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Kid falls of chairlift

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Pool.
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hopefully not a repost
Feb 20 2013 12:34PM
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DeRizzo
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HOLY SHIT
Feb 20 2013 12:35PM
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troupe
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No way that he walked away from that.
Feb 20 2013 12:37PM
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TOAST.
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I was skiing when my friend gets off balance and ends up hanging from the chair. He did not have the security bar down. He hung from about Pole 8 to 21, and at 21 he fell. This was on a lift that averages 37ft above the ground, But pole 21 was the 3rd highest strech at about 45ft high, 19 being the highest. He suffered from injuries including: concussion, skull fracture, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver.
Feb 20 2013 12:40PM
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DeRizzo
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why don't people put the bar down?
Feb 20 2013 12:45PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
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lol he got fucked up
Feb 20 2013 12:54PM
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.Brink.
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idk i prob would've dropped sooner and not over all those rocks and branches and shit like he did lol
Feb 20 2013 12:56PM
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Turkelton
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because hoodrats
Feb 20 2013 12:57PM
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JWeinstock
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jeez that was pretty intense. vibes to him
Feb 20 2013 12:58PM
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Jewschoolers
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how can anyone be that retarded?
Feb 20 2013 1:04PM
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Caspaaa
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if i was hanging i'd pop my skis and then pull myself back up

with a little help from someone on the chair i don't think it'd be that difficult, just scary
Feb 20 2013 1:13PM
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montanan
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me too , fuck
Feb 20 2013 1:14PM
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Washow
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Kid falls of chairlift DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU OP????
Feb 20 2013 1:20PM
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dunkaroos
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yeah seriously, it would definitely be scary but probably manageable.
Feb 20 2013 1:24PM
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THEDICKBUTCHER
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because its unnecessary unless you're an idiot or a gaper
Feb 20 2013 1:25PM
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CrotchKiller
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because if you aren't mentally handicapped it's not that hard to ride the chair without falling off.
Feb 20 2013 1:26PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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darwin award...hope he's ok though.
Feb 20 2013 1:27PM
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steeze-free_lee
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seriously.

vibes to the dude who fell, but i just don't see how anyone could end up in a situation like this in the first place. does this dude have a hard time not face planting while sitting at the kitchen table or on a couch? i mean it's just a chair.

Feb 20 2013 1:34PM
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Jelle
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I seriously dont understand this.. Every ski resort in Europe, i have been at, EVERYONE put the bar down and why the fuck would you not? What if they emergency stop the lift real hard and you slide off the chair? If you are trying to be cool like "Put the bar down, naaah i'll rather be thug as fuck and leave it up". Im not an idiot or gaper, but i always put the bar down, i find it sketchy as fuck without it as some places there is like 20m down. Scary shit man.
Feb 20 2013 1:57PM
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troupe
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Any one have info on this story? i wanna know what happened to him, and how badly he shit his pants.
Feb 20 2013 2:20PM
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Hammyslapwagon
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I'm too tired to deal with your bullshit today, but you can't call someone an idiot or a gaper because they have the fucking bar down.  Discussion over
Feb 20 2013 2:25PM
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Blurst
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Feb 20 2013 2:26PM
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stickski
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dang that looked gnarly
Feb 20 2013 2:27PM
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Petey.
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Damn. I myself don't put the bar down, why bother? I don't usually plan on being very rowdy when I ride the chairlift soo
Feb 20 2013 2:31PM
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DeRizzo
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Well I actually might not always put it down...but if I need to mess with my phone, helmet, jacket or something like that, I'll put it down.
Feb 20 2013 2:32PM
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Shabangarang
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Ya man same ive been on the chair lift with the bar up before an it stopped an u could feel ur body wanted to keep going kinda scary.
Feb 20 2013 2:37PM
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SamMcChesney
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my snowboard friend used to play a game to see how long he could hang off the chairlift (over a ~10 foot drop) and he could easily pull himself back up with little to no help. I don't think it would be that hard to pop your skis off and climb back on.
Feb 20 2013 2:43PM
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.Brink.
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I sometimes forget to put it down just like anyone else but It seems like an unnecessary risk to ride with it up all the time when there is literally no inconvenience or difference with it up or down except that one way might save your life.
Feb 20 2013 2:45PM
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johnnyBuz
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I just spit my beer out of my mouth at the ski lodge and a bunch of people looked at me.

Hilarious but damn sucks for that guy that didn't look good.
Feb 20 2013 2:45PM
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Flyingnugget
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dude that was fucked up, holy shit.
Feb 20 2013 3:18PM
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Jaggy_Snake
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This.

The lifties in Europe go batshit crazy if you don't put the bar down.

Plus I like to lean over it, so I always put it down...
Feb 20 2013 3:23PM
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SloanKettering
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after the blizzard when we got 3ft my friend jumped off for fun at like 10ft above the ground
Feb 20 2013 3:55PM
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Joonas
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So you rather hang your feet in the air than comfortably put them on the bars feet rest?
Feb 20 2013 4:05PM
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steeze-free_lee
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairlift#Design_and_function

scroll down to the section about the restraining bar. i totally get how people are more comfortable with the bar down, but it's far more of a psychological restraint than a physical one.
Feb 20 2013 4:15PM
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SamMcChesney
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case and point

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Feb 20 2013 4:28PM
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theabortionator
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I was just thinking about this today at the mountain.


People get scared around cliff edges and roofs, but we have no problem chilling on this little seat flying 50 feet above ice.


Click for larger image

To lighten the thread a little
Feb 20 2013 5:16PM
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theabortionator
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Oh good lord, that's what we need, little children joining the grammar police squad. Ever heard of a typo? The internet used to be free.


People are falling off chairlifts and all you care about is a missing f?

Well here's your f, gtF out of here
Feb 20 2013 5:18PM
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2_fadez
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you sound like my mom
Feb 20 2013 5:24PM
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deleted5
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i don't because the bar is annoying as fuck and a chairlifts in Merica are made to now swing over a certain degree. Come on man how fucking hard is it to sit on a chair i have never put the bar down and have never came close to falling out of it.
Feb 20 2013 5:29PM
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theabortionator
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I put the bar down sometimes to lean on.

I don't use it sometimes, sometimes I used it. You aren't cool if you don't use it, you aren't a gaper if you do.


And if the mountain has footrests I ALWAYS put the bar down.
Feb 20 2013 5:47PM
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SFB
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i only put the bar down if my legs are tired, otherswise i just go thug life and dont put the bar down.
Feb 20 2013 6:07PM
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infuser
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i dont put the bar down because unless you're just stupid, skiing is one of the few things in life where there are generally no repercussions for breaking rules like that. This might sounds dumb and it probably is but it's a personal satisfaction thing... oh well
Feb 20 2013 6:15PM
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eheath
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45 ft? no way that was 20 max
Feb 20 2013 6:16PM
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jwv
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home mountain doesn't have bars on the chairs so...
Feb 20 2013 6:16PM
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last_tango
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After becoming a lifty I now always put the bar down. So many things can easily go wrong especially at little mom and pop ski areas where they don't have the cash to support a lift maintenance crew.
Feb 20 2013 6:47PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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i only use them to rest my feet/legs....or if someone else puts it down (and subsequently manages to bash me in the back of the skull in the process...fuck, I hate that shit.)
Feb 20 2013 6:47PM
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DrZoidberg
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What I want to know is how he got like that in the first place. Was there crazy wind or did the lift like jump or something?

The ad at the top of this page is for lawyers who do ski accident cases. lol?
Feb 20 2013 6:55PM
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Chubz.
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considering the chairs aren't high speed and they go max 20 ft off the ground, i don't really care, but if im on a lift that goes over 35/40 ft, i like to put the bar down just to play it safe. oh well, i dont see why this is even an argument
Feb 20 2013 6:56PM
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theBearJew
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"DUDE!" holy shit
Feb 20 2013 6:57PM
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Chubz.
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the chairs at my hill*
Feb 20 2013 6:59PM
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YoungQuinton
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HOLY SHT IVE BEEN ON THAT LIFT. I've always thought about how gnarly it would be because its so high for a chairlift.
Feb 20 2013 7:08PM
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