--- description: Professor John Ali was hiking a Himalayan mountain when he fell 70ft into a crevasse title: Trapped and alone - fighting for his life 70 feet below the ice. image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71795d954e6bc958/698690ca1eebf76be9371093/still.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Climber Falls 70 Feet Into Crevasse, Shoots Video of Escape by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2014 5:07 PM CUT  Professor John Ali falls 70ft into a crevasse. Professor John Ali falls 70ft into a crevasse.John All by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 24, 2014 5:07 PM CUT 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. Because I knew it was the type of thing that, you know, again, no one ever survives,” All said in an interview. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/112672/climber-falls-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/112672/climber-falls-video/"},"headline":"Climber Falls 70 Feet Into Crevasse, Shoots Video of Escape","datePublished":"2014-05-24T17:07:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:00.525Z","description":"Trapped and alone - fighting for his life 70 feet below the ice.","url":"https://time.com/112672/climber-falls-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71795d954e6bc958/698690ca1eebf76be9371093/still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71795d954e6bc958/698690ca1eebf76be9371093/still.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"70ft_Crevasee","caption":"Professor John Ali falls 70ft into a crevasse.","creditText":"John All","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/112672/climber-falls-video/","name":"Climber Falls 70 Feet Into Crevasse, Shoots Video of Escape"}}]}] ```