so that's -- that was the force i was fighting. i was fighting that the whole way down until the very last meters. and then let the wind flip me over on my back so i could land like horizontally because i knew that this kind of height, if you land on your feet, on your head, you're done. >> fred slams into the snow. >> the impact is so strong that it's like an explosion. and then the sudden silence. nothing. just silence. and everything white. >> in the helicopter, terry dunard, the filmmaker, spots where fred disappears into the snow. while the pilot hovers nearby, dunard and an assistant jump to try to rescue him. but fred is buried. >> oh, i'm awake. that was the first thing i noticed, like i didn't pass out.