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Chair Lift Accident!

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skibum18
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A chair lift at a hill close to my home in wisconsin malfunctioned and started to fall backwards causing people to jump off or hit the wall at the bottom. Some people got pretty rocked. broken legs and what not. check it out.



Dec 18 2009 3:16PM
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g.off
Posts: 724 - Karma: 841
link doesn't work for me.
Dec 18 2009 3:18PM
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Half-Blood
Posts: 1770 - Karma: 385
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/79587712.html
Dec 18 2009 3:19PM
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.frenchy
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link doesnt work, sounds bad
Dec 18 2009 3:19PM
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jibjunkie
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i was on the chair last week and we were stopped for like 10 min so one of the guys next to me told a story of how this happened at a hill near me. people were just eating shit at the lift bottom and skis were being ripped off left and right. so in this case....

twin tips are always a safe bet
Dec 18 2009 3:25PM
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SKETCHY_D
Posts: 979 - Karma: 27
this is already in SG and regionals for wisco
Dec 18 2009 3:25PM
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jmason
Posts: 1595 - Karma: 136
devastating
Dec 18 2009 3:25PM
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sconnyFC
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http://en.kendincos.net/video-djrdpnh-devils-head-accident-ski-lift-accident.html
Dec 18 2009 3:27PM
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purplejumpsuit
Posts: 2208 - Karma: 157
I dont fully get how the chairs hit a wall at the bottom? but dang that really sucks, glad the injury list wasn't even higher
Dec 18 2009 3:27PM
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Shredneck
Posts: 2051 - Karma: -32
This is what happens at the bottom when a lift rolls back.

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Dec 18 2009 3:31PM
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Shredneck
Posts: 2051 - Karma: -32
/fail

heres the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwPP4i7ENvQ
Dec 18 2009 3:33PM
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geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
when chair lifts strike back
Dec 18 2009 3:36PM
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yojimbo
Posts: 3631 - Karma: 27
oh fuck. that woudl suck so hard.
Dec 18 2009 3:39PM
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rexalicious.
Posts: 551 - Karma: 57
wow that really sucks. at least no one died..
Dec 18 2009 3:42PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
that article and that video there^^^ are both terrifying
Dec 18 2009 3:46PM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,273
i just watched that video like 4 times on tgr...so fucking crazy

sucks about devil's head though, 3-5 serious injuries is bad
Dec 18 2009 3:51PM
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hoodSlayer
Posts: 900 - Karma: 7
thats like my ultimate fear in skiing...freefalling backwards on a chairlift
Dec 18 2009 4:19PM
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AntifreezeSteeze
Posts: 1643 - Karma: 53
My Dad grew up patrolling at that mountain and lived 10 miles away in Sauk Prarie
Dec 18 2009 4:26PM
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prontocuts.com
Posts: 5244 - Karma: 42
lol i remember watching this at our keystone training
Dec 18 2009 4:33PM
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fosnow333
Posts: 120 - Karma: 13
haha yeah!!! Devil's Head!!!!! saw tht on the news this morning!!! ppl got like rly hurt. luckily nobody died......oh haunted chair lifts.....
Dec 18 2009 4:46PM
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LMPJibbin
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 17
are you trying to be funny?
Dec 18 2009 4:51PM
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TheQuailman
Posts: 7382 - Karma: 152

So if your on a chairlift and it starts rolling backward with legit speed, then jump off.  But as I saw in the old video and what appeared to happen with the chair lift accident in michigan, the lift will eventually slow down?

So I guess if your more than halfway, you should stay on.

Dec 18 2009 5:36PM
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nipples-the-cat
Posts: 643 - Karma: 28
wow what would blow... i now have a new frear of chair lifts...
Dec 18 2009 5:47PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 126
what?
Dec 18 2009 8:19PM
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stompdat
Posts: 641 - Karma: 50
whoa. yeah.
Dec 18 2009 9:01PM
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D-Ross
Posts: 308 - Karma: 16
My friends cousin was there yelling at people to jump off before the bottom, but the kids that didn't listen supposedly were the ones that broke shit.
Dec 19 2009 12:17AM
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Kotke
Posts: 696 - Karma: 15
holy shit thats crazy. this is probably my biggest fear. I was actually thinking about this happening all day today riding the chairlift and i hadnt even heard about this accident until just now. weird.
Dec 19 2009 1:01AM
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jorb.co
Posts: 2581 - Karma: 468
HA HA. i dont know why
Dec 19 2009 1:44AM
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erikK
Posts: 3245 - Karma: 2,329
threads for viewing videos later
Dec 19 2009 2:03AM
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Big_Spence
Posts: 16177 - Karma: 4,352
Fuck you dude.
Seriously injuries and lawsuits shouldn't be taken lightly in the ski industry these days.
Dec 19 2009 2:10AM
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Nicholas.
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fuuuuck the lift stopped the other day and started to move back slowly and all i could think of was that one video, and now this. fucking perfect...
Dec 19 2009 2:17AM
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jorb.co
Posts: 2581 - Karma: 468
nah, fuck YOU dude, because the injuries and lawsuits and the skiing 'industry' isnt what skiing is about. for me anyways.
Dec 19 2009 2:41AM
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PaleCelery
Posts: 7228 - Karma: 609
watching that video I can't help but imagine people getting thrown off the chair and  launched. It isnt a funny thing but the mental image makes me lol.. + vibes to anyone who got injured
Dec 19 2009 2:52AM
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ORski21
Posts: 423 - Karma: 12
were you on it? If so you are a champion . Have  good life, good night
Dec 19 2009 2:53AM
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cofreeskier
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lol thats so fucking sketch...
Dec 19 2009 3:02AM
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Big_Spence
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So you don't give a fuck that multiple people got hurt and now a mountain is most likely getting shut down from the law-related fees?

You sound like a class act man. Wish I could be as cool as you with your "not-my-fucking-problem" type attitude.
Dec 19 2009 3:06AM
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-Howie07-
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daaamn, that would be scary as fuukk!
Dec 19 2009 3:54AM
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manuel87
Posts: 675 - Karma: 17
that was pretty much the dumbest response i have ever read. thanks for sharing your "opinion"
Dec 19 2009 3:58AM
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jorb.co
Posts: 2581 - Karma: 468
eh. basicallly, i mean, if anything really serious, like people dying happened, then it wouldnt be funny. its more cool than funny. i mean, fuck it the world is gonna end in 2012. exactly 2 years from tomorrow as a matter of fact.
Dec 19 2009 12:52PM
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EasyEast
Posts: 1983 - Karma: 118
wow that stinks man ++vibess for the people who got hurt
Dec 19 2009 12:57PM
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Big_Spence
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Clearly you have no grasp on the value of life.
Dec 19 2009 1:19PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
are you legally mentally retarded?

im not trying to be mean, its a serious question...
Dec 19 2009 2:14PM
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superpoluha
Posts: 1986 - Karma: 10
you may in fact be, as the other man stated, legally retarded
Dec 19 2009 2:18PM
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hoodSlayer
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not trying to be funny...this one time I was riding a lift at my local resort that has to go really steep and higher up to break over some cliffs and I was like wow, if this thing started going backwards I'd be screwed
Dec 19 2009 2:19PM
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D-Ross
Posts: 308 - Karma: 16
That is my hometown, and in my local paper there's at least two separate articles on that event. One on the overall status of D Head and one on the effect it had on two local hospitals. Crazy shit, I hope they aren't sued for more than they're worth
Dec 19 2009 3:23PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
Posts: 7618 - Karma: 4,727
crazy.  i've skied there before.  which lift was it?
Dec 19 2009 3:35PM
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Gooseling
Posts: 1028 - Karma: 10
thats brutal
Dec 19 2009 4:29PM
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Scott29~
Posts: 1448 - Karma: 62
At least it was in Wisconsin. What do you think the results would have been if that happened on sublette quad at jackson or something similar?~
Dec 19 2009 4:58PM
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K2skipunk
Posts: 2837 - Karma: 111
You're an ignorant piece of shit.
Dec 19 2009 5:04PM
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