Pinned by a giant boulder, a hiker had two choices: panic or git it out. He did both.
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Listen to the podcast to hear about the terrifying avalanche that swept away the Hotel Rigopiano, and the desperate hunt for survivors
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RD Talks: Swept away
The avalance ripped the Italian hotel from its foundation and reduced it to rubble. How could anyone inside have survived?
Written by Joshua Hammer for GQ | Read by Zoë Meunier
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