Travis Rice Nearly Gets Taken Out By Avalanche in Chile

For most people, longer, warmer days are a sign that it's time to put away the skis and puffy jackets and break out the swim trunks. Travis Rice isn't most people. Instead of meekly bowing to the seasons, he decided to pack up his snowboarding gear and head to the Southern Hemisphere. Specifically, he's been boarding in the Chilean Andes, presumably filming a big-mountain snowboarding segment.

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In the above video, Rice narrowly avoids being swept by a slide. Luckily, he and his partner were able to reach an island of safety on a nearby ridge. Per Red Bull, who posted the video, the avalanche took place while Rice was building a booter to hit during the recent total solar eclipse visible in South America.