In his message, he explains what may have shocked those who watched the images, wondering why he had not fled. “I had been there for a few minutes already, so I knew there was a shelter next to me.“He specifies that if he admits having stayed until the last minute and having taken a risk by filming, being on the edge of a cliff, he could not flee the flow. He therefore took shelter under the rock shelter while the snow was spreading. Behind the rock, thinking he was going to die, he felt like he was in the blizzard. After the avalanche, he came out covered with a small layer of snow, without a single scratch. The rest of the group was a little further away. Every member was alive and well, except for one person who, however, had “only“The injured knee, another one from the bruises.
Harry Shimmin clarified that their group was lucky to have taken a break: “If we had walked five more minutes, we would all have died.“Indeed, the path they should have taken would have been very dangerous if they had chosen it to flee the violent flow. A testimony highlighted in particular by the scientific journalist Norédine Benazdia.