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Teens save 8 year old dangling off Grouse Mt Chair

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freestyler540
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Have any of you guys seen this?
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/927344/Boy-dangling-from-chairlift-saved-by-quick-thinking-skiers-in-dramatic-rescue
I am genuinely impressed by these kids creativity and quick thinking. Using a plastic net from the side of the run as a crash pad is genius. I never even considered that! So big shout out to those boys.
Mar 5 2019 4:47AM
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weastcoat
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This is a pretty sick story, shouts out to those kids.
Mar 5 2019 6:38AM
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Sjokoduo
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Apparently there was an asian guy in his 40's that initiated the idea of using the net.

**This post was edited on Mar 5th 2019 at 6:41:04am
Mar 5 2019 6:40AM
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WoFIowz
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I love how every title under their names is "hero". Pretty impressive
Mar 5 2019 7:13AM
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skiP.E.I.
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Yeah, just saw that yesterday. I'm really impressed that those kids had the presence of mind to take effective action. Mad props to them and I'm glad Grouse extended their season passes. Least the resort could do.
Mar 5 2019 10:30AM
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sheddd
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I thought the crash net would be useless (other than psyching up the kid to jump) but it looks like it did a decent job of cushioning the light little fella :).
Mar 5 2019 11:01AM
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Jezza
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Props to those guys! Cool story
Mar 5 2019 11:22AM
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tsingtaofanatic
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i saw this and was about to post up about it
i was honestly amazed
Mar 5 2019 11:59AM
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tsingtaofanatic
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it takes minutes for ski patrol to arrive, and in situations like those every second counts.
Mar 5 2019 12:01PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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the liftie fucked up because apparently the kid was already off the seat by the time they took off and the liftie couldn't hear them screaming to stop the lift
Mar 5 2019 12:48PM
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theabortionator
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The liftie fucked up by not paying attention. Pretty critical when you go from low to high as shit in very little distance sometimes on chairs. Can most chairs run in reverse to bring people back down? Is that not a thing.

Also a lot of mtns have been pulling kids to the back of chairs. Seen it for a few years but pretty common now it seems. Even if the kid seems competent theyll pull them to the back.

Glad those kids helped out. People get FUCKED up falling from lifts every year. It's crazy how little we think about it. People get sketched out being 8 feet up a latter but we think nothing of lifts that go 50' in the air.
Mar 5 2019 2:16PM
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GrandThings
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theabortionatorGlad those kids helped out. People get FUCKED up falling from lifts every year. It's crazy how little we think about it. People get sketched out being 8 feet up a latter but we think nothing of lifts that go 50' in the air.


This is so true. I'm pretty afraid of heights (climbing ladders, ferris wheels, pussy shit) but for some reason chairlifts never freaked me out. I think it has to do with the fact that you're looking constantly looking uphill so the drop doesnt seem as bad. The Gondola at Cannon still freaks me out tho
Mar 5 2019 2:36PM
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powpatrol
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Well done those dudes :)
I’ve been to a couple resorts that take fairly extensive measures to stop this but the most ingenious and maybe slightly scary was in the huuuge 3 valley area of val thorens. The ski school make their kiddies put on bibs with magnetic rings on the back so when getting on a chair they’re put at the specific seat by a liftie and then suddenly become sucked back and pretty much glued to the seat till the chair gets to a certain point up the top.
Mar 5 2019 2:49PM
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hootsquad
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theabortionatorThe liftie fucked up by not paying attention. Pretty critical when you go from low to high as shit in very little distance sometimes on chairs. Can most chairs run in reverse to bring people back down? Is that not a thing.


Not sure about all lifts but most of the time you don't wanna run it in reverse because then you get the weight of all the people on the lift making downhill momentum instead of uphill and it could overload the braking system
Mar 5 2019 3:14PM
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Cami.Will
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This puts out a whole new meaning of @skicreative
Mar 5 2019 5:56PM
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ZavierV
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My sentiments as well
Mar 5 2019 6:25PM
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profa_212
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first time i ever saw those was when i moved to tahoe. Seems like they are becoming more common though. Good idea just in case
Mar 5 2019 7:04PM
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Chunderface
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Fuck yeah those dudes owned that shit.

Some lifties are worthless wastes of life. I was getting on a lift with a 6 year old girl and she didn't get seated properly as the lift was taking off she she began to slide off and get pushed by the lift. I had to scream about 6 times for the stoned motherfucker to slow or stop the lift before he zoned back in. If a tiny kid is getting on the lift the liftie needs to be paying attention to what's going on around them.

Another time I saw the exact same scenario with a 5 year old girl who didn't get properly seated and ended up falling about 8 feet off the lift. Luckily she was rocked but ok. I don't think the liftie was at fault on that one, but the girl was with her ski instructor. What the hell was he doing?
Mar 5 2019 9:11PM
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TOAST.
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Things like this is why i think its important for at least 2 lifities to be at the bottom of a lift. One swinging chairs and one watching to make sure nobody is sliding off. Unfortunately liftie not swinging is never paying attention.
Mar 6 2019 6:44AM
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mitchellm
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POSSIBLY WITH CERTIFICATES
Mar 7 2019 10:55AM
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