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Skier Miraculously Survives 1,600 Foot Fall

submitted by ChaosEngine

8 years 5 months 3 weeks ago

YT: Pro skiing veteran, Ian McIntosh, narrowly escapes with his life after what TGR Co Founder, Todd Jones, says "was the most terrifying crash I've ever seen." While filming for Paradise Waits up in the Neacola range of AK, Mac dropped into a line he thought he had studied thoroughly enough, only to fall into an unseen five foot deep trench on one of his first turns. "From there, my slough took over and their was no way to stop, I pulled my airbag to help prevent against any possible trauma injuries as I tumbled to the bottom," he said. While attempting to regain his footing, Mac lost a ski and cartwheeled over 1,600 feet in under a minute.

Amazingly, he walked away with only minor injuries.

7 Comments

Lucky guy to not be hurt, but that's really more of a 1600 foot tumble, not a fall. There was about a 10 foot fall in there at around :43, but from the title I really expected a wrong turn to a huge cliff, not a roll down the slope.

Here's a 1st person view of the same accident.

Most skiers would refer to that as a "fall", because you're off your skis.

Plus it's INSANELY steep.

Lucky guy to not be hurt, but that's really more of a 1600 foot tumble, not a fall. There was about a 10 foot fall in there at around :43, but from the title I really expected a wrong turn to a huge cliff, not a roll down the slope.

Back when I could ski, I would have called this a 1600 foot crash.

Yeah, that certainly IS steep. Just 5 more degrees and even I would have called it a fall, but for me to call it a 'fall', I need to see more real air time.

Here's a 1st person view of the same accident.

Most skiers would refer to that as a "fall", because you're off your skis.

Plus it's INSANELY steep.

*water, *fear

Adding video to channels (Fear, Water) - requested by Zawash.

And he is thinking, "How the hell do I get my skis? They are the mountain's skis, now."

You win again GRaaavityy!

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