The terrifying moment a skier falls into a glacier crevasse

Newly released video from 2022 shows the unbelievable moment a skier plunged into a deep glacier crevasse in the French Alps.
The footage was posted on April 18, 2023, by a group of skiers calling themselves ‘The Powtos,’ who were skiing a glacier near La Grave, France, when one came across a deep hole and didn’t have enough time to avoid it.
According to remarks given to local media, the skier fell about 15 meters down, but was safely rescued by the group, who were equipped with ropes, harnesses, and other tools.
The group waited to share the video on social media because they were unsure of the reception it would receive, but decided it could be used to educate.
Credit: The Powtos via Storyful
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[@Sub-for-a-cookie408]

I can’t imagine how fast his heart was

[@contradictionsniper8276]

Why can’t you?

[@aldobonaso3481]

I think it stopped for a bit 🤣

[@nexiuz2233]

Time to go exercise and get your heart rate up

[@pablobecerra1995]

​@@contradictionsniper8276🤡

[@atir15]

theres always gonna be that one dude who says “womp womp” and its me womp womp!!1

[@ChickenKing42069]

Achievement unlocked... "We neeed to go deeper"

[@assassinsgod8159]

Tight walls the crush you or water

[@Byeiscoolname]

@@assassinsgod8159it’s a Minecraft reference

[@Rebornx19-iz6mh]

Into the sound 🎉

[@cainification]

Must go derper

[@alexblack6421]

You have discovered the Rataway

[@justiceLaw0123]

This must be the luckiest person ever. Like his ski saved his life.

[@joeb2588]

Well, do we know if he got out?

[@yaserallan110]

​@@joeb2588 by simple logic cause we saw this video 😊

[@joeb2588]

@@yaserallan110 yah, it was early when I replied!😆

[@novailolarz6459]

Lmao he said "oh i'm dumb" in French

[@kujju18]

😂😂

[@Labitauquu]

Hooo le con 😂😂

[@Certifiedspiderhater]

@@manuelkumli5393 What??

[@dirkdiggler69]

Thanks, I was wondering what he said. I assumed he said I surrender. 😬

[@abelis644]

That's not what he said at all. He wasn't talking about himself.🙄

[@xandergonzalez6499]

"bro I'm literally under the map,"

[@Cooki_Nichols]

ok

[@BananzaGaming-sc5gr]

😂

[@vim2286]

😂😂

[@JonSnow-hr6iw]

Every time I inject menu on GTA

[@Anjalena]

I have no clue how this dude stayed so calm as he was falling to potentially his death. If not a death from impact, possibly a death from starving because nobody is able to find you or help you in any way. Absolutely terrifying!

[@IDontReadReplies42069]

you're definitely not starving at that temperature.

[@JonSnow-hr6iw]

Yeah ya just freeze down as deep as that goes

[@freetranslate-u8e]

Great now ill never go skiing again

[@DM-wu5hn]

My bucket list is almost finished just by watching shorts

[@sukaenacornelius9285]

@@DM-wu5hn😂 my bucket list excludes any high risk activities.

[@itsjogee]

This only happens if you go off the main routes

[@resonantVoid]

Yea like jogee said, this isn't possible if you stay on main routes

[@markuswendt4448]

​@@resonantVoidor go with guide / well known locals it's recommend to do it that way

[@caitlentackett1772]

Bro discovered a new map 💀💀💀

[@altgeditz]

thats not funny he could have died

[@final45gaming94]

@@altgeditzut he didn’t soooo chillax bud

[@vidaliamumford4215]

Fr 😮

[@PrinceKyleGobancgo357]

@@altgeditz that's even more funny

[@takumifujiwara1998]

@@PrinceKyleGobancgo357The level of stupidity y’all have.

[@jamespougher1875]

This is why you should always carry ice climbing gear, and a parachute, and scuba gear. Be prepared.

[@gemmrk]

And a sandwich.

[@ralfiejr34]

Or just stay the hell away from places like this.

[@nicholaswilkinson1364]

And a tent Flask, Picnic Hamper,

[@WisdomOlaitan-zw9ms]

And some tea to go with the sandwich

[@Niko_Meyes]

And a house💀 a star💀

[@NoGMOGod]

His ability to stay focused and to maintain control is truly amazing. I would have been screaming until I hit bottom!! I am so happy and relieved for him

[@Davidsethb]

that's why he's in a dangerous situation and you're not

[@pavelle5432]

​​@@DavidsethbWhy the hostility for op?

[@bens2666]

But did he live, or maybe someone realized he was missing at work after his vacation was over and it was a retrieval and not a rescue.

[@TamaraKane]

​@@bens2666 Right? I'm not sure he lived based on this. We need more info

[@Broses101]

Lucky dude that's a deep crevass that's for sure lucky u weren't there alone

[@bronxredd808]

He was

[@sukaenacornelius9285]

I’ve heard of someone falling in a 200m crevice the park did not know about. Took nearly 30 hours to rescue. Mother nature…

[@tyeerasfeedd6280]

​@bronxredd808 u haven't seen the full video then.

[@YukiXKohaku]

​@@bronxredd808He wasn't alone, also if I remember correctly he was rescued on a helicopter.

[@I-serve-you-tea]

He wasn’t lucky to not be alone. That part was planned.

[@Mr.Nowapski]

All the dookie from pooping on myself would’ve lifted me back up

[@SegaGentleman]

Lmao!!!! Like Stan's Dad on south park when the dookie raised him off the toilet 😅

[@1Luchiano]

💀🤦🏽‍♂️🤣🤣🤢

[@musicianforreal464]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@teewoods4886]

😂

[@sonnyb1979]

STOP SPAMMING

[@ytpete2]

Nightmare fuel looking down into the depths of that thing

[@tuxedomask7071]

The silence of it... And like welcoming you with its beauty when you know there's only death for you there

[@ByproductRebelMind]

your body would be preserved 400 years ... not so bad

[@empyrean196]

⁠@@tuxedomask7071- It did look strangely beautiful in that glacier crevice. Almost like a movie set. The frozen whitish blueness of ice.

[@doragonsureia7288]

@@tuxedomask7071 You just described the call of the void.

[@encryptlakegames5328]

Thats terrifying but that is is beautiful.

[@tedlivermore6955]

That's what I thought too,that wave of snow and then the colour of the ice.

[@user-dw6cw5rq8f]

Another 200’ down there’s a Dollar General.

[@MightyCaullie]

Managed by yetis

[@justiceLaw0123]

😂😂😂😂

[@foosho]

😂😂

[@33shiva]

There was a computer cafe at the bottom where he uploaded this vid

[@elsarm178]

He certainly got rescued before publishing the video.

[@TNight00]

Lol, if that was a dream probably

[@TheCalm25]

This is why you should always where a safety vest.

[@iPhysQ]

It’s not the safety vest that kept him alive.. It’s the camera

[@DaKingdoge-L]

It’s like technoblade never dies CAMERAMAN NEVER DIES

[@blancamartinez970]

@@iPhysQbro he helped himselt

[@iPhysQ]

@@blancamartinez970 r/woosh

[@DukeTheMonkey.]

@@iPhysQ you did it wrong…

[@BigDaddyTony24]

Glaciers can be as deep as skyscrapers are tall. If you fall into one of its ravines, you won’t be found for a few thousand years at least.

[@Jajusz]

Really? How do they get created , is there a vid about them?

[@ulessesmcglothan6771]

Well, at least you'll be perfectly preserved... 😂

[@zorra578]

you'd probably be ground into a fine paste by then too

[@TheAmazingHoho576]

@@Jajusz Yeah probably

[@NahualliUoxtitla]

​@@Jajusz just be warned, it's a long video...

[@christinamoreno9212]

Terror unlocked....thought that was a ledge he landed on. It's his ski! 😳

[@darrens8758]

Better than any amusement park ride

[@MrIrmantas]

Except that the amusement may be missing here!

[@antwoo15]

Bro went into the depths💀

[@metin2faithful70]

how lucky is he to land exactly on the spot with a platform ⚡️

[@TheRoadLessChosen]

His ski wedged into the side. He got lucky

[@user-zu7fk5uj3s]

Extremely too say the least.

[@TatsumakiSenpuuKyaku]

​@@TheRoadLessChosenLuck is a concept. It's as real as the conceptual sense of self that you take yourself to be .

[@blackletter2591]

Maybe some skill too?

[@kingsalomi7480]

Thomas Nazzaro fell into one of these and was never seen again. Imagine dying like that.

[@paulgrundy6864]

Think for a moment how fortunate this guy was to find that ledge to grab on to, if he slid off or didn’t find it at all that’s a potentially lethal drop waiting for him

[@rose.g.]

His skis saved him, by crossing and getting stuck, they created a ledge. Can you imagine if this had been a snowboard?

[@johand4970]

Was he rescued? How'd they find him? Is there a full video of this?

[@user-ou7kc7lh3o]

He was rescued by other skiers in his group.

[@jamesgannon2254]

Well if it’s being filmed I guess he was rescued, but the whole thing was choreographed 😂

[@Toxic_Femininity]

@@jamesgannon2254yeah, how Spielberg 🧐

[@gauravkhandelwal7170]

That's a go pro camera on his helmet

[@lynettebee6045]

he has a camera on for this part! wasn't planed.

[@foodandstuff2724]

This is why you should always carry a ladder

[@heresy3573]

Pocket ladders are underrated 😂

[@sonnyb1979]

What is a pocket ladder

[@theimaginist3310]

Or a Batman-level grappling hook 😂

[@doragonsureia7288]

or a jetpack now that ic think about it, skiing with a jetpack sounds fire!

[@1991Meka]

Got my heart racing

[@Rainy_Vibes]

Bro got sent to the backrooms

[@MrSmileybiggestfan]

Knew I was going to see one of these

[@gone238]

nah the Snowrooms 💀

[@eliie9627]

@@gone238 The Snowrooms as a Backrooms Level

[@sonnyb1979]

Not funny.

[@neesaeli66]

Wow. I hope your okay. The Ice Glaciers are so beautiful

[@davidsides7253]

They at least found the footage! 👍

[@Matthew_wasserman]

Bro went to the backrooms lvl 213💀

[@fabbz1182]

Best Monster energy commercial ever

[@Wandering1392]

Is there a full video of this incident?

[@lynettebee6045]

somewhere! He was w friends w climbing line. made it out! lucky he managed to stop though!😮

[@mortenaasen4923]

Never ride alone

[@METALHEADNYC]

Dude almost became an episode on "I Shouldn't Be Alive".

[@asentertainment2051]

I think this could be an episode lol

[@Longing-for-home]

This must have been absolutely terrifying, but everyone wants to find / know they have friends like this, that have their back no matter what. 💪

[@russiasvechenaya58]

that’s like another 200ft drop 💀

[@user-mv3xy6fy3c]

Probably more 😭

[@sonnyb1979]

DUDE

[@solarpony]

If I made it out of that I would never in my life ever again go back to doing that sport

[@trauma4465]

My boy just glitched under the map !

[@shahlaaabdalla1983]

Cameraman never dies ☠️☠️

[@ottoblond666]

You can also have an accident on your couch at home. However, the recovery there is much easier and cheaper.

[@NewportKings69]

This guy got so lucky. He almost slid into the abyss. He would have had no coverage down there for any phone

[@KittyUZutty]

How in the world did they get out?!?!?

[@RavensWings11]

He had a friend with him who helped him and called the rescue helicopter

[@JLove777]

Superman came and flew him out

[@KittyUZutty]

@@JLove777 fr

[@InspiringNotionz]

He musta got rescued cause we are seeing the video. Thats for the entertainment dude… you are the hero I needed today. 😊

[@andreiluis8619]

Bro got the ability to noclip💀

[@ryans413]

Guy was calm as hell for almost dying

[@treyspurge]

If he fell in the other side he would’ve plummeted.

[@melodylopez5747]

Omg how terrifying! He could respond fast enough. Glad he is okay

[@philipberard867]

Need to update Google Maps...

[@sonnyb1979]

@@4EClarkare you serious

[@zygmaszel8882]

Uff.... Lucky Guy , Hopefully He made a Phone Call ?

[@aivaraspieviskis4393]

This is unreal

[@TheMatt777]

That ain’t no Zelda game where u find a heart piece at the bottom and some blue flame either!😬😂

[@jimjones395]

Yeah...NO!

[@user-cn2sr6nv7n]

Как-же ты выбрался от туда?

[@user-yy9qm3uz1g]

Вот мне тоже это очень интересно

[@jazpurgarcia831]

I'd Very Much Like to Know SAME!!!?

[@My_Google]

​@@user-yy9qm3uz1gвидео есть в сети, значит выбрался. Не медведи же выложили

[@unnamed2206]

Судя по всему, его спасли другие лыжники из группы

[@VladSemeonov]

благо успел зафиксироваться, а не провалился до момента, когда даже вздохнуть бы не смог.

[@heatbroker-cr3zz]

I fell into a 10,000 ft crevasse one time. It took them a week to pull me out. I was down there chilling.

[@kevinolsen4948]

is bro ok? how did we recover camera??

[@monk9948]

As i read from somewhere. His friends were near to help him out soon

[@frankbeans5921]

Where’s the rest of the footage

[@willt012]

@@frankbeans5921fr

[@resonantVoid]

He was saved lol

[@worgan744]

I love that his reaction to it was calling the crevasse cool..

[@Deadman6482]

He actually gets out by self rescue. Hes skiing in the north pole, this is pretty common over there. In his backpack he has equipment to climb out of there. Also, hes friends threw down a rope for him.

[@r.alheydary]

It’s France not the North Pole

[@___t4zdinero]

If it wasnt filmed. No one would believe it

[@bascuIe]

Thats a very weird crevasse its normally just vertical but this one is like a slide

[@The_SniperCam]

That ice looks amazing!

[@kali3339]

What if he fell into another world! That would be wild .. everyone on top thinking you're dead, but you're living your best life in the land of the lost lmao

[@ambrosemackinnon8314]

I hope he got out alright.

[@outlast1248]

He did

[@ambrosemackinnon8314]

@@outlast1248 wonderful

[@JamesCh.]

They only recovered his camera, he became part of nature.

[@olegkupran5284]

no, he's not

[@DanistevenOOF]

Bro was playing minecraft: ice caves 💀

[@sonnyb1979]

STOP MAKING JOKES!

[@current3109]

LOCATION DISCOVERED: Frosted Caverns

[@user-ux5lu2qt5l]

I know lots about crevasses I go to a school that talked about glaciers

[@itsazer_]

Bro fell through powdered snow ☠️☠️

[@celestialnubian]

Joe Rogan sent me here.

[@Lunar4]

yup

[@itsacircleda]

LoL me too

[@momo1461]

Does he know how to ski?

[@charlesmeadows2418]

Same. 5 min ago. Lmao Thanks Joe

[@CloudyxSeaside]

Only skiers understand how scary it is to be trapped with skis on

[@DerThauer]

It would be interesting, what happened afterwards

[@molotovdude]

I would panic so much for a few seconds maybe minutes then i'd be like ”this is so cool!”

[@OzzyTHECHEEEEEESSEE]

blud found another backrooms level

[@momo1461]

What do you mean "blud"? He's a gang member?

[@xammerezekielmarco4406]

​​@@momo1461i think it's a new word for bro but for me it just cringe but that's my opinion

[@michellemoses2451]

@@momo1461BRO ITS MOMO

[@user-ij4su9ms2h]

Ооо човеку каква среќа имаш,биди жив и здрав

[@Lasche_1]

Blud almost clipped into the backrooms💀💀

[@campingfan8163]

Tolles Hobby 🤦‍♀️ Hoffe er wurde gerettet🙏

[@-ZSOX]

This is you you should always have a camera

[@nakshwadhwa1849]

This why you should never go alone

[@gerainthall5162]

How deep do you think that is?

[@Chopz24]

It definitely gets deep to the point where it will close and then u will be done for but to wait until u die

[@oddity4all2see]

He found the underworld bonus level. I think he beat the game. But seriously......now what?

[@poe-]

He almost went to hell.

[@StarDustMoonRocket]

I'm glad they somehow rescued... His camera.

[@OfFiCiAl_CaRgO]

OMG 🤯

[@RambleyOfficialchannel]

That looks so cool! Can you make a video where you explore it?

[@Burnstream10]

That's just a crevasse, why would you wanna go into it? It's the same all the way but it just gets tighter and eventually you find water. If you wanna see how it looks inside then just search up "Exploring a glacier crevasse"

[@ThePrimePanther]

I felt bad for him until he started speaking French

[@OntarioBearHunter]

To be fair, he could have been Swiss and didn't want to sully their skiing reputation

[@Certifiedh00p3r]

He about to wake up to some yeti’s having breakfast

[@NoraAndDjalina]

Ah, someone living(or dead) one of my biggest fears. Hope ur okay

[@Mike6867]

Rest in peace, buddy

[@shelliea4621]

That looks terrifying.

[@Wriggs74]

Jesus christ 😮 Glad they survived.

[@umm429]

He said im not dying to day

[@galaxy4100]

Bro was like CAMERA NOW PLEASE and when he turned it on he simply said cameraman never dies

[@Kushalien51_nv]

If he didn't got caught there and kept going down I think nobody can't do anything???? That was scary deep

[@aleap323]

“Yup, that’s me… you’re probably wondering how did I get up in this situation”

[@Malcolm_99]

Holy Mother, wow! Full video plz!

[@janegilmore102]

Wow I hope it didn’t take to long to get out. Your so lucky it didn’t collapse down on you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😊

[@socomsam]

Legend has it his other ski is still at the top of the crevasse waiting for his return.

[@Tempo50]

I hope he wasn’t alone so someone could get help.

[@AlyaSMASH]

imagine just sliding into a glacier

[@athansio1122]

There is a whole civilization of trapped skiers down there thriving 🌈✨️