Frozen terror: Moment wall of ice snaps in half and sends climber tumbling to the ground
THIS is the incredible moment a wall of ice snaps in half and sends a climber tumbling to the ground surrounded by tonnes of ice.
John Freeman survived one of the the most insane climbs off the face of a vertical ice wall.
Using only ice tools and crampons, John climbed solo up the glass-like structure until a misplaced tool shattered the ice causing the structure to cascade to the ground.
John, a climbing guide from Canmore, Alberta, Canada was miraculously only winded when he fell from 60ft up the steep cliff face to the floor.
John said: "It was a warm day, we got a good sense like it was a healthy piece of ice there - and we wanted to climb.
"I walked up to the ice and it was super thin, it wasn't even as wide as my soldiers, I had to climb very delicately, it was intense.
"I could feel the climb move under me, I had never encountered that before.
"It was fast - the tool struck the ice and I immediately felt that I was moving, I didn't realise what was happening.
"I could hear the ice breaking and I realised the whole thing was collapsing and there was nothing I could do about it.
"The sharp pieces of ice were digging into my body as I was sliding along the ground and I just waited for it to stop - and I was alive."