A 42-year-old hiker is counting his lucky stars after narrowly escaping a nasty fall down the side of a mountain in China, following a bout of severe storms. The heart-stopping moment was caught in real-time by his 360-degree camera, making it a experience captured for the world to see.
Yang Meng had been hiking in the rugged Fanzengjian mountains in eastern Anhui province when disaster struck. While navigating the wet, storm-battered terrain, he lost his footing and was sent skidding down a slick mountainside. The video, which Yang shared on Douyin (China’s version of TikTok), shows the dramatic fall unfold as he helplessly slides toward what could have been a deadly drop. In a stroke of luck, a lone tree halted his fall just in time, sparing him from what could have been a tragic ending.
