However, most snow slides, while they can often be deadly, do not create such a dramatic visual spectacle. This week in the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan, Harry Shimmin was on a guided tour when he caught a large avalanche on video. “As soon as it was over, the adrenaline hit me,” he noted with the video. “I knew the rest of the team was further away from the avalanche, so I should be OK. When I rejoined them, I could see that they were all safe, although one had cut her knee very badly, and led one of the horses to the nearest medical facility. Another had fallen from a horse and was badly bruised.”
