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I was happy to be in my car at that point on my way to San Jacinto. I knew it was bad up there because even the 10 Freeway was getting flooded between there and Palm Springs in places and i know the wash as the base of San G. got pretty gnarly for everyone that was still on San G. This was the year we had to cancel the last mountain because the trail got so washed out you could not see anything at night. Only 11 people finished that year because they finished before dark.

The tree in the background at 10:00 is clearly that it was struck by lightning!

Lesson learned dont wear cotton synthetic will keep from getting hypothermia 🙏⚡☔

I hate thunderstorms I was stuck in the same situation once hiking with lightning close by, hate it lol.

I never go hiking if I see a thunderhead cloud in the area.

That crackling sound is called the San Juan effect, I believe. The static electricity is causing it.

Glad you made it down safely. Lightning that close while on a mountain is scary as heck. Mountain storms can creep up on you real fast. It can happen to anyone.

HELLO !!!! GET THE HELL OFF OF THE PEAK AND GET DOWN !!!!!!

This is why I haven’t done hikes that take longer than a day

Smart hide all 4 guys under biggest tree so you can all die at once ??? Trees are lightening rods!

How extremely dangerous 😈!!

not smart to be there

Do you think the tree in the background with no bark on one side maybe from a lighting strike?

Get away from the tree, get low under a tarp or poncho and wait for the storm to pass....

this video is proof that lightning is harmless!!

I've heard that you can feel the static electricity just before getting hit by lightning. That's gotta be the scariest feeling knowing you're 1 second from being struck. I don't think i've ever been in a lightning storm where the flash and thunder were under 5 seconds, so never within a mile. Even at that level, it's really scary. I can't imagine how much your hearts must have been racing when you can see and hear the bolt and thunder at the same time. Crazy.

So bitchin! Thanks for posting!

We got caught up late once. Never again.

3:13 jeeesus christ you guys should have been laying as flat as possible on the ground at that point.

There's a lot about this video that seems peculiar. I've been on Humphrey's Peak when a thunderstorm began. My party didn't go into panic mode, like these people. We put on our rain gear and descended at a comfortable pace, making pleasant conversation. I raised the morale of my companions by pointing out how few trees showed signs of lightning damage and how much more likely we were to die in a car wreck on the way back to Phoenix than we were to die by lightning on the mountain. I enjoyed the soothing sound of the rain on my poncho and the squish of the mud under my boots.

Walking under those isolated pine trees gave me the chills and I wasn't even there lol That lightning was extremely close I noticed several lighting strike marks on the tree behind you guys while waiting

Another safety practice I did not see in the comments below is to spread way, separate from each other in case of a strike others can help rescue or provide aid. Glad you all made it out ok. The 21-minute video is quite long and could have been edited down to a few minutes of the main action. I zipped through the slow parts. Thanks for sharing.

So this is exactly what happened to me while I climbed opposite massive of Mont Blanc, but I was alone. Being alone on the mountain top in a thunderstorm with snowing/hail/rain was so fucking scare! I run like a deer down while the lightening was hitting ground in 100-200m around me. The forecast was good, but the clouds gathered so fast I didn't mention. Don't know what I was doing wrong, but I really hope for better understanding of these situations. Because I will hike and climb for the rest of my life.

Awesome visep

Hope walking sticks not metal ,,,!!!!

metal walking stick ? plenty of large boulders at the top to hide behind .

this is one of the reasons I do summer hikes at night to summit by morning and be down by the time the clouds start forming up.

if you look at tree at 8:41 you may notice that it has been struck by lightning. id be taking a faster route down myself ..great vid..

don't hide under the tree

Looks like a blast but I would have done just what you did. I guess you're supposed to find a gully or low spot away from trees, but there probably wasn't one.

thats fkn crazy! i got caught in a little snow storm on Mount baldy once but nothing like this

awesome video. it seems like an exiting experience. but for next time if you do this, dont hide under trees. lightningstorms is dangerous and the thing you need to do in a lightningstorm is making you small and try avoid hig objects. good thing you went down instead of going up because it wa good to go down but still, trees are dangerous in lightningstorms. Anyway's, a good video and awesome lightningbolts and great thunder but again, dont hide under trees. 11:26 for example.. realy dangerous..

Thanks for the video guys!! I want to do that too!

Why on Earth are you guys hiding under a tree ? ! Thunderstorm + Tree = Lightning Rod.

Good call! So close though :( I have called the climb off on two trips this year, it's a bummer but being a responsible climber keeps people alive. cheers~