Nerve racking video out of the Tatra Mountains region of eastern Europe of a climber who lost purchase on his ice axes while on a steep cliff and went skidding backward down the rocky face before his safety rope thankfully snapped taught and arrested his fall.
This challenging mixed climbing route passed through a labyrinth of rock shelves and jams, combined with light snow where any momentary lapse in concentration could prove fatal. Although the fall was violent, the man is reportedly okay and was able to gather himself, laugh off his brush with death and continue on his ascent:
โI continued climbing and there were no further unpleasant adventures.โ
