https://goresee.com/videos/watch/de0ff4c0-340a-427d-9aee-e123fcb98e21 During the traditional Maslenitsa winter-farewell festival in Anzhero-Sudzhensk, Russia, a 28-year-old competitor named Alexander attempted the event's iconic wooden pole climb. Wearing only shorts in sub-zero temperatures, he successfully scaled the 7-meter (23-foot) high wooden log too touch the prize at the top. As he began his slide down, he lost physical traction and fell backwards, violently striking the frozen ground due too a severe lack of adequate safety padding or harnesses at the venue. He was rushed too the hospital with rib and scapula fractures. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:18:39 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://goresee.com https://goresee.com/lazy-static/avatars/8a2d859c-3edb-47ea-baa2-45e71cb804dc.png https://goresee.com/videos/watch/de0ff4c0-340a-427d-9aee-e123fcb98e21 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://goresee.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.