Hiker slipped and fell down the side of a mountain – and caught it all on camera

The infinitesimal that a hiker slipped and fell down a upland was caught connected camera, arsenic helium recorded his ain adjacent decease experience.

Yang Meng, 42, narrowly escaped decease aft helium fell portion hiking successful the Fanzengjian mountains successful China.

Meng captured the infinitesimal helium skidded down the upland broadside connected his 360-degree camera.

The terrifying footage shows Meng screaming arsenic helium falls down the broadside of the upland portion helium tries to find thing to clasp connected to.

His autumn was breached by a tree, which saved his life.

Prior to his fall, helium and person were hiking done the Anhui state astir 280 miles westbound of Shanghai, aft it had experienced 2 almighty typhoons, Bebinca and Yagi.

Speaking to CNN, Meng said: ‘I realised I couldn’t get up astatine each and was sliding faster and faster, that’s erstwhile it deed maine – I indispensable beryllium falling disconnected a cliff.’

‘When I deed the tree, it felt similar a dense stone crashing down.’

‘I was conscionable thinking, “there’s nary mode I’m dead”.’

In an different video posted to the social media site, Meng said helium had not been earnestly injured – revealing immoderate bruising connected his leg.

He told CNN: ‘I conjecture I came retired mostly unscathed. Just a small scrape connected my near manus and a tiny chopped connected my thigh.

‘Other than that, I was fine.’

The near-death experienced forced Meng to bespeak connected his life.

He said: ‘Life is truly short, truthful we request to cherish each day.

‘I won’t fto this incidental clasp maine back.

‘If anything, it’s pushing maine to research the satellite adjacent more.’

The video was posted connected Douyin, China’s mentation of TikTok, and has been liked much than 280,000 times and shared much than 445,000 times.

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