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This is a view none of us ever hope to see in real life, but it sure is sobering to watch on camera. This unidentified skier managed to capture getting caught in a large avalanche in the French Alps on POV. He was caught and buried, but luckily his avalanche airbag saved his life, especially since terrain he was skiing did not look to offer any sort of safe zones.
The skier says:
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Here is the avalanche that happened to me with an impressive speed without my seeing it. It was in March 2020 in France. It was a mix between a windstorm that lifted me and a huge ocean wave that shook me all over the place. I was very scared, the reflex of pulling on the handle of my airbag saved my life. This avalanche was triggered by a person at the top of the mountain who did not wait for me to finish my off-piste descent and who did not come to my rescue by following. It is an experience that I will never forget.
