--- title: Man Falls 70ft Into Crevasse - Shoots Video of Escape description: Professor John Ali was hiking a Himalayan mountain when he fell 70ft into a crevasse canonical: https://time.com/112672/climber-falls-video/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-24T17:07:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:00.525Z og:title: Trapped and alone - fighting for his life 70 feet below the ice. og:description: Professor John Ali was hiking a Himalayan mountain when he fell 70ft into a crevasse og:url: https://time.com/112672/climber-falls-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71795d954e6bc958/698690ca1eebf76be9371093/still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: 70ft_Crevasee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trapped and alone - fighting for his life 70 feet below the ice. twitter:description: Professor John Ali was hiking a Himalayan mountain when he fell 70ft into a crevasse twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71795d954e6bc958/698690ca1eebf76be9371093/still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Climber Falls 70 Feet Into Crevasse, Shoots Video of Escape > Sponsored content. 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John All by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video May 24, 2014 5:07 PM UTC Professor John All fell 70 feet into an icy crevasse as he was hiking a Himalayan mountain. He had a broken arm, broken ribs, and was all by himself. It’s a story that feels like the premise to the survival drama _127 Hours_ — and indeed, All recorded every harrowing moment with his video camera. “By taking the video, I was asserting to myself that I was going to get out so I could show it to my friends and family. 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