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Nick Knowles presents close calls caught on film. A young man disappears down a huge crack in the ice thousands of feet up a mountain.
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A tree surgeon's day nearly ends in tragedy after they plummet from an oak tree. And a cave adventure risks calamity when flash flooding causes an influx of water into a network ...
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