Backpacker Katie Pistello says she’ll by no means recuperate from the second she summited a mountain solely to observe helplessly as her pack bounces down the mountain she simply climbed. Ugh, it’s coronary heart wrenching simply to consider. And but, it’s type of humorous to observe. (However solely as a result of Pistello posted a video making enjoyable of the scenario.)
The footage exhibits her pack—undoubtedly filled with vital provides—bouncing down the steep slope of a mountainside. You may’t hear what she’s saying throughout this second, as a result of the video is about to music with lyrics that sum up what we’re all pondering—OH NO.
“I’ll actually by no means recover from this,” Pistello wrote in her Instagram caption sharing the painfully humorous video. “Watching my pack yeet itself 450ft down the mountain at 8:40pm, within the mistaken route, after we had been simply minutes away from establishing camp and getting cozy. My soul left my physique. And it nonetheless hasn’t returned.”
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As to what precisely occurred to trigger her to lose her pack, Pistello sheds some mild on that in a remark reply. “It was a category 4 scramble with some 3-4ft drops,” she wrote. “Ascending was positive sufficient, descending was more difficult bc of our packs. So we began to take our packs off, drop them down the 3ish ft after which bounce down. Welp. One of many instances I believed I dropped it with care, however clearly didn’t understand the touchdown wasn’t flat and child woman slowly tumbled after which she picked up pace, FAST.”
Watch the second a backpacker’s pack bounces down a mountain right here:
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