These alpinists fly a huge boulder around their ears

Rock falls are natural, but they pile up. These alpinists were lucky enough to avoid the block by a hair's breadth.

We have reported several times in the recent past of rock falls: An der Arête des Cosmiques in the Mont Blanc area, in the Yosemite National Park or in GondoIt rockslide Although not massive, but still impressive.

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1 comment

  1. Halli hello that was close. But it's probably not the rockfalls that pile up, but the alpinists who are everywhere and photograph each falling stone with their cameras! Yosemite, Mont Blanc has been flying stones many times, many years and decades ago.
    Only the behavior of the alpinists has not necessarily improved when I watch when and where they are sometimes ...

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