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Imagine Being on This Lift

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J-Evs
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Apr 21 2010 11:30PM
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SteezyOhio
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looks like ohio to me.
Apr 21 2010 11:32PM
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_MNice_
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HOLY SH*T!!!!!!!!!!! That is insane! 110 mph and they didnt see it coming? good thing they are using recent weather technology...dumbasses
Apr 21 2010 11:33PM
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appa
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i would probably be scared as fuck, screw up somehow and eat shit off of it OR hang on for dear life and never let go of who i was on the lift with
Apr 21 2010 11:34PM
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r0dubs
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that would blow (haha)
Apr 21 2010 11:34PM
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Dainsey
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that's nuts
Apr 21 2010 11:35PM
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Caveman.
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I've been on that lift. Damn that wind would be crazy
Apr 21 2010 11:35PM
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Broseph_Stalin
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that would be so sick and scary
Apr 21 2010 11:36PM
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jeremy.g
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where is this? and that would be sooo scary
Apr 21 2010 11:38PM
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1337
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why the fuck are there people on there to begin with
Apr 21 2010 11:39PM
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J-Evs
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somewhere in wyoming
Apr 21 2010 11:39PM
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JayDope
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my shop manager just came back from tahoe, and they had 70-110mph winds, fuckin nuts
Apr 21 2010 11:40PM
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B4NE1
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I was on a chair and this happened almost that bad but not quite scared the shit outta me the wind came outta no where
Apr 21 2010 11:42PM
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clandemush
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i would definitely manage to fuck up and fall, it always happens
Apr 21 2010 11:42PM
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HIRO
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holy crap that's scary
Apr 21 2010 11:48PM
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Caveman.
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Sublette Quad at Jackson Hole

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Apr 21 2010 11:53PM
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NW_Rider
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Been on a lift at Blackcomb when the winds picked up like this out of nowhere... it fuckin sucks.
Apr 21 2010 11:55PM
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Hack.The.Pow.
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yeah thats what I thought the symbol on that guys jacket was.

pretty stupid move for not knowing the winds were gonna get that rediculous
Apr 21 2010 11:55PM
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Funnel
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Reminds me of Mammoth. Fucking wind there is so damn annoying.
Apr 22 2010 12:09AM
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Zump.
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jesus. i would shit. falling off the lift is one of my biggest fears
Apr 22 2010 12:14AM
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ike.
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that looked oh so sketchy, is errbody ok?
Apr 22 2010 12:38AM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Imagine how cold that would be..Fuck I would be shitting my pants
Apr 22 2010 1:20AM
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BrewskiJr
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yup
Apr 22 2010 1:24AM
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Ian.Ham
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I was on a lift once with like 70 mph winds I think, the trees were swayin way hard and one broke off about 10 feet from the base.  It fell onto the lift cable in front of the chair in front of us.  All the chairs dropped like 20 feet and then bounced up like 5 from where they usually hang.  The tree then broke in half over the cable, one half was thrown up in the air and speared into the ground and the other half just fell off.  I was like 10 and was scared as fuck.
Apr 22 2010 1:30AM
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skiminnesota
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i would probably be shitting my pants.
Apr 22 2010 1:33AM
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Ducky.
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Ya same here. I remember them being over 110 k
Apr 22 2010 1:35AM
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Zump.
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thats fucking insane. i would never want to be part of any of that experiance
Apr 22 2010 1:35AM
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lineskier10
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it didnt really look like the chair was swaying that much to the side though, which surprised me, if they had any exposed skin im sure that hurt like a bitch though
Apr 22 2010 2:13AM
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Balto
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paging big_spence
Apr 22 2010 2:19AM
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Static
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nothin like gettin blown on the lift
Apr 22 2010 2:23AM
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hoodratz47
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god i was a lifte at copper and i was working the top of mtn cheif on the back bowls and we had that happen at first the wind was picking up and i was feeling bad vibes  now too people that dont know at high winds your safer on the chair with it not moving, so its windy as fuck and gusts are hitting 50  and one hits 64 and im dont have the screen in the old ghetto two seater but the meter is hooked up to the shop where iam talking to the guy when i look out down the line and io see a wall of white and i watch the chairs pitch foward and then BLAM it hits my little shack and the guy goes fuck 100 mph. so i hit the stop and it held at that for about 20 secs of pure hell. and two people got blown off the ramp and slamed into the bull wheel support tower. some how they were fine.... we got the rest of the people off and closed her down.... fuckin scary shit

Apr 22 2010 2:24AM
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theabortionator
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I've been out in -70 wind chill but nothing like that.

How can you even light your blunt
Apr 22 2010 3:06AM
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Abc567def
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the ultimate test of a wind proof lighter?
Apr 22 2010 5:12AM
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Benedetto.
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Fuck that.
Apr 22 2010 9:19AM
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MatRich
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its happened to me before where it was so windy that our chair hit the lift pole. the chair twisted around and sounded like it would snap. A huge chunk of ice fell off from the top and hit me on the head. Without my helmet I would have been out. It was particularily sketchy because we were right on top of cliffs so the fall would have been dangerous.
Apr 22 2010 9:25AM
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pomme-de-terre
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i saw a lift chair get blown into a tower once.

scary, but nothing like that.
Apr 22 2010 9:54AM
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.travis.
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I'm all for skiers being hardcore, but when the wind hits 110mph it's probably better to just stay home and watch some movies.
Apr 22 2010 10:07AM
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jamodeo
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imagine what it would be like in tall tees...
Apr 22 2010 10:11AM
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.frenchy
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holy shiiit, haha. But why would you want to ski in that weather? Or was it just like a random wind gusts?
Apr 22 2010 10:11AM
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steep
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oh shit
Apr 22 2010 11:49AM
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McLeod
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sublette is a pretty gnarly lift as it is, you go over some big exposed cliffs.
Apr 22 2010 12:01PM
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bootleg_BEN
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Ya we i went to jackson and we went over that, it was like HOLY SHIT! The lift was packed full so the people in front of you were like 15 feet above you, so if you looked forward all you saw was rocks. Its pretty sweet though.
Apr 22 2010 12:14PM
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soiskifofree
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thats looks like some scary shit man
Apr 22 2010 12:47PM
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WVskiing
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110 mph is possible
Apr 22 2010 12:48PM
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Big_Spence
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haha fuck you.
i seriously have nightmares about this shit.
Apr 22 2010 1:11PM
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ryano
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i was in tahoe a few years ago...had 70 mph winds going up the lift.

they shut down an hour later tho.
Apr 22 2010 1:31PM
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jmason
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I would just commit suicide then and there to get it over with.
Apr 22 2010 2:10PM
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The_Future
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110 mph is totally possible at any of those high altitude ridges.
Apr 22 2010 2:38PM
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SmokeyTheBear
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Yeah they close the tram at Big Sky once in a while for 100+mph winds
Apr 22 2010 2:49PM
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