Avalanche smashes a skier in scary helmet cam video

Avalanche smashes a skier in scary helmet cam video

Luckily for Eric Hjorleifson, the avalanche that he started by going down a big mountain pillow line doesn’t fully consume him, leaving him relatively unscathed—he just "twisted his knee a bit." You can hear the fear in his heavy breathing after the incident, though. I don’t blame him. It’s quite scary.

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Beijing’s Bacterial Smog, Black Market Cigarettes, and an Avalanche!

Beijing's Bacterial Smog, Black Market Cigarettes, and an Avalanche!

Beijing’s smog, the West’s drought, Alaska’s avalanche, and everybody’s cigarettes are part of this week’s landscape reads.

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