Yes it is impressive. That’s why it was discussed on these pages years ago and at great length.

while that video is rated high on the skill level....this one lacks the same....

Every time I see a toe in landing like that. I can't help having chill down my back at the thought of one of these guys un-boarding and immediately walking up hill into the blades.

I know they have been briefed but that is one of the stupid instinct that human and animal alike do, they like to go up hill. not sure the pilot could take the aircraft out quickly enough.

On this subject, not sure if it has been talked about here but, on 6th June this year (2020), an EC 145 of the French Securite Civile, based in Pau (F-ZBQF, indicatif Dragon 64) toe-in landed at "Col de la Taillandiere", in the Pyrenees, while embarquing a casualty, They had a MR blade strike
on the mountain face... Luckily, no one was hurt but the machine was very badly damaged (but repairable). Respect to all these "special pilots" risking their own lifes to helps others....

Can't remember the exact year, 1974 or 1975, an ALAT "oil" did just that, not long after issuing a bulletin refering to this toe-in landing, slope landing procedure!!!...

Doesn’t always go to plan, a few lucky escapes:

Jul 21 Sécurité Civile EC145 Mountain Rescue Main Rotor Blade Strike Leads to Tail Strike - Aerossurance

Oct 20 http://aerossurance.com/helicopters/...-blade-strike/

Thanks for this Aucky. I guess the margins are very small. And it makes a difference whether you pivot around the "toe", facing the slope, or around the skid, alongside the slope.

I appreciated the remark in the first report that "perversely" the better and experienced the pilot is, the more likely they are to get themselves into such a problem.