Harry Simin kept his camera rolling as the wall of snow first came down a distant mountainside, only to continue heading towards its location. “We had just reached the highest point of the course and I broke away from the group to take pictures at the top of a hill/cliff,” Shimmin told ViralHog. “While I was taking pictures I heard the sound of deep ice cracking behind me.” That’s when he turned and started spinning, only to see the snow keep coming. Shimmin said there was a shelter nearby, but once he was at the edge of the cliff, there were no escape options. He hid behind a rock as the avalanche hammered overhead. “When the snow started coming and it got dark/I’m breathing hard, I was going for it and I thought I might die,” he said, adding that being behind the rock was like “being in a blizzard.” Harry Simmin had his camera rolling as the wall of snow first came down a far slope, only for the avalanche to continue heading towards his position. Harry Simin via Viral Hog When the avalanche passed, Shimmin said he was relieved to find he was unharmed, just covered in a light dust. The rest of his party survived with only minor injuries. When the avalanche passed, Shimmin was found unharmed, covered in light dust. Harry Simin via Viral Hog “It wasn’t until later that we realized how lucky we were,” he said. “If we had walked 5 minutes more on our journey, we would all be dead.”
