Skier’s Incredible Mountain Fall Caught on Helmet Cam
- Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:25am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Stefan Ager is an Austrian skier who likes the rush of back-mountain skiing. It seems only appropriate, then, that he would be the one to capture his own shocking, out-of-control tumble down one such mountain during a recent ski trip. The footage is incredible. Even more so? Ager is alright (the slip comes at about 0:50):
The Daily Mail explains:
The 15-second fall, down the almost vertical, rocky incline, was all captured on his helmet cam.
When he eventually landed , he let out an audible gasp of pain before looking up at the route he had just fallen down.
Incredibly, despite spinning out of control for much of his fall, he somehow managed to avoid being dashed on any of the larger rocky outposts – and landed safely in a snowdrift at the bottom of the mountain.
Mr Ager has become a global internet hit following his astonishing escape and he said he is thankful he is still in one piece.
He said: ‘I am sooooo lucky!’
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Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:11pmHey Dude watch that first step, Wow Man, what a ride!
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:06pmIt sucks to be him! Just think, he’s going to have to climb up, what he fell down!
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:20pmWell that’s one way of getting back down the mountain.
Report Post »NomadS
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:49amGoPro.com camera .. at least that what http://thedeal.cleansnipe.com/the-fast-way-down-a-mountain-and-he-walks-away-from-it/ claims.
Report Post »outpost13
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:41amGod had nothing to do with this,
Report Post »If he did you could say god pushed him
or, Why did god not stop him from falling.
If god is watching why does he not stop all the wars , hunger , murders , and priest from raping.
Ham
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:23pmIt’s just a feel good thing for those who believe. He probably used the wrong wax.
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:22amWhile I undertand adventure, adrenaline, a sense of “I did it FIRST.” (truth be told few people do it FIRST they just repeat what someone else already did) – some of these adventures seem more like a death wish by people who don’t have priorities in order as opposed to expolorers looking for food or a way to safety . Living versus trying to prove you‘re invulnerable when you aren’t….maybe some of their brains aren’t grown up yet or are wired a different way. The rush! oooo, eeee, wooooowhoo. Some loved ones may forgive them for dying – others won’t. Some will be furious that THEIR loved ones have to risk THEIR lives rescuing others. And once the Rush is experienced the person will never be able to top it and will keep trying until his/her luck runs out.
Ah, well. It is what it is.
Report Post »tbl10
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:20amBrings new meaning to the term, watch that first step. Dude is lucky he is alive.
Report Post »criticalpuppy
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:19amDuuuuuuuude!!!! Dude???????
Report Post »LibertyUSA1
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:44amI am a skiier….helmets a must. Our dear 21 year old friend died from a fall in the Tetons, while hiking with her college class. fell 2000 feet. May God be with her parents.
Report Post »Obanger
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:43amThank goodness for Obamacare to take care of his people.
Report Post »Carry on dude. Maybe Obamacare will introduce a life insurance policy in this year’s budget.
youngunlibertarian
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:38amJust a fyi for the author/reader: it’s “back-country” skiing, as apposed to “back-mountain.” I’ve witnessed a similar fall, where my friend just as Stefan here appeared to ‘float’ over all the right places ie. exposed rock and land only on sporadic snow. EPIC shot, glad he’s alright
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:26amNow this is important…..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw&feature=relmfu
Report Post »USAFRetired
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:22amDarwin was asleep or out for coffee. He could have been an episode of “1000 ways to die”
Report Post »tweetybird
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:17amLOL……..Well….that is one way to get down a mountain.
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:17amSENSATIONALIZATION? on the Blaze? go back to news that matters. A nut job with a death wish is not news, when the nation is being destroyed by ELECTED politicians.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:10amI’ve done a lot of back country skiing, this was not a good choice of a starting point. Too much of a risk, clearly. I’ve seen many people chose to start in very stupid places where one wrong move could mean disaster. Its just not worth the risk to start in places like this. We all can chose our own risk, but in my opinion, this was reckless and stupid.
Report Post »docgreen
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:13pmI really don’t think they were trying to ski that side! I think they were skiing down the other face! I can only say, it sucks to be him! I doubt if they climbed that by foot also! So he would have had to climb up also!
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:22pmIt looks to me as if he slid backward off the rocky side before he had a chance to line up to ski down
the snowy face that you see in the last seconds of the climb up..
His bottom(s) must need a little repair after that!
Report Post »integrican
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:08amPffffftttt!!!!! I could do that!!!!! ; )
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:04amSeriously, if I want to see stupid people risk their life for cheap thrills, then I can go to youtube.
This is not news.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:09amYet, for 75.00/yr you keep coming back. Charge George Soros more for your services. You are selling yourself short (Pun intended)
Report Post »hud
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:27amA little variety is necessary in life
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:49amThe title of this article very clearly and accurately describes the content. Yet sinista not only opens it, watches it, but posts multiple times. If this is truly a deliberate distraction (perhaps we should see if this kid is a member of SDS?) then you are a useful idiot.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:53pm13th Imam, you’re the umpteenth troll to be defeated in a simple debate and take it personal and start trolling me around dwelling on the same subject.
You aren’t convincing anyone, you’re obsessed, and you need to grow up.
ozchambers
This isn’t a distraction for me personally, but for idiots like you who opens it, watches it, and comments on my opinion as if you’re adding to it.
I’m capable of multitasking and posting multiple comments on multiple threads simultaneously.
You would be the useful idiot for even bothering to respond to my comment, by your twisted logic.
My choice to comment on this article doesn’t make it news.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:04pm@13th Imam
Report Post »Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:09am
Yet, for 75.00/yr you keep coming back. Charge George Soros more for your services. You are selling yourself short (Pun intended)
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Somebody call the fire department — I smell SMOKE!
Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:11pm@ozchambers
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:49am
The title of this article very clearly and accurately describes the content. Yet sinista not only opens it, watches it, but posts multiple times. If this is truly a deliberate distraction (perhaps we should see if this kid is a member of SDS?) then you are a useful idiot.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OzChambers, I was just sitting here thinking the exact same thing myself!
If sinista is as smart as he or she brags to be, why expect anything else from a video clearly identified to be what it is by the headline, and then a writeup about the video? Sinista expected WHAT? A clip from his or her favorite channel, MSNBC?
You can’t fix stupid!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:11pmUpteenth
The new federal deficit amount piled up by Barry Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro. It eclipses Trillions, to be paid back by future Taxpayers born and not yet born( Those that make it past the Planned Parenthood Clinic) For $ 75.00 you can send for the book “The Most Dangerous Place to be an African_American is in the Womb.
Report Post »Oh, God!
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:55amComplete stupidity. Now the question is: Will he be doing this again?
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:53amOk, That was stupid…… So did he finish the run?
Report Post »jedi.kep
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:52amWow! Kinda like our country at the moment! One misstep and…
Report Post »9thCommandment
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:38amI guess lucky, the question is who going risk their neck at the possible expense of somebody else risking theirs to bale them out. Rock On!
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:37amlol as an avid back mountain skier this was highly predictable and very preventable
he had no business attempting to put his skis on while standing on that type of incline of almost 90 %
especially when it requires you to stand on on ski to boot up the other ski
he is very lucky the rules of natural selection didnt come to cull the herd
Report Post »klevalt
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:32amGod had his hand on this man! Amen!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:32amI think that is probably an understatement. God was watching over him.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:42amIt is messed up, thank god he is alright.
But this isn’t news.
This is a deliberate distraction.
Report Post »Lantern
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:02amGod was definitely watching over him. I wonder what kind of insurance THEY have? Does Austria have nationalized Health Care? If so, does it cover guys like this?
Report Post »GEW
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:05amThank God he was alright, but I just have to know WHAT camera was he using. It is really great.
Report Post »Dilbert is Real
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:11amA distraction from what? What is your purpose in this life? If it is to obsess over world-wide turmoil, then I can see your point. If it is to live for God, then I don’t have a problem showing a story like this one. Hopefully, this person will look beyond the obvious fallacy that is “luck,” and thank God that he is still alive.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:04amThe insanity of youth.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:05amThank God he’s ok
It’s amazing that for only 75.00 /yr George Bush can get these people to distract Sinista. It works again and again. Worked on Hillary( George fooled me into believing that there were WMD’s ),
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:15amSure is nice to have a little distraction. I still feel the hate though. I hate unions, I hate barry, and I hate the muzies. Sorry no love from me today. The only love from me is that I love to wish them harm. Was that to harsh?
hud
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:25amIt would appear, that high on the side of a mtn is not the place to be in a hurry
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:46amAnd if he wasn’t alright it would have been other peoples money paying to get him of the mountain to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Report Post »Awakened One
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:52amIf God had a hand in his survival, would it not also be true that God would be responsible had he died? Did God push him off the cliff so he could be saved? If God was watching out for him, why did he not keep him from falling to start with. People survive and die in accidents everyday. Is God making arbitrary choices? Is God playing with lives? Are some lives worth more than others? I think it not so simple as it claimed. There is a greater understanding.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:51pmA Darwin candidate!
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:56pmMy purpose in life is my prerogative, and it definitely isn’t to dwell on world-wide turmoil.
To dwell would mean that I am overly concerned with events past, but there are events current and eminent that supercede this drivel.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:59pm@Grandmaof5
Report Post »Posted on March 1, 2011 at 9:32am
I think that is probably an understatement. God was watching over him.
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You are correct, and thank you for capitalizing God’s name.
Showtime
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:02pm@Awakened One
Report Post »Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:52am
If God had a hand in his survival, would it not also be true that God would be responsible had he died? Did God push him off the cliff so he could be saved? If God was watching out for him, why did he not keep him from falling to start with. People survive and die in accidents everyday. Is God making arbitrary choices? Is God playing with lives? Are some lives worth more than others? I think it not so simple as it claimed. There is a greater understanding.
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You sound like you need to go back to sleep!
N37BU6
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:41pmOr he just missed the rocks…
Report Post »Awakened One
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:52pm@Showtime
Report Post »I see you subscribe to the same type of unsupported attacks as the leftist progressives. Nothing to add to the discussion, just abuse the messenger. What would Glenn say of your offering?
TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:21pmMaybe God pushed? I believe He has a sense of humor.
Report Post »GONESURFING
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 2:40amBet that hurt.
Report Post »TXMD
Posted on March 2, 2011 at 5:16amIf God watches over fools and drunks, then He may have been watching. Then again, “stupid” is preent in almost every walk of life, and “stupid” may be leaning in a more demnic direction. Passing on those genes to a new generation of stupid is likely why we are in the position we are in at the present time. Just read all of the lead articles on the Blaze and it becomes that “Stupid Rules” throughout the land – from banning ten rules of behavior in Virginia schools to all the other “stuff” being reported only on this site.
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