Avalanche rushes towards trekkers in Kyrgyzstan

A group of nine British and an American hikers who went on a trek in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shen mountains encountered a stunning – and rather scary – experience as the snow from the glacial peaks came rolling down like a giant wave and collapsed on the mountain they were at. The avalanche, captured by one of the trekkers, however, did send one of them to the hospital but all of them survived it.  In the video, one can see the avalanche at a far distance which then approaches towards the trekkers, forcing them to take cover.

Footage taken in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan where a group of 9 Brits and 1 American were on a hiking tour. Fortunately everyone survived. Full story here: https://t.co/ZvCGueSR5I

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Speaking about the incident in his Instagram post, the trekker Harry Shimmin confessed, “…I left it to the last second to move, and yes I know it would have been safer moving to the shelter straight away… I felt in control, but regardless, when the snow started coming over and it got dark / harder to breathe, I was bricking it and thought I might die.” “Behind the rock it was like being inside a blizzard,” he said, adding there was an “adrenaline rush” after it was over. He said he was only covered in a small layer of snow, without a scratch but one of them in the group had cut her knee quite badly, while another also sustained some light bruises after falling off a horse.