Terrifying moment hiker slips & falls down steep mountain as 360-degree camera captures miracle escape

THIS is the melodramatic infinitesimal a hiker slips and falls down a steep upland portion signaling his near-death ordeal.

Yang Meng, 42, is fortunate to beryllium live aft helium slipped and fell portion hiking successful the Fanzengjian Mountains successful China.

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

The heart-stopping footage shows Meng screaming arsenic helium plummets down the broadside of the upland portion helium tries to find thing to clasp connected to.

His descent was stopped by a tree, redeeming his life.

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

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

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.""

Shocked users took to the comments to explicit conscionable however fortunate the hiker was to beryllium alive, portion others were thankful that the histrion was successful enactment to prevention him.

In an different video posted to the social media site, Meng said helium had not been severely injured successful the autumn - 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

"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."

Earlier this year, a Chinese tourer plunged to her death aft falling 250ft into an progressive volcano.

The victim, 31-year-old Chinese nationalist Huang Lihong, tumbled into the Ijen Crater successful Banyuwangi, Indonesia, arsenic her horrified hubby took a picture.

She stumbled and fell connected April 20 aft catching her covering connected the stone look and disappeared down the crater, it is understood.

She and her hubby Zhang Yong had climbed the slope with a section usher truthful they could ticker the sunrise from the volcano's rim, section media reports.

But arsenic Lihong posed for the snaps she tripped and ended up tumbling backwards implicit the edge.

One photograph released aft the autumn shows Lihong posing connected what appears to beryllium the rim of the volcano with 1 limb raised and whisps of steam and sulphur gas rising down her.

She fell 75 metres (250 feet) into the rima of the volcano and it took rescuers much than 2 hours to retrieve her body, according to section reports.