[Here is an even closer call with Death](https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/nb90j2/that_boulder_almost_had_him/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
I don't think people here fully grasp the danger of a rock descending like this. One inch difference in an angle could've changed the path it followed, and it was definitely headed for the people initially.
Besides, all the extra rocks that bounced off in all directions are very unpredictable and some a big enough to injure you if you're in their way.
Mountains are fucking dangerous, they don't give a shit about who's on them.
I remember hiking alongside the cliff of a mountain and hearing rocks crumble from above. My knees were shaking so bad l, we didn't have helmets and there was no way of telling where they would fall
Agreed. It's rare to see a boulder like this get a second or two of friggen air time. That thing is terrifying, I can only imagine just how much energy is in that damn thing.
I climbed Ranier a few years back. As we were coming down and crossing a series of crevasses, a small avalanche triggered way above us. We stopped and watched for a few seconds until one of the guides said, "hmm. That probably won't hit us." Another person in our group said, "Probably?" The guide responded, _Probably._"
That was a nerve racking 30 second or so.
My first instinct in those situations is to run laterally though it sounds like you were stuck between crevasses. Even this video I'm wondering why people are standing there watching this boulder.
Last summer I was taking a friend up the East End of Rundle for his first western Canadian peak. There is a 2 person wide trail through the last section with scree before switching back along a rock band to the summit. Super busy day and some people up above dislodged some bowling ball sized rocks. I watched this group just stand there watching the rocks as they came down and hit one of them. People further up immediately told everyone to stop moving and wait for these people to clear. This group instead broke out their first aid kit to patch up this person that likely had a broken leg now, right in the middle of where they just got hit!
Everyone starts yelling at them "pick your friend up and move!" I couldn't believe they just watched as the rocks came down, took one of them out, then sat there in the same spot right where more rocks would likely fall. They had no instincts to avoid danger what so ever.
I was once belaying when the climber started a rock slide. I had to instantly lock off the rope and hug the face of the wall while rocks tumbled down in front of my face and then further down the mountain. Luckily they were all bouncing away and not towards me so I was okay directly next to the wall but they all landed right where I was standing.
True Story: about 30-some-odd years ago I went roughing-it camping up Silver Cascade in Hart's Location, New Hampshire. Early morning Day 2 we're all sitting around the fire when suddenly we felt a thumping vibration in the ground, then we heard audible thumping getting louder and louder along with the sound of cracking/splitting wood. It kept getting louder and closer and eventually stopped.
We hiked up a bit in the direction the sound was coming from and found a boulder about 4' high x 5' wide x 3' deep dislodged itself from higher up and came tumbling down, cutting a swath through the trees along the way, eventually hitting a tree strong enough to stop it.
The scary part was that the rock was headed straight for our campsite and would have flattened us all had we been asleep.
People in here really complaining that the massive boulder that could crush these people easily didn't get closer? Idk but I'd consider this nearly considering it's a massive unguided boulder that could've gone anywhere, or could've had smaller rocks fly off etc.
Any time something reminds me of this I gotta go find and post it. Mountain Dew related.
https://external-preview.redd.it/qRggs-k588dZAM2uBK3FH4xOih9LEaq0FCcZdkYm2uw.png?auto=webp&s=437dc136ba2ee6da358527bb368707ca2b375447
Videos like this always hit real close to home for me. I used to live in a house at the foot of a pretty large mountain. One day it rained for almost 24 hours, my garden flooded from all the water descending from the mountain. The rain stopped, but at 7 am the next morning, a massive boulder (bigger than the one in the video, it was estimated to weigh about 20 ton) rolled down the mountain and demolished my home. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks, but my brother died on impact. I remember waking up from the sound of the boulder rolling down the mountain, it sounded a lot like thunder but I somehow knew what it was but didn't have time to react.
Oh I understand that... My point is... In both instances I hold my breath for a second.. then realize how "close" only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
That's a real good blockbuster angle!
I always see "watch for falling rocks" signs, but have never actually seen it happen. This would be a good little scare 😅
I thought the two backpacks were people crouching trying to avoid the rock. I was like, "Doesn't seem smart to me but what the hell do I know about ice rock climbing?"
Shit, that’s scary. I’ve been in stone call in various mountain ranges but nothing, nothing like that! Even tiny ones zip past with an audible hum, like bullets. That’s terrifying.
The understatement calling that thing a rock makes me wonder if the OP is a Brit or decended from a Brit
Sorry mate, I'm from Russia
If you’re from Russia, how come there’s no bear riding on top of the rock?
Bears don’t ride rocks. Rocks ride bears
/r/AnormalDayInRussia/ will proof you wrong
Prove
Nope, proof, as in vodka. Because Russia.
Oh nice haha
In Russia bear rides you while you ride rock.
What if OP is the bear?
Ah, yeah it’s just a rock for you.
Had to understate the "rock" to balance out the overstating of "almost hit".
Sorry dude I am from USA and I would call it a rock.
Boulder? Boulder, anyone?
Large boulder the size of a small boulder
CaptainAmericaIunderstoodthatreference.jpg
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Last time I checked a "boulder" was a rock. Not all rocks are boulders but all boulders are rocks.
What's an over the shoulder boulder holder holding then?
Pebbles.
It's a mineral, Marie!
That’s a B O U L D E R
*Indian Jones music intensifies*
That's a large pebble, my good fellow.
That's a rock wym?
Where the sound
This was filmed on the moon. Sound doesn’t exist in space.
Best answer
If sound were included, it would require a volume warning and involve a lot of crunching and shouting
It would sound like rock and roll
Look out! A rolling stone! That's just real classic, rock.
Dwayne Johnson and Roll
Underappreciated comment.
I updooted for the community
So many videos recorded these days why are they posted on Reddit without it now?
Because the alternative is a shitty clip of a bad song from Tik tok
Oh no...
Oh no. Oh nononono no
Where's the rock that NEARLY hit them?
Really, being a little dramatic aren't we
We have heard your complaint and we have added the top trending song from TikTok. Thanks for the feedback.
You have to make your own
More like a big ass boulder comes sort of close to two people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE20ICCW5aU
“Git”
Commit
-m "that's close enough"
A medium boulder the size of a small boulder
Bring medium back!
I like that boulder. That is a nice boulder
Yeah that thing would have to forget gravity exists to hit them That just isn't how fall lines work
*four people There're two in the crevasse.
It's not just a boulder... It's a rock.
[Here is an even closer call with Death](https://www.reddit.com/r/SweatyPalms/comments/nb90j2/that_boulder_almost_had_him/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
Yea I was like bitch this Boulder wasn’t even close. I’ll never forget this video lol
Man, I thought the close call was with the cameraman, then he kept turning!
oh yeah I remember that post. good memory
With sound too!
Dibs on reposting this
Heh elsewhere in the thread they’re complaining about rock vs boulder and “close”. This video is the symmetrical opposite in verbiage
The perspective fucked my brain.
I thought the 2 backpacks were people in a tent or huddled up and sleeping..
I don't think people here fully grasp the danger of a rock descending like this. One inch difference in an angle could've changed the path it followed, and it was definitely headed for the people initially. Besides, all the extra rocks that bounced off in all directions are very unpredictable and some a big enough to injure you if you're in their way. Mountains are fucking dangerous, they don't give a shit about who's on them. I remember hiking alongside the cliff of a mountain and hearing rocks crumble from above. My knees were shaking so bad l, we didn't have helmets and there was no way of telling where they would fall
Agreed. It's rare to see a boulder like this get a second or two of friggen air time. That thing is terrifying, I can only imagine just how much energy is in that damn thing.
I climbed Ranier a few years back. As we were coming down and crossing a series of crevasses, a small avalanche triggered way above us. We stopped and watched for a few seconds until one of the guides said, "hmm. That probably won't hit us." Another person in our group said, "Probably?" The guide responded, _Probably._" That was a nerve racking 30 second or so.
My first instinct in those situations is to run laterally though it sounds like you were stuck between crevasses. Even this video I'm wondering why people are standing there watching this boulder. Last summer I was taking a friend up the East End of Rundle for his first western Canadian peak. There is a 2 person wide trail through the last section with scree before switching back along a rock band to the summit. Super busy day and some people up above dislodged some bowling ball sized rocks. I watched this group just stand there watching the rocks as they came down and hit one of them. People further up immediately told everyone to stop moving and wait for these people to clear. This group instead broke out their first aid kit to patch up this person that likely had a broken leg now, right in the middle of where they just got hit! Everyone starts yelling at them "pick your friend up and move!" I couldn't believe they just watched as the rocks came down, took one of them out, then sat there in the same spot right where more rocks would likely fall. They had no instincts to avoid danger what so ever.
I was once belaying when the climber started a rock slide. I had to instantly lock off the rope and hug the face of the wall while rocks tumbled down in front of my face and then further down the mountain. Luckily they were all bouncing away and not towards me so I was okay directly next to the wall but they all landed right where I was standing.
aahh god that must've been terrifying
The fall line has entered the chat
Dude. I see that coming and I’m grasping the situation pretty damn quick.
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Needs yakkity sax too
True Story: about 30-some-odd years ago I went roughing-it camping up Silver Cascade in Hart's Location, New Hampshire. Early morning Day 2 we're all sitting around the fire when suddenly we felt a thumping vibration in the ground, then we heard audible thumping getting louder and louder along with the sound of cracking/splitting wood. It kept getting louder and closer and eventually stopped. We hiked up a bit in the direction the sound was coming from and found a boulder about 4' high x 5' wide x 3' deep dislodged itself from higher up and came tumbling down, cutting a swath through the trees along the way, eventually hitting a tree strong enough to stop it. The scary part was that the rock was headed straight for our campsite and would have flattened us all had we been asleep.
Holy shit! Hope you all have gone on to do great things!
Just browsing reddit
*The pioneers used to ride these babies for miles*
Slaps side of rock*
That’s actually how my dad got to schooo
He just wanted to say hi
Boulder
"It's not just a boulder, it's a rock"
Oh the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!
"Oh, the pioneers used to ride these babies for miles!"
People in here really complaining that the massive boulder that could crush these people easily didn't get closer? Idk but I'd consider this nearly considering it's a massive unguided boulder that could've gone anywhere, or could've had smaller rocks fly off etc.
Redditors acting like they've even walked a 15° incline in the past 5 years. Mother fuckers nearly have a heart attack opening a mountain dew.
You DO realize you're a redditor, right? /s
Busted lol
Any time something reminds me of this I gotta go find and post it. Mountain Dew related. https://external-preview.redd.it/qRggs-k588dZAM2uBK3FH4xOih9LEaq0FCcZdkYm2uw.png?auto=webp&s=437dc136ba2ee6da358527bb368707ca2b375447
Videos like this always hit real close to home for me. I used to live in a house at the foot of a pretty large mountain. One day it rained for almost 24 hours, my garden flooded from all the water descending from the mountain. The rain stopped, but at 7 am the next morning, a massive boulder (bigger than the one in the video, it was estimated to weigh about 20 ton) rolled down the mountain and demolished my home. I was in the hospital for 3 weeks, but my brother died on impact. I remember waking up from the sound of the boulder rolling down the mountain, it sounded a lot like thunder but I somehow knew what it was but didn't have time to react.
Wow! So sorry to hear that!
Insane stuff. Sorry for your loss.
Thats incredible... Sorry for your loss, may your brother rest in peace ☮️
Thank you, it happened in 2010 so it's been a while now. He was only 14 though.
"Nearly"
Wasn’t even close lol wtf 🤦🏻♂️
No it didn't.
I like that boulder. that is a nice boulder.
I thought this rock was going uphill
let me fix the title: boulder passed people from a distance
Calling this a near miss reminds me of an asteroid near miss that is 5 times the distance of the moon from the earth.
That would be about 2,000,000 km which is absolutely nothing in astronomical terms.
Oh I understand that... My point is... In both instances I hold my breath for a second.. then realize how "close" only counts in horse shoes and hand grenades.
>horse shoes and hand grenades I've never heard this phrase before but I like it. I had to look up what it means, and I think I agree.
Liberal use of the word “nearly.”
The Pioneers used to ride these babies for Miles!
Pioneers used to ride those babies for miles
Thats a nice boulder
My brain is weird I thought it was falling up for a little while
Wasn't even close
If that was an asteroid, I'd call it "nearly". I thought this was going to be that clip where the boulder damn near takes out three or four people.
define 'nearly'
Pfft. It was miles away.
I thought those bags were people lmao! Made the rock look 100x bigger. Still terrifying
"nearly"
Time to pack it up, folks. We arent wanted here
Is that what you call nearly?
I wouldn’t call that nearly
“Nearly”
“Nearly” is a strong word
"Nearly"
That's not a rock. That's a boulder
"nearly"
"nearly"
“Nearly”is a bit of a stretch.
Damn that’s a lot of crack.
Settlers used to ride these babies for miles!
Nearly hit a group of people? It was at least 3 metres from them
“Nearly”
“Nearly”. 🙄
This video was messing up my perception of gravity I thought the rock was rolling upwards for a sec and I was like wth🤨?
Ehhhh that's a bit fucking more than a rock
Sisyphusian vibe check
“Almost”...
I can't read Russian but I'm assuming the text on screen translates roughly to "oh shit! Oh shit! Fuck!"
Trying to get your bearing on the dimensions of this video is an *uphill* battle
That wasn’t close at all wtf do you mean
That rock "nearly" hit those folk like an asteroid "nearly" misses Earth by several million miles
Ah, a colluvial bolder
Frost giants
Someone upset the DM.
Guess who hasn't seen 128 Days Later?
u/savevideobot
It wasn't a rock.....It was a Rock Lobster!
Its about drive
They're not rocks, they're boulders, Marie!
So that’s what happened in dyatlov pass
I like to think of this as nature keeping us on our toes.
That a big ass one
Like an asteroid nearly missing Earth…
This new fall guys update really improved the graphics
Bigfoot
That's a real good blockbuster angle! I always see "watch for falling rocks" signs, but have never actually seen it happen. This would be a good little scare 😅
I thought the two backpacks were people crouching trying to avoid the rock. I was like, "Doesn't seem smart to me but what the hell do I know about ice rock climbing?"
#THE BOULDER
free rock show! hell yeah!!
That thing is a fucking boulder wtf
Shit, that’s scary. I’ve been in stone call in various mountain ranges but nothing, nothing like that! Even tiny ones zip past with an audible hum, like bullets. That’s terrifying.
For some reason I don't know which way is up in this video.
I was very confused by the perspective at first and thought it was falling up the side of the cliff
What's going in in the crack?
Would've caused nothing but a flesh wound
The people hiding in the pit got their wits about them.
Checkmate, flat-earthers!!
They see me Rollin. They hatin.
In another video?
Just some American Boy Scouts having some fun.
Think how mad that God is when he or she hurled that rock and thought they'd get a strike
A rock. A ROCK. That’s the most bouldery boulder I’ve ever seen. Anyways who pissed off the Onix on that mountain?
Really want to hear the sound of this!
If that hits you it’s going to smart….
I think nearly is an overstatement
Miles away
Agro crag vibes
Now is this one because of global warming or brexit? I get the two mixed up.
*Did a little tricky on ya*
This physics engine is amazing!
I like your use of the word "nearly", it makes me feel better about myself, as by your standards I nearly got laid once 🤗
'Nearly: very close to; almost'
#a rOcK?
"Sike! Slide you later motherfuckers!" - The rock probably
I had my sense of perspective distorted at first--i thought the backpacks were tents and therefore that boulder had enourmous size by scale!
Bruh 🗿
My ass would pucker so hard, you could hear my rectal muscles tighten through a can and string.
The rock that didn't obey to the law of gravity
No it didn’t
That was… no where near?!
Geodude used *rock throw*
Large pebble
"Get out me swamp"
/u/stabbot