A man falls down a cliff while hiking and captures the moment on video. He owes his survival to a tree.
Anhui – Hiking is not always a risk-free pleasure. Even for experienced hikers, steep slopes, landslides or adverse weather conditions can be a challenge. For example, a hiker was recently left behind at a team-building event – then got caught in a severe storm. A video is currently circulating online showing a hiker’s dramatic fall from a cliff.
Hiker filming his own “fall with smartphone” slides down a mountain
The video shows a man suddenly falling on his stomach before sliding down a wet rocky cliff at tremendous speed. The video was widely shared on TikTok and X. One user commented on the video with the words “fall with the smartphone”. The fall was obviously recorded because the man was holding his mobile phone in his hand.
The hiker was lucky when he fell: Video shows him sliding against a tree
Loud 20min.ch The accident occurred in the Chinese province of Anhui. The 42-year-old father Yang is said to have slipped on the wet ground during a hike and slid down the slope. Despite the dramatic fall, the man was lucky.
The video shows Yang hitting a tree as he fell and getting caught in it. This prevented him from falling any further and suffering potentially fatal injuries. “A tree stopped his fall and saved his life,” one user on X commented on the video. A missing hiker was found in California after ten daysHe had “hiked enough for the rest of the year.”
The right equipment is essential when hiking in the rain
It is not known whether and how seriously the 42-year-old father from China was injured in the fall. 20min.ch reports only that he was “relatively unscathed.” In the future, he will probably think twice about hiking along cliffs in the rain. According to the hiking portal bergwelten.com While there is nothing wrong with hiking in wet weather, hikers should follow a few basic rules.
The most important rule is to have the right equipment: a rain jacket and waterproof, non-slip shoes are essential, according to the experts. Rubber boots should definitely not be worn, as they offer less grip than hiking boots. Hikers should choose their routes so that they avoid difficult sections. Because “wet ground means slippery ground,” warn the experts. (tt)
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