Stills from a video of an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains in July 2022, captured by Briton Harry Shimmin. Photo: Instagram/@harryshimmin
Stills from a video of an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains in July 2022, captured by Briton Harry Shimmin. Photo: Instagram/@harryshimmin
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Viral Kyrgyzstan avalanche video another warning of climate breakdown we’ll probably ignore

  • The video clip is extraordinary – a mass of snow and ice shoots down a slope in the Tian Shan mountains and engulfs a trekking party, who all survive
  • On July 2, debris falling from a glacier in Italy killed 11 hikers. But the events, probably exacerbated by climate change, are unlikely to deter adventurers

Stills from a video of an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains in July 2022, captured by Briton Harry Shimmin. Photo: Instagram/@harryshimmin
Stills from a video of an avalanche in Kyrgyzstan’s Tian Shan mountains in July 2022, captured by Briton Harry Shimmin. Photo: Instagram/@harryshimmin
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