A pair of hikers had a lucky escape from death after plunging several metres down a steep mountain face.
Horror footage shows the men tumbling down the snowy, rocky slope at breakneck speed.
Their limbs can be seen flailing like rag dolls during their terrifying descent.
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They bounce off a rock before eventually coming to a stop, with a helicopter later arriving to assist them.
Another hiker happened to catch the accident on camera as it unfolded in the Polish Tatra Mountains at around 2pm on Saturday (3 October).
The woman, Aleksandra, told local media: “I was heading towards Zawrat to check the conditions before deciding whether to continue. I had all my mountain gear with me.
“On the way, I passed a TOPR (Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue) rescuer who strongly advised me not to go any further, saying they had already had to perform two resuscitations that day.
“So I decided to head towards Kozia Dolinka and Zadni Granat instead. I was filming with Kozi Wierch in the background and said sadly, ‘Maybe next time.’
“Then I suddenly heard a loud bang and people screaming as they fell. They had apparently come down the Kulczyński Couloir, and I spotted them once they were already in the valley.”
Luckily, both men appear to have been wearing helmets at the time.
The pair reportedly escaped with just grazes, bruises and a broken finger.
The helicopter dropped off one rescuer at the scene before flying on to intervene elsewhere, as reported by Need To Know.
TOPR rescuer Edward Lichota told local media: “Looking at the footage, you can see that this was a serious fall. It could easily have ended tragically.”
Several serious accidents occurred in the Polish Tatras over the same weekend.
On Saturday, a tourist died after falling from Zawrat.
And on Sunday (4 October), a tourist injured in a fall in the Kozia Przełęcz area was taken to hospital in critical condition.
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