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Landmarks like rock-out props. they decide on a trial run. the plan is for fred to lead the other skiers. but the filmmaker suddenly changes the plan, worried about fred's habit of taking big chances which could lead them all into disaster. >> i said to my team, okay, sorry, guys, we go up one by one. i have a sixth sense, like an alarm. i know fred for a left wing time. i know he's a charger. he's always want to push. >> a helicopter drops fred off on the peak. he will begin alone. >> i'm kind of focused on getting my gear ready and getting buckled up, into my boots and the last check of equi...

Dunard and an assistant jump to try to rescue him. but fred is buried. >> i'm awake. that was the first thing i noticed, like i didn't pass out. and felt no pain. then i started to see if i could move my toes. and when i could move my toes, i was like -- relief. and then i found out that i'm stuck. and one or two seconds of par panic sets in because i'm trying really, really hard to use all the muscles in my body to get loose, but no way. i couldn't. >> the filmmakers see the tips of his ski pole and begin digging frantically. >> i just thought maybe, eat some snow, do everything you can to ge...

>> i thought, you made the wrong decision. you are going to die in a few seconds. i remember thinking, oh, my god, i don't have time to die now. i have so much left to do, you know. >> the camera on the helicopter records the terrifying moment when he launches off the cliff. >> whether i got into the air, just like seemed like i got higher and higher. so it's like in the beginning, i was like -- it's like an attack for your life in a way. >> blocked now by the surrounding peaks, the helicopter races to find where fred is falling. >> and when i see snow underneath me, i kind of know that, okay,...

>> then you're waiting for the signal from the helicopter to go. then you're just like, you blank out because then you're only concentrating on the line you're going to ski. so you're kind of very into what you're going to do and focusing on the right way to go down. >> fred pushes off. >> i felt like this is going to be like a cruising and really good warmup run to get the feel of the snow because it was the first run of the day. >> unintentionally, fred turns far off course. >> i thought i was at the right landmark. >> the filmmakers, all on headsets, try to warn him. but fred doesn't hear t...

On a mountain peak in the french alps, a wrong turn launches a skier over a 250-foot cliff. march 18th, 2008, france. norwegian fred syrerson is one of the top skiers. at 4, he's also one of the oldest still active. he tests his skills on steep and untraveled terrain like this remote peak in the alps. >> so you want to push your limits a little bit because there is always a better chance when you're up there to try thing that you normally can't do every day. >> on this day, he and two other skiers are being filmed for a movie about extreme skiing. fred and the filmmaker, terry dunard, have wor...