10 hiking travelers survived in the huge avalanche in Tianshan

Jimu Journalist Hu Xiuwen

According to the Guardian reported on July 11, 10 hikers survived the avalanche while traveling in Tianshan, Kyrgyzstan. It is reported that if they continue to walk for 5 minutes before the avalanche, they may be buried in the snow sea.

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Nine of the 10 people and one American, one of them took a video of the avalanche and sent it to the social media on July 11. It can be seen from the video that the snowy mountains in the distance began to collapse, and the snow tide rushed towards them until heavy snow swept the head.

Harry Heming, who took a video, said: "I heard the sound of ice cracks behind me, and left the team to take pictures. I stayed there for a few minutes before I knew there was a shelter next to it."

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"I took the last second before leaving and I entered the shelter. I know that I have taken a lot of risks, but when a large blockbuster came over, my breathing became more difficult. At that moment, I thought I might die. "Ximing said.

Ximing is far from the team, and the team members are safer. However, one of the other members of the team was cut on their knees.

"I am glad to be alive. I didn't realize how lucky we were later." Ximing added, "If we walk another 5 minutes during hiking, we will die." Because the road they was going to go was The avalanche route.

The avalanche occurred in Tianshan Mountains. The Tianshan Mountains mainly span the countries such as China, Kyrgyzstan, etc., and are huge mountain systems with a length of 2,500 kilometers and an average width of more than 300 kilometers.

(Picture source: Daily Mail)

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