VIDEO: Skier’s Heart-Pounding 150-Foot Cliff Plunge and Miraculous Rescue Leaves Sports Fans Stunned

Published 12/29/2023, 2:27 PM EST

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Skiing on the snow can be fun if you do not plummet down a 150-ft cliff! This was exactly what happened with the central character of today’s video. As the video progressed, a serene landscape of snow-white tranquility enveloped the entire scene. Unfortunately, things were about to take a turn for the worse. While the man tried to glide through the snow, he misjudged his steps and took a fatal fall down the cliff. 

Fortunately for the skier, he seemed to be alright, irrespective of the brutal fall. However, at the fag end of the video, we saw the athlete gather himself up and immediately divert his attention to his camera. So what exactly happened? How did the athlete survive the brutal fall? Let us dive deep and get to the details of the video below. 

Skiing adventure gone wrong as athlete takes a deep fall

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The video was uploaded by Crazy Clips on Twitter, recently rebranded as X. In the twenty-nine-second-long video, the clip starts with a skier recording his journey on snow. The athlete seemed to be having a great time for a significant amount of time. Sadly, he did not have the slightest hint that things would be going downhill from here onwards. 

After skiing for a while, suddenly, the athlete took an abrupt turn that led him to fall down a cliff. As per the information provided in the caption, the cliff was 150 feet high and a fall from such a height could have gone really worse. Surprisingly, once the skier gathered his camera, he looked quite undisturbed. There were no visible signs of injuries, and he even recorded himself on the camera. 

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However, the manner in which the athlete checked whether his camera was alright made the netizens go into a frenzy. 

Netizens get creative in the comment box

The post captioned, “Skier survives a fall off a 150-foot cliff”, received more than 8.6 million views and gained almost 26.6k likes at the time of writing this article. The video received a staggering response from netizens as they filled the comment section with their reactions.

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The man was seen adjusting his camera after the plunge and one of the users added a hilarious comment referring to the same.

Another user was stunned at the fact that the skier just leaped from about 45 feet high.

One fan thanked God for the fact that the layer of the ice was thick enough which saved the man from a major injury.

“Wow! He’s very lucky there was enough snow to cushion his fall!! 😬”, wrote another fan.

Another Twitter user mentioned that was really fortunate that he was not brutally injured.

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Although the athlete was seemingly unharmed, this video teaches us the importance of being vigilant at every moment. Funnily enough, the athlete seemed more concerned about his camera than himself, which made the fans share a good laugh. 

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Disita Sikdar

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