Mountain climber saved at last second from near-fatal fall - Nerve-racking rescue caught on video

High on the frozen walls of Kennedy’s Gully in Colorado’s Ouray Ice Park, a climber pushes upward as the ice beneath him starts to fail. Filmed from above by fellow climbers, the moment turns from a routine ascent into an urgent fight to stay attached to the mountain, with voices off camera coordinating a rescue before gravity takes over. What makes this short film so gripping is its raw, unedited immediacy: you hear the tension, the quick decisions, and the calm determination it takes to manage risk when conditions change in seconds. It’s a sobering reminder of how fragile ice can be—and an inspiring look at teamwork, problem-solving, and the thin margin between a close call and catastrophe.

11MOAX · 4:57

A group of mountain climbers attempting to ascend Kennedy's Gully in the Ouray Ice Park in Colorado rescued a fellow climber from near-certain death when a sheath of ice suddenly slipped out from under him. As the climber makes his way up the gully, the other climbers who are off camera and filming him from above realize that the ice is quickly melting beneath him. "We've got a rope if you want it," a woman says. "We're setting up a rappel, can you hang on?" "Yeah, that would be great," he says. There's a clear sense of urgency from the climbers above as they work to lower a rope to the climber before the ice breaks: