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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Shocking moment avalanche plunges towards tourists in Kyrgyzstan

Instagram/harryshimmin

A British hiker captured the moment a terrifying avalanche hurtled towards his tour group on Friday, in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains.

Posting a video to Instagram, 26-year-old Brit Harry Shimmin described how his group of 10 was hiking through the Tian Shan mountains when they heard “the sound of deep ice cracking”, before looking up to see the wall of snow shooting towards them.

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