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Kid Falls Off Of Chair Lift 45+ Feet

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deleted5
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lol
Feb 20 2013 5:08PM
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WVskiing
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Thats fucked up haha
Feb 20 2013 5:15PM
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Rockhound
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jesus that's basically one of my worst fears. good thing he landed in that rock outcrop
Feb 20 2013 5:21PM
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theTRIBE101
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there is literally a thread with this same vid on this same page. other than that, that was fucked up hahah!
Feb 20 2013 5:22PM
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deleted5
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fuck i see it now this can be deleted
Feb 20 2013 5:26PM
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SFB
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i feel like i just watched this.
Feb 20 2013 6:11PM
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eheath
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45ft? no way that was 20 tops
Feb 20 2013 6:15PM
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Snowmachining
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Still looks like that shit hurt
Feb 20 2013 6:21PM
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.Hugo.
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thats what i was thinking. not even close to 45
Feb 20 2013 6:26PM
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Stickity
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maybe 25
Feb 20 2013 6:28PM
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TheBlueMtSkier
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You can tell he doesn't even lift because he can't do a single pull-up.



Feb 20 2013 6:29PM
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Stainr
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Hahahaha
Feb 20 2013 7:03PM
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*ninja*
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haha!
Feb 20 2013 7:32PM
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CrotchKiller
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no
Feb 20 2013 7:55PM
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skodeo7
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That was way more than 20 feet. Easily 35+
Feb 20 2013 8:33PM
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clive_bixby
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damn he f-ed his shit up. He suffered from injuries including: concussion, skull fracture, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver.
Feb 20 2013 8:36PM
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eheath
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Meh everyone always over estimates height. He didn't fall any further than a 2 story building, 45ft is pushing 5 stories...
Feb 20 2013 8:51PM
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Downtofilm
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Yeah easily 35+
Feb 20 2013 8:52PM
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cowofawesome
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Honestly, there's a thread with this vid from literally 5 hours earlier.
Feb 20 2013 8:57PM
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edai
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if he would have waited a second longer he could've avoided that rock he slammed on.
Feb 20 2013 8:57PM
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Alias_
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description:

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 9:08PM
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pjbackwoods
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I think he did it for fun? Why would cameraman be filming?
Feb 20 2013 9:28PM
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alex=
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Maybe a dare? If anyone is that stupid


typical snowboarders
Feb 20 2013 9:28PM
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.Hugo.
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the description made it sound like he was dangling for a while. they probably looked back and saw him then starte recording
Feb 20 2013 9:32PM
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DutchMastaTHC
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it says in the description he was hanging on from pole 8 to 21 so obviously the cameraman saw this happening for a while and pulled out his camera I doubt he did that on purpose or for fun
Feb 20 2013 9:33PM
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Sun_Ra
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Hey !
You're wrong.
Feb 20 2013 10:15PM
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Puzzled
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This, but with the whole chair too. Bet I would just break in half.
Feb 20 2013 10:35PM
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eheath
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Maybe from the top of the lift tower...
Feb 20 2013 10:46PM
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MaryO
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Either way,its pretty dang funny. Hope he was okay though.
Feb 20 2013 10:54PM
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Che~
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How the fuck is that funny? He fell from a pretty tall height and landed on a rock. Thats terrifying
Feb 20 2013 10:57PM
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MasterDebater
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It's funny to me that he didn't put the bar down. That shit is there for a reason...
Feb 20 2013 11:07PM
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Che~
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You do realize that there are ski areas that dont even have bars on the lift right?
Forget about the bar, that poor kid went through a heavy experience. He got FUCKED up. "He suffered from injuries including: concussion, skull fracture, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver."
Thats like saying its funny that somebody died in an avy because they didnt have a beacon. Stupid, yes, but in no way is any of it funny
Feb 20 2013 11:14PM
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MasterDebater
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How the fuck can you possibly compare someone dying in an avy to someone who fell off a lift.
Feb 20 2013 11:16PM
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MaryO
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Like I said, I hope he was okay. Watching that on my cell, I didn't realize he fell on a rock. I figured he fell on the snow. Sorry, not funny.
Feb 20 2013 11:20PM
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Che~
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Same concept. Stupid decisions lead to bad outcomes.
The guy sustained some pretty serious trauma. He could have died
Feb 20 2013 11:23PM
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Amadeus.
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holy shit. ragdoll physics.
Feb 20 2013 11:26PM
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deleted5
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no it def is.
Feb 20 2013 11:34PM
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MasterDebater
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hardly the same concept.
Feb 20 2013 11:35PM
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steezyjibber
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my question is why is the dude with the gopro not yelling frantically through the entire video
Feb 21 2013 12:50AM
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BeefiestExpert
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i talked to a kid on a chairlift at Timberline. He fell off the chair about 40 feet shattered his leg. Basically his whole leg it titanium.
Feb 21 2013 1:00AM
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deleted5
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Because that would do nothing to help the situation and something women do.
Feb 21 2013 1:37AM
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TheHuggyBear
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Only the kids on NS can watch a video like this and: laugh, criticize, argue with each other, and get mad about the quoted height of his fall.

The kid seriously messed himself up, grow up NS.... I hope some of you take a second look at your posts and rethink your comments.

with that said, vibes to his recovery and his family and friends, im sure its a very rough time for everyone involved
Feb 21 2013 1:38AM
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deleted5
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I could care less about some kid who falls off the chairlift. Actually the chairlift probably did him a favor. if you can't sit down properly imagine what he would've done trying to ski standing up.
Feb 21 2013 1:43AM
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eheath
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Its a video on youtube and you're criticizing us for things were saying? Do you go on the internet much? Do you actually care about the family and friends involved? no, you dont know them and you'll never know them, your just trying to be the internet nice guy so you can say to yourself "im so much better than those guys on ns" GTFO

That being said, after doing some rough measuring with my fingers i'd give that drop 30 MAX.
Feb 21 2013 1:49AM
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CrotchKiller
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Softie
Feb 21 2013 1:51AM
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SNOWPARKCHlLE
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omg this dude!!!!!!111
Feb 21 2013 1:55AM
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sweatshirt
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The most important thing isn't talking about the fall, it's making sure we accurately measure the height. Being off could be catastrophic to the universe.
Feb 21 2013 2:19AM
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grambo
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Hahahahahaha
Feb 21 2013 4:40AM
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GayWolf420
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And the amount of money that dudes gonna be making off this. You know the families gonna be pointing fingers.
Feb 21 2013 7:19AM
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SKIU4EA
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It's a good thing the person sitting on the same chair as the hanging kid was working so hard to help him.
Feb 21 2013 8:34AM
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FullStack
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Just watched this on the news this fine morning.  This lady said 'he was playing around.'  Honestly my worst nightmare.
Feb 21 2013 9:33AM
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