied you would know it actually cost money if you lives near big mountains and parks
@DHCETC true I agree on your opinion
Top comment 😂
@DHCETCi would be great if you would do video explaining all the stuff about hiking and prices and how to
The fact that you might continue falling without knowing the end is nightmare fuel
mountain rescuers are such badasses
but fr, why does anyone need this much excitement in their lives?
Impulsive people with no responsibility.
@@Littlemangoneinsane I hope this comment was impulsive because it makes no sense.
@@northern_21 It doesn't make sense to routinely risk your life as a hobby unless you value impulsive momentary pleasure over your own safety. And you do these things when you either don't have much responsibility in your life or, again, you value impulsive pleasure more than say the responsibility you have for your family.
@@Littlemangoneinsane Everything in life is momentary pleasure, you can either spend your life critiquing what other people choose to do or you can go outside and do something fun. Your choice.
@@northern_21 A lot of people suffer greatly as a consequence of their voluntary choice to adopt responsibility. It has nothing to do with chasing impulsive pleasures. And their lives are full of meaning. People who are willing to possibly die just so they can experience excitement are abysmally irresponsible fools who will inevitably make the people in their lives suffer more than it's necessary.
He basically said that he couldnt remove his ski and he was afraid to fall even further or that the snow above him would fall. But most of the time he was saying that his knee was hurt.
Thanks for explaining
Merci
What language was it
@@redmin6066 french
@@redmin6066 baguette language
my 2 thoughts this entire video
“pretty snow”
“yeah, no, fuck that”
You dont have snow alot where you live do you?
@@wingedlight899uwu6 There are some places with no snow at all.
@@ninjahunterx7497 maybe no snow right now but its snowed every where just may not for years again
@@wingedlight899uwu6 Not in my place, not even after a decade.
@@ninjahunterx7497 thats 10 years look at sahara desert it never really does but it has
What baffles me is that this group didn't seem to be prepared for a crevasse rescue. I can't stress enough how important it is to get some training and carry some gear, even if it's just the most basic pieces. (They climbed up there so they had what would be have been required)
Also, another thing to note is he said to watch out for that crevasse, and then proceeded to fall in that same crevasse
@@user-ls3kj8zn6b it meant they needed to be careful, snow started to knock him into the crevasse. jarvis, show me victim blaming
@@user-ls3kj8zn6bhe was pushed down by his buddy not being smart.
Not even a rope...
My uncle was a pilot in the 4-corners area with these rescue helicopters. It's insane how skilled you have to be- they lost like 2/3 pilots during his career (retired now, btw) Sudden storms, winds, etc. He also took avalanche classes with his son. This man in the video is incredibly lucky. My uncle loved backcountry, and occasionally got free lifts from other helicopter pilots when they had a free space on the pay-per-seat charters. (Back before insurance wouldn't let you do that- give rides to dangerous places for your friends for free)
Everybody gangsta until theres a bunch of skeletons at the bottom
Underrated
Oh god
Cave spiders
(don't woosh me)
But actually the bodies would still be there with their very frost bitten flesh, because they are basically refrigerated by the snow, it's the same thing with mount everest as well in the "rainbow alley/path" the bodies still have their skin intact but are very frost bitten.
@@faolor6468 zombies it is.
just for everybody wondering what he said, I'm french so here's the translation
-Be careful we're close to the end
-Oh shit there's an avalanche
(falls down crevasse and starts shouting)
-Help me! I think my knees are broken! Oh shit, I'm sinking in deeper! Fucking hell! Come and pull me out!
-Hang on!
-My knees are really hurting and, I can't see much because of the snow on my face, warn the others quickly, just don't step where I did
-This is gonna be hard, I'm not balanced properly, it's very dangerous
-You have to go and warn the others
-Take your boots off
-I can't its too risky
-You making any progress?
-No
-Then I'm gonna pass you my ice pick, try and take your boots off
-No I can't, I'll go in even deeper, you need to call for help, I'm gonna try and move up (removes boot) here take my boot, my knees are really painful
-Good job, try and grab the rope
-I can't my knee hurts, I'm gonna try and remove the other boot
-Grab the rope
-Ok It's done
-Good job
Hope this translation helped you
Boxblox Thank you. This really adds a lot to the videos. Have a wonderful day.
Thanks person ☺️
😫I love you😘
@@Javier-kg2ev I love you too 🥺🥺
My man 🤝
Nobody is talking about the aim of that helicopter pilot once he was coming back to pick em up with the harness?
The rescuer didn’t even have to move to catch the rope.
Nice.
This is terrifying. Truly a nightmare scenario where you have virtually no control over the outcome and you’re completely at the mercy of the chance and the elements. Impressive composure as well, glad you’re ok.
the immediate “*merde*” is so fucking funny i’m sorry
Swears in another language are some of the easiest and most memorable words to learn. Even if you didn't know what merde meant before, you can definitely figure it out here lol.
it means shit
@@edy8612 well shit
@@edy8612 it means fuck
@@originalclan7357 no, it does mean shit
i just watched a whole action packed french movie in less than 11 minutes
You had
Love
Drama
Action
CRAZY ending
What's not to love
Mane what 👏🏾
Fr though
Superhit Movie
SO MUCH WIN
Boss-level buddy you have there, hanging on the edge that could of collapsed and calmly working the problem! You both kept your cool and have a killer story to tell and some awesome video! Heroic!
This is horrifying but you all handled it so well. I’m so sorry this happened to you and I hope your knee is okay. But this is also quite possibly the coolest video I’ve ever seen and it is cooler than any video game I’ve ever played.
“The day I almost fucking died”
RIGHT !
lol! I almost fucking died today! So fucking funny!
@@drownindesigner Ikr lmao
:D
@@drownindesigner Ye this aint a joke he almost died
All jokes aside, that could’ve gone terribly wrong and he would fall into the bottom and oof
i was all serious until you said oof now im laughing 💀
*o0f*
SAME LOL
*oof*
@@sv3n0cap42 so funny 😐
"warn the others" shows the true character of this man. Thinking about the safety of others in such a time is just wild.
He was saying it because more skiers that come will bring snow with them and it will increase his risk of being buried.
It has nothing to do with caring for others
I'm happy that you came out safe in that situation and the rescue was excellent! But as someone living in the mountains or someone that knows the conditions you can already see at 0:06 that there are crevasses and that you brought yourself in severe danger just by walking there. Still glad that everyone was safe in the end and rescued!
I don't see it, but that section looked like a glacier covered in snow, so they definitely should all known better.
@@desmondjefferson2127when you look close enough you see a blue spot on the right side were the light shines through the glacier. I think everyone can take risks like they want but all should keep in mind that there are some people that aren't familiar with these conditions (like city people). These people could do things like that mindlessly and the rescue team is in great danger every time they do something like this. Also they had a lot of luck here! Often you fall a lot deeper and probably die...
@@katharinawichmann8284climbing Here is always asking for this
Guys i think he might have hurt his knee, the video isnt very clear though
from what other people have figured out, the thing he said was something allong the lines of watch out for the crevasse, and then he got pushed in from the snow his buddy kicked up while going down.
Imagine how terrifying this would be if no one else was there
But then you are considered a certifiable badass for your escape.
@@creapyalbinofish without anyone there he would've never even escaped to be considered a badass
@@creapyalbinofish If you escape*
If you do this kind of shit alone its a matter of time
Well or think the hole was bit larger and fel all the way down in the mountain then your just waiting to starve to dead and freeze would be awfull slow death. If you make it down alive off course.. but then I would look for an opening and fel down head first so I would be faster death
My mans fell into a crevasse, broke his knee, went in a helicopter, AND STILL MANAGED TO STAY CALM. Respect.
adrenaline is one hell of a drug
@@killingtimeitself ............l....
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@@killingtimeitself shhhheeeesshh
Jeez man i would have died when getting pulled up to the heli. Like 100m in the air with one rope and one shackle, scary stuff (im afraid of heights)
Stay calm, well if he panicked he would of fell down
I would definitely have the same anxiety of falling further into the crevesse. Glad you made it out!
Sacrée video.
Nous ne skions pas, nous faisons de la rando neige (sommets, pics), nous avons toujours nos piolets avec nous. En ski on nous a toujours dit la même, un piolet en cas d’urgence, des mousquetons et de quoi sangler pour porter un blessé au cas où et de quoi localiser pour les skieurs en cas d’avalanche (une mini pelle). Tout peut arriver très vite en neige 😔 tout va bien qui finit bien 🙏🏻 un grand merci aux sauveteurs, ils font toujours du bon boulot extraordinaire pour les avoir vu intervenir
"I fucked up my knee"
"At least you're not buried in the snow"
"Touche"
I used to be a skier like you but then I took a crevasse to the knee
Grand theft auto 4 the wind waker story mode and Cold War edition
@@carlossssssss5492 NOO-
Touché serait correcte
@@carlossssssss5492
I used to hate this joke but now it reminds me of a more innocent time. Time flies 😭
Good thing he wasn’t the last skier! “Where’d Doug go?” “Idk, I’m sure he’ll catch up”
And I hope nobody EVER thinks like that when skiing with other people on alpine terrain
When you in this place you never lose eye contact even with the last one
He said he spotted the crevasse and waited for his friend to signal and cross
Never. Someone always stays with the last person and always have eye contact with them.
Some college kid at my local mtn fell in a tree well and that happened to him. He died.
I'm not a weak man but every time I see a rescue by the PGHM I get emotional, they are such fantastic EXPERTS, they train so much and are at the leading edge of their field...Chapeau! et Bien Merci! Glad it all worked out for the positive finalle
Wait, having emotions makes one a weak man?
Huge respect for the guy who fell.
The first thing that came to his mind is to tell the others to watch out 💯🔥
I barely understand French, but I heard “Merde” as soon as he fell in and was stuck😂
Oh wait a second, I remember my french teacher said “Merde” and we all questioned what it meant. We can see her panicking
Lol I’m French Canadian I understood everything
I think it means shit because mierda is shit in spanish and I'm guessing merde is shit in french
@@puedeepi makes sense
@@raptor0011 yesss moi avec
imagine if his buddy was just like : I've always hated you Edouard. Goodbye.
hahahahhahahah
“Begins to kick snow in on top of him”
Thought you'd typed Edmond at first. It'd be grounds for another counte of monte cristo plot
Lol
Lion King be like
This is terrifying, i’m so glad you guys were able to contact the rescue team
I tore just 1 ligament in knee (pcl) & it was awful i don't know how many you tore but i can't imagine getting on top of that pain. Glad you survived always do this with a friend. Thanks for your friend who saved your life 👏
How to survive:
Step one:
Be a camera man
Except when Abu Hajar is with you...
Think about all of the videos that were never posted because the cameramen didn't make it
Ah yes film the people who is taking your kidney
@@misha2351 It was a joke
Hahah no get a sponsor to pay for the video
“I’m in the crevasse.”
“He’s in the crevasse.”
“Shit, he’s in the crevasse?”
Lmao
I think he's in the crevasse
Yo im stupid is it pronounced creave a say or creave ace?
Petey?
Holy fuck he’s In the crevasse!
Now that’s put me off skiing! ……..incredible footage…….I hope you made a full recovery 👍🏻❄️
I was holding my breath the whole time! My heart was pounding! Thank God for friends!
Guy nearly dies
category: entertainment
Так набираются опытом спуска на снежных склонах.
well it's not going to say that the category is music xD but it's still funny lol
LOL
I wanna like your comment but it’s at 666 so sorry
@@keirabrooke9517 you can like it now
Moral of the story: if you're going to do something dumb, do it with a friend
Perfect
It ain’t dumb, it looks sick, I wanna do it honestly 😂
And make sure you bring a camera
@@DaRoyalSaif I mean, fun or not, it is pretty dumb. Humans decide to do pretty dumb stuff and a lot of that stuff is a lot more dangerous than it needs to be.
@@trickytreyperfected1482 I see your points, These kind of Stuff I recommend you pull of with a bunch of friends, just in case what was in this video happens to me, Although either way the chance for me to be in that position is close to 0 as the place I live, hasn’t experienced snow in fucking decades
Absolutely terrifying to watch. Literally, new fear unlocked... and it doesn't even snow where I live.
This is amazing. I cant believe you survived, but im glad!
Scary to believe that other people died like this either because their legs were too fucked up or someone wasn't there to help them, lucky this guy for surviving
And the fall wasn't horrible
Or they were burried under the snow and nobody could help them 😩
666 like
Risk is included in the decision of doing this, and it's not a small one, they have only themselves to blame.
Why did this comment make me laugh
The fact that we have the ability to fly in with a helicopter and carry an injured person away is incredible. Imagine an ancient human seeing this happen.
An ancient person would never have the ability to ski down the mountain and fall into a crevasse, I'm thinking
Ancient human would not scale a mountain to go skiing
@@msevans7 very true mike
@@msevans7 they have found remains of ancient humans in the alps.. with gear for climbing and exploring. It’s a certain desire we have, I’m sure he wasn’t skiing thoo😂
@@heyboogiee I’m just assuming Otzi used the copper axes to help him climb but I’m open to being wrong since I’m by no means an expert on the subject
C'est bien qu'une vidéo comme celle ci est une visibilité énorme, ça fait prendre conscience aux gens des dangers biens réels du ski en hors piste !
asterix is cool
Hope he made a full recovery!
This is how my grandparents got to school back in their day
Legit 🤣
Lol
Haha, unoriginal joke that I’ve seen hundreds of times.
@@logan2906 hahahaha
@@logan2906 becus boomer funy amirite?
This was legit scary to watch.
It was the bit in the helicopter that was giving me the big nopes haha.
Yeah.. how many people have gone out in a dark, cold, pit of the abyss they found themselves in 🥶
honestly this is the least scary crevasse video i’ve seen personally. it’s definitely the coolest one though with the helicopter rescue and everything
Only 4 comments?!?
ikr
“You must tell others to be careful”. Wowww even in his worst time he thought of others safety. Take a bow!!!
Toi t'est un vrai warrior, force a toi ! ✊
And that my friends, is why you don’t ski the mountains alone.
You could've stopped and put a period at the end of the word 'mountains.'
@@JohnSmith-mk1rj Where else would you ski? On grass? In the desert?
@@ggdk2865 it’s called a joke bud
@@bellab6794it’s called a joke bud
Or without any proper gear/communication devices
Guy who helped you MVP. Not a SINGLE piece of equipment dropped throughout all of that, perfectly calm the whole time, and then, cool as fuck while pulling you out: "At least you're not buried in the snow." Felt like a Call of Duty 4 cutscene.
Right??
Well, he also tapdanced around the edge of the snow despite being told not to multiple times.
lool
i think that guy is also the one who put him down there bro lol
All I thought of during some of it was that mission where u climb the mountain wiv Soap from MW2 lmao
Those search and rescue teams are incredible 🙌🏼
Amazing that he stayed calm. Also amazing that he was worried about getting his skis out of there instead of unclipping and getting the fuck out of there!
Moment of silence for all the ones that ended up in the same predicament while skiing alone.
well, you should never ever be skiing alone in these types of locations, or atleast someone watching over you
No sympathy what so ever for these people as they put themselves in these situations but the thrill of these types of things must be insane.
@@CoryPrior999 Hehe your comment made me giggle, cheers.
@@RainWhenIDieKane aren’t you sweet
@@RainWhenIDieKane who hurt you?
Most important lesson here: Never go adventuring alone. If his buddy wasn’t there who knows what would happen
And here I am planning a solo adventure trip 🤓 But I won't go skiing ;-)
Aha but what if his buddy gets stuck?
@@ntense81 thats why you need another buddy
@@papyfun5097 what if that buddy gets stuck too
@@noahk3496 that's why you need a third buddy
the fact that this is in French makes it 100% better for no reason. I'm glad that he's okay
This was hard to watch my heart was racing the while time. Glad you made it out.
All i got from that was “putain merde” and i have been learning french for three years
basically he was saying "dont go above me it will all fall on top of me" in french: "ne viens pas au dessus de moi ça va me tomber sur la gueule" i mean its what i can remember lol it was at one moment also he sais multiple times "je me suis niqué le genou" which means "i fucked my knee up"
thats why the language system in schools is so bad. They teach you random vocabulary simply for a test and the dont actually teach you how to speak and interpret the language (for the first 3-4 years anyway, later at the very end of your learning the will teach you speaking skills) and learning at home is much faster (i say this assuming you are learning french at school
@@giraffewarrior1756 i also hated all of them they really just didnt like me either so i really didnt like the classes and i didnt pay attention so its kinda my fault but it was also theirs
@@giraffewarrior1756 but yes i completely agree
i don't even know french but i understand that "putain merde" because in spanish is "puta mierda" (I'm from argentina)
I wonder what language they're speaking...
"Merde"
Ah, ok French.
“Ah Putain Merde!”
Isn't that a word in spanish as well? Portuguese maybe
@@bentownsend4017 You're thinking of "mierda" (Spanish) or "merda" (Portuguese).
Same
It didn’t quite sound like normal french to me but im no expert
That was pretty gut wrenching this should have more views, at least as many in dollars for that rescue mission.
The pilot and the rescue guys - absolute badass professionals.
Holy hell, this is enormously scary. Who knows how deep that crevasse was
I’m gunna guess as deep as the snow and that was where a large chunk of snow shifted down creating that gap
100s of meters
@@liamwhite527 probably not. Probably not more than the low 10s
Could’ve gone down another hundred feet or so
Yeah. And the problem is when the ice shifts if you’re in the Crag trying to get out.
He’s so lucky he had someone with him. Just goes to show why you always let someone know where you are, or you bring a friend with you.
You're very wise friend
When you try to show your mum a funny meme
@@pgkrkkhtenus3206 XD
Хорошо когда рядом надёжный друг.
@@pgkrkkhtenus3206 when u try to be funny but u make laugh only teenagers.
Une bonne chose que tu t’en soit bien sorti ☺️, d’autres n’ont pas cette chance . Merci le PGHM pour cette belle intervention 👍
This shows the power of friendship and teamwork.
Huge respect to the search and rescue teams around the world. Risking their lives to save others in distress like this.
Do they charge money like ambulances? If so about how much do you think?
@@mikeol510 yea I would like to know too
@@mikeol510 A friend of mine had to call the heli for one of his friends that wasn't feeling good (or was scared, idk) and couldn't climb down the mountain.
They both boarded the helicopter and they were charged 3000 euro each since it wasn't an emergency. This wasn't an emergency either (since it wasn't an accident), and I seriously hope he got charged
@@Elon-chan oh wow that’s expensive lol .. also you don’t think falling into a crevasse is an emergency? It looked like life or death lol
Yeah fair play as the dude was coming down to them from the helicopter I was thinking this is soo dangerous 😬 fair play to these guys, probably a daily thing having to go and save people
This dude could’ve fallen deeper and died at any moment and he kept telling dude to make sure everybody else was safe, true friend right there
It was also for his own safety, if other people skiied over him, it would collapse on him too
@@knightrl3576 yes but he didn't want other people to fall in another crevasse when no one saw them
@kcxbana. Nah. The real true friend was the guy who risked his life to save the thrill seekers. The pilot was also amazing!
Hes the definition of a Chad
@@lu_re7198 The saver and pilot were just doing their jobs.
Your friend must have been so scared yet he was so brave and helped you through it in❤ glad you’re ok❤
Great beginner board. The kids loved it. Sturdy, great strong material, and the kids could maneuver easily. My kids are 7 and 5.
I can’t imagine how nerve wracking it was for both people
I know, I was in a vaguely similar situation where my friend was quite hurt and I was the only other person, it was very stressful
@@basil_forgot5715 lol
nobody is gonna talk about the arrival of the rescue guy? that was epic
Hell yeah
This video is my biggest fear falling into a creavese and getting lifted into the sky whit an helicopter
it looked like a scene from a movie
For real, the people who put their lives on the line to help others. No matter how far away, how cold it is, or how steep, not all super heroes wear capes. Probably look like an angel flying in.
@@boxem1416 the helicopter is the good and fun part.
I'm glad you guys are alright! Good video scary man!
I can only imagine the relief he had when he was laying back in the helicopter, glad you made it out.
This is more intense than a series cliffhanger, glad he’s ok
ahahah you naughty naughty
BAHHAHAHABHAHAHAHAHA
A show (that isn’t real) shouldn’t be so serious. A real persons life at stake should be.
@@biigg22 ah I see you’ve never watched a series before people get into the series
Aot s4 wyldin tho
i know you were in “intense fractured ligament pain” but you CANT tell me you didn’t enjoy and admire that view as the helicopter carried u away from the mountains
oh hi billy
@@hiccup1001 oh hi hiccup:D
@@bigwijdsljla oh hi puffy
@@valkyrja-- oh hi michelle
@@katsukibakugo834 oh hi Bakugo
That was the most scariest thing ive watched on here for a while! Thank God for the other guy and the rescue team!
This is epic life video. I guess i never go ski again if that happens to me like that.😂 i am so glad he is rescued!!
"We should be careful there's a crevasse here"
What timing for an avalanche to come when you're near a crevasse man, scary as hell
mind blowing stuff
And while youre in pain
The crevice: “I’ve waited my entire life for this”
Crevice: "I have been looking forward to this."
I've been expecting you *Mr. Anderson*
Lmao
@@Jun-Kyard That was the joke but worse
that cervice has existed for thousands if not millions of years. This was not its first time trapping a living being
“Avalanche!” sounds so much better in French.
Thank god for his buddy being with him. That is absolutely terrifying.
Imagine: Being born, growing up, meeting friends, enjoying life, going on a ski trip, falling into crevasse, losing consciousness, waking up, you’re in a wagon
You’re wearing shackles
Some guy opposite you speaks
*“Hey you, you’re finally awake”*
Lol
@R1FTZ why would they rescue to kill you tho
Skyrim joke 😂😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@rynzoku8662 to make u suffer.
“You should tell the others to be careful!”
I like how he’s not just worrying about himself
You realize that anyone else coming down would cause more snow to collapse down on him
@@OttMattSens that and if they go over him they will fall in with and on top of him
☆ selflessness ☆
@@OttMattSens He was obviously still worrying for the people
@@GEROKII you can do both
I fell into a crevasse last winter and shattered my leg. Luckily it was only about 10 ft deep and I was able to climb out. I was alone and climbing out with a broken leg was the hardest thing I have ever done. I had a fiend with me but we got separated right before I fell in
bro this guy is a beast. mad respect❤
Imagine his friend just said
“Aight see ya later bro”
😂 bro I would be mad and yelling
RIP 😂
Friend: Game over.
*SAW theme song*
"IF IM GOING DOWN YOU'RE GOING DOWN WITH ME!" and proceeds to create an avalanche
That ain't no friend then
Most of RUclips “we almost died” and nothing happened or they are just pretending they did something dangerous
This person: Actually happened, and he nearly died. Admitted his fault, explained his mistakes, showed the crazy videos and gave all of us lessons. But the most importantly, the world is fucking dangerous but beautiful
Yo you seen that video where they drop ice down into a hole and makes a weird sound? Now for some reason I'm imagining thats what would happen to the guy
Almost died in RUclips means 3 years ago when you were crossing the street a car stopped 50cm in front of others therefore it almost ran you over
😐
I can tell you’re white
@@Cuumerr Yeah tf
Im impresed by this heli pilot skill. He is very good.
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