Some of you will have already seen this footage – an avalanche hurtling towards a tourist in Kyrgyzstan.
The British tourist who filmed it said:
"I’m very aware that I took a big risk. I felt in control, but regardless, when the snow started coming over and it got dark / harder to breathe, I was bricking it and thought I might die."
In 2018 the BBC reported that there had been 259 deaths from dangerous selfies.
What does this make your class wonder?
Concepts: risk, danger, bravery, stupidity, social media, showing off, spectacle, adventure, sightseeing, tourism, natural disasters, emergencies…
Image: Chagai at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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