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Sea to Sky gondola was cut.. again

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corona
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Someone cut the cable on the Sea to Sky gondola again. Sounds like they have video footage of the person doing it this time..


https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sea-to-sky-gondola-vandalism-2020-1.5723042
Sep 14 2020 12:57PM
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eheath
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"This individual has no regard for their own life and limb. They wanted to do what they did, they did it swiftly, they did it with skill."


**This post was edited on Sep 14th 2020 at 1:06:53pm
Sep 14 2020 1:06PM
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CatdickBojangles
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I bet it was Greta Thunberg.
Sep 14 2020 1:17PM
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GrandThings
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eheath"This individual has no regard for their own life and limb. They wanted to do what they did, they did it swiftly, they did it with skill."


**This post was edited on Sep 14th 2020 at 1:06:53pm


Haha yeah I get that this is vandalism and is super shitty.... but it is deff a little badass too
Sep 14 2020 1:17PM
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P3t3r
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Bold move
Sep 14 2020 1:25PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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I mean that would take some serious tools, truck, arent there cameras there?
Sep 14 2020 1:28PM
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TheWeaz
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I want to know how they did it, theres some serious potential energy in that cable, and it would snap at some random point part way through and send the cables whipping around. Super dangerous.
Sep 14 2020 1:33PM
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theabortionator
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Pretty shitty. Hope they catch the person or people. I hate vandalism. Whether it's some dumb pseudo hippie "saving the planet", an angry former employee, or just some chad.

Maybe you hate tourism, maybe you hate gondolas, maybe you just like to break stuff, idk. Regardless hope they find and arrest them.
Sep 14 2020 1:36PM
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ReturnToMonkey
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Wtf is wrong with people? Obviously the company will be able to come back from this, so it isn't an attempt to make them shut down. Are they making a statement? If so, they're yelling into the wind. I just don't understand the thought process here
Sep 14 2020 1:37PM
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SkiBum.
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Meh, small torch set that you could carry in a back pack would do the trick no problem. I’d highly advise not to do this as who knows what that cable will do once you start cutting. I would not want to be anywhere near that.
BigPurpleSkiSuitI mean that would take some serious tools, truck, arent there cameras there?
Sep 14 2020 3:08PM
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CatdickBojangles
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SkiBum.Meh, small torch set that you could carry in a back pack would do the trick no problem. I’d highly advise not to do this as who knows what that cable will do once you start cutting. I would not want to be anywhere near that.


I don’t think you’d need a torch just a grinder with a good cutting wheel.
Sep 14 2020 3:27PM
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theabortionator
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I sure as fuck wouldn't want to be anywhere near something like that. I guess at the point where you cut it the cables are going to fly away from you fast before they slice out to the sides but damn. That would be a butthole puckering moment for sure.

Still don't get it. If it happens again I hope they get clipped by the cable or a rogue gondola cabin.
Sep 14 2020 3:34PM
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eheath
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SkiBum.Meh, small torch set that you could carry in a back pack would do the trick no problem. I’d highly advise not to do this as who knows what that cable will do once you start cutting. I would not want to be anywhere near that.


hopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?
Sep 14 2020 3:34PM
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twerkphone64
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hahaha its gonna become a yearly circumstance at this point
Sep 14 2020 3:39PM
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CalumSKI
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The guy after doing it the first time :

Sep 14 2020 3:39PM
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SkiBum.
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I heard of this technique being used way back when. It was a chemical of some sort. I don’t remember what but sounds like a crude old way to cut or burn metal.


Shit, enough batteries and blades in a Saws-all could even do it
eheathhopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?
Sep 14 2020 3:52PM
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SkiBum.
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Haha yeah, just a cordless cringed with few batteries could do it. Cable is around 2” or 2.5” I’d assume.

Again, fuck doing this under tension, gonna loose a limb
CatdickBojanglesI don’t think you’d need a torch just a grinder with a good cutting wheel.
Sep 14 2020 3:54PM
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PsychicMigration
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Went right for the throat.
Sep 14 2020 4:04PM
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theabortionator
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SkiBum.Haha yeah, just a cordless cringed with few batteries could do it. Cable is around 2” or 2.5” I’d assume.

Again, fuck doing this under tension, gonna loose a limb


I wonder if you're "safe" being directly at the point of the cut. Although nothing feels safe about holding an angle grinder spinning full speed as a highly tensioned cable snaps. Actually curious on what the person used. I wonder if they'd keep from releasing it to keep other people from doing the same. Idk, would be cool to find out.

I wonder how much you have to even cut through before it snaps from the pressure. One last strand, a little cut into that. Idk.

Would be pretty rowdy to witness. That said, I'll stay the fuck away from high tension cables. Even with winch cats you're not fucking with it while it's tensioned and most people are smart enough to stay the fuck away from them while they're hooked up.
Sep 14 2020 4:05PM
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VT_scratch
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Yeah I live here in Squamish its super sad to see. I heard it was a 14 million dollar claim last time. I can't imagine what this will do to their insurance. The place is awesome for locals mid week. Rip up there for a beer, do some work on the laptop, or the obvious of going for a hike or ski and getting a head start on the elevation. I hope they find out who's behind this...

Also all the smoke from the wildfires in the states that have blanketed us in BC definitely would have helped the perp, here's a photo from my window this morning.




When it usually looks like this:









Sep 14 2020 4:41PM
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VT_scratch
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ConesForBreakfastWtf is wrong with people? Obviously the company will be able to come back from this, so it isn't an attempt to make them shut down. Are they making a statement? If so, they're yelling into the wind. I just don't understand the thought process here


This is the second time it happened though... same thing a year ago. They had to close for 6 months and rumour is it was $14 million to get going again. Plus being shut down for a couple months with the pandemic, $$$ must be tough...
Sep 14 2020 4:42PM
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ASAPCarter
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Fuckin gnarly.
Sep 14 2020 4:44PM
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_IRRELEVANT_
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I wonder if you were to stand up on the tower under the wheels you’d be protected at all when they snap from the tension?
Sep 14 2020 4:57PM
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eheath
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_IRRELEVANT_I wonder if you were to stand up on the tower under the wheels you’d be protected at all when they snap from the tension?


RELEASE THE VIDEO LETS GO CANADA
Sep 14 2020 4:58PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
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Elite post king
CalumSKIThe guy after doing it the first time :

Sep 14 2020 5:03PM
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CalumSKI
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BigPurpleSkiSuitElite post king


Thank you sir
Sep 14 2020 5:24PM
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hi_vis360
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CatdickBojanglesI don’t think you’d need a torch just a grinder with a good cutting wheel.


yeah or a cutoff saw with a metal cutting blade, would be terrifying for sure to use that high off the ground but it would go through that cable no problem
Sep 14 2020 5:39PM
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_IRRELEVANT_
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If they release the videos and there’s some guy wearing a llama head this websites gonna lose it
eheathRELEASE THE VIDEO LETS GO CANADA
Sep 14 2020 5:47PM
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WoFIowz
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SkiBum.I heard of this technique being used way back when. It was a chemical of some sort. I don’t remember what but sounds like a crude old way to cut or burn metal.


Shit, enough batteries and blades in a Saws-all could even do it

You could easily do it with some thermite. Easy to make. Light with a fuse. Burns very quickly but if you have a long enough magnesium ribbon or different fuse hot enough to ignite it and fast rope down, you could probably get out before the cable cuts your body in half.


But fucking seriously the balls on this person if they actually cut it versus remote severing it. Fuck. Clearly they've never seen ghost ship.
Sep 14 2020 6:20PM
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VT_scratch
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VT_scratchThis is the second time it happened though... same thing a year ago. They had to close for 6 months and rumour is it was $14 million to get going again. Plus being shut down for a couple months with the pandemic, $$$ must be tough...


correction, in this article they say last year's incident cost upwards of 5 mill
https://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/updated-for-the-second-time-the-sea-to-sky-gondola-has-been-cut-down-1.24202638?fbclid=IwAR2VIvm-zxbMLq51a8j_Zhll0GkOS_jcrVhG4PVdg4BI2og4x0eBO3G701w
Sep 14 2020 6:26PM
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gravel
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Trumpkin2020You could easily do it with some thermite. Easy to make. Light with a fuse. Burns very quickly but if you have a long enough magnesium ribbon or different fuse hot enough to ignite it and fast rope down, you could probably get out before the cable cuts your body in half.


But fucking seriously the balls on this person if they actually cut it versus remote severing it. Fuck. Clearly they've never seen ghost ship.


lmao what the fuck

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/972979/GHOST-SHIP-opening-scene
Sep 14 2020 7:07PM
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theabortionator
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gravellmao what the fuck

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/972979/GHOST-SHIP-opening-scene


I had never even heard of that. Quality stuff though
Sep 14 2020 7:22PM
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Poikenz
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eheathhopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?


jet fuel
Sep 14 2020 8:19PM
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SkiBum.
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I caught a Coyote like 10 years ago with a winch cable. Just enough for him to kinda stumble/roll
over. Always think about that if I whipped the cable. Then I would have had to clean up a mess
theabortionatorI wonder if you're "safe" being directly at the point of the cut. Although nothing feels safe about holding an angle grinder spinning full speed as a highly tensioned cable snaps. Actually curious on what the person used. I wonder if they'd keep from releasing it to keep other people from doing the same. Idk, would be cool to find out.

I wonder how much you have to even cut through before it snaps from the pressure. One last strand, a little cut into that. Idk.

Would be pretty rowdy to witness. That said, I'll stay the fuck away from high tension cables. Even with winch cats you're not fucking with it while it's tensioned and most people are smart enough to stay the fuck away from them while they're hooked up.
Sep 14 2020 8:34PM
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Chunderface
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COT DAMN
Sep 14 2020 9:12PM
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armchair_skier
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How the fuck do you do this without being killed? Twice in a row???
Sep 14 2020 10:13PM
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CabbyArrant
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eheathhopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?

Thermite would do it and its not exactly a tough compound too make.
Sep 14 2020 10:23PM
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commencaldh
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CabbyArrantThermite would do it and its not exactly a tough compound too make.


im now convinced it was someone in this thread with all these techniques y'all seem to be aware of... ;)
Sep 14 2020 10:52PM
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HuumeHippi
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For many years I have wished to be able to snap the cables at my local resort, but didnt know how to do it. Now I know. Thanks NS!
Sep 15 2020 7:07AM
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Randol
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ConesForBreakfastWtf is wrong with people? Obviously the company will be able to come back from this, so it isn't an attempt to make them shut down. Are they making a statement? If so, they're yelling into the wind. I just don't understand the thought process here


Yeah especially if it's supposed to be an environmental statement, it's just going to take more resources to put it back together.
Sep 15 2020 10:57AM
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Nickc88
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Smells like ISIS
Sep 15 2020 1:47PM
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1337
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Haven't heard yet, was there a particular reason the culprit did it? Mad about tourism? Some sort of protest? Seems like an odd act to commit twice without some sort of huge controversy.
Sep 15 2020 2:08PM
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SnowshoeThompson
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eheathhopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?

Thermite!

Sep 15 2020 2:19PM
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gravel
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1337Haven't heard yet, was there a particular reason the culprit did it? Mad about tourism? Some sort of protest? Seems like an odd act to commit twice without some sort of huge controversy.


monkey wrenching aye. not sure the specific M.O. here tho
Sep 15 2020 2:27PM
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armchair_skier
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The Gondola Revolution And It’s Consequences
Sep 16 2020 11:32PM
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freestyler540
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1337Haven't heard yet, was there a particular reason the culprit did it? Mad about tourism? Some sort of protest? Seems like an odd act to commit twice without some sort of huge controversy.

I remember it being contraversial at the time. It was about environmentalism but also from tourism wreking the place. Its in a provincial park and many residents were pretty pissed off about it.
Tourists tend to leave the trash where they stand, cut the trees and spray grafiti wherever they go and I guess someone had enough...

First time it happened, reports said that the wires were cut clean. Could be from a zip-cut. This time they had motion sensors, cameras a its own security firm keeping watch on the gondola. The report mentionned a few days before the incident, the sensors were triggered from someone climbing a tower, but nobody was caught.
Sep 18 2020 12:47AM
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Gnar_Shralp406
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TheWeazI want to know how they did it, theres some serious potential energy in that cable, and it would snap at some random point part way through and send the cables whipping around. Super dangerous.


Have you seen the 2021 Fiskars scissors? They'd go through that cable like a hot knife through butter. Definitely the tool for the job.
Sep 19 2020 12:45PM
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T.L.
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TheWeazI want to know how they did it, theres some serious potential energy in that cable, and it would snap at some random point part way through and send the cables whipping around. Super dangerous.


You could do it one handed at the right spot on the tower.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-FUEL-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless-Deep-Cut-Band-Saw-Tool-Only-2729-20/205198632

The ends of the fray would tell you how it was done. A sawzall would be very jagged under a microscope. A porta bandsaw would be smoother horizontal lines. Faster too.
Sep 19 2020 5:53PM
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hi_vis360
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T.L.You could do it one handed at the right spot on the tower.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwaukee-M18-FUEL-18-Volt-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless-Deep-Cut-Band-Saw-Tool-Only-2729-20/205198632

The ends of the fray would tell you how it was done. A sawzall would be very jagged under a microscope. A porta bandsaw would be smoother horizontal lines. Faster too.


Idk man I've seen guys use those at work and they're still pretty damn slow compared to a cutoff saw
Sep 20 2020 8:41AM
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CatdickBojangles
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pinkcamo1000Idk man I've seen guys use those at work and they're still pretty damn slow compared to a cutoff saw


Portable band saws are pretty slow and require you to be pretty steady to get a good cut, I feel like a cut off or a grinder would be the only way. The heat of the bandsaw blade would be too much too and most likely kick the blade.
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