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Ever been tempted to jump off the lift?
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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2005 5:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Elevation, I know isn't it AMAAAAAAZZZZIIIIIIINNNNG!?
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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2005 6:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2005 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

We saw a girl fall off a lift when the pad that was "fastened" to the seat broke off and slid off the seat..... Not sure what happened to her, but the fall was pretty far....20' or so......
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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2005 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wazzy, how would that happen. if the pad was going to slide off you would think it would slide off the back because the chairs are tilted back, how would she fall off if that happened? or how would it slide off the front, i dono i guess it quite slide off the front quite easily actually.
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PostPosted: Apr 05, 2005 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

At our mountain idtiots steal the bungee cords off the bottom that hold the pads on. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Jul 18, 2005 9:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i was geting of the lift and my jaket got stuck to the lift and there was another stop after that one i went about 10 feet after where i was geting off then i fell about 7 feet on my back on no powder at all
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PostPosted: Jul 23, 2005 6:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

At our local mountain (it sucks- but what are you gonna do) we thought about jumping off but were afraid to cause we thought they would take our pass away. I probably wouldn't worry about it too much but they always have an eye on you and our pass is a vip- so we didn't want to risk it Rolling Eyes .

One of my other friends jumped off and said it was fun, but when you hit you take off so fast. I really would like to do it on powder someday. Maybe this upcoming season... Wink

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PostPosted: Jul 23, 2005 8:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i have. in our normal park we have rope tows but every year they build a park on one of the different runs for a comp. and for some reason they put a bank in for no reason, so my friend and i decided to jump off and land on the downside. it wasnt any 8 ft drop either, it was at least 30 feet.
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PostPosted: Jul 26, 2005 7:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i was in crested butte 3 years ago and the lift was stopped for like half an hour. it was a powder day and it was my first ride up and i couldn't wait any longer. there was a pretty steep chute dropping to my right through the trees so i just strapped in a dn went for it. probably a stupid idea, could have had my pass clipped on a gorgeous powder day, but it was fun none the less.
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PostPosted: Jul 26, 2005 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ride4life, thats cuz its baker! they dont care!

it sucks how the forest service cut there contract though, they cant build anymore.

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PostPosted: Jul 27, 2005 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

numbfoot, i love your avatar!! haha. i really want a stormtrooper costum just like that one- where can you get it from? dam ive wanted one since i was a kid Very Happy
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PostPosted: Jul 28, 2005 3:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

been there done that
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PostPosted: Jul 29, 2005 2:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i've wanted to try it before but never done it.

i can't imagine someone going down 20 feet off the lift. our family room ceiling is 18 feet high and i can't imagine falling that high Shocked
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PostPosted: Jul 31, 2005 11:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

i almost fell off a lift one time my board got caught around a pole and i was hanging off is was pretty cool bacause i never got hurt but it was pretty scary at the time.
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PostPosted: Jul 31, 2005 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Reading all your lame posts would make me jump.
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PostPosted: Aug 01, 2005 4:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ouch....
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PostPosted: Aug 23, 2005 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i gotta do that... didn't really feel like reading all the posts but you guys strap in... in not crazy style if you tried to land it
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PostPosted: Sep 01, 2005 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea me and my friends have alwaysed wanted to do it and prolly will this season
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PostPosted: Sep 21, 2005 4:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive seen kids do it..and ive seen people fall out nearing death. Ive never thought of doin that stuff
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PostPosted: Sep 21, 2005 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i did it. don't do it. it was about a 5-7 foot drop so it didn't hurt but we got caught. i mean we boarded away immediatly but hte ski patrol had our descriptions and found us about 2 mins later. they threatened to cal the police and send us to jail. but instead they just clipped our passes. beggininning of the day too. it sucked. parents and friend's parents were really pissed.
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PostPosted: Sep 24, 2005 10:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LFADAM wrote:
This was a day where it was 12 degrees with 80-100mph winds....


id find a new mountain. any mountain that keeps their lifts open in that high of wind is asking for people to die. and why would you even try to ride in that wind. im 100% sure you are exagerrating (sp). up at Timberline they close the lifts if the wind picks up above 35-40 or so.

ive always thought about it, but i would never actually do it.
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PostPosted: Sep 24, 2005 11:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Heavenly @ tahoe, CA has been opened with a posted 80mph summit winds. I didnt ride though Mr. Green
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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2005 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Liquidmx wrote:
Heavenly @ tahoe, CA has been opened with a posted 80mph summit winds. I didnt ride though Mr. Green


winds at the summit are different than winds at the chairs. im not saying they close the whole mountain, but usually just the higher up chairs. it is very dangerous to be on a chairlift in high winds.
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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2005 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was talking with a friend from ski patrol.. She usually tends to be really slack about laws of the hill but here's what she had to say:

when there is a quick weight change like that, the cable usually bounces and catches on the derailment hook.. ppl can die if it doesnt catch on the derailment hook.. so yes.. you will get yur pass clipped, you wont be aloud back on the mtn, and you will probably be going to court

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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2005 5:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

theres really no reason to do it... if you want air go get booted off a kicker
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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2005 7:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah, I contacted our head of ski patrol the other day regarding this thread. In addition to derailment possiblity they will call the sheriff and you will be banned from the mtn and lose your pass. That's at my resort, the only thing our patrol is anal about is ducking ropes, where again you will be screwed. Other than that, they dont' care what you do.
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PostPosted: Oct 17, 2005 9:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of my friends hood got stuck on the chair and he didnt know, so when he was getting off he got pulled back, and there was a wooden wall that the chair go over.( These wernt the new fast chairs that come off the cable when picking/dropping people off)Anyways he went face first into it and the chair was still attached luckly the lifty turned the chair off. It was pretty funny.
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PostPosted: Oct 20, 2005 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well this is pretty relevant to the thread!! Kid falls from skilift! Sweet!

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PostPosted: Oct 21, 2005 3:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Any idea if that guy was seriously injured?
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PostPosted: Oct 21, 2005 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ian_82, I kid you not. The upper lifts did close (where it was 100) but it was still 80 mph gusts at the top of the open lifts when they came out of the treeline at the top.

Dpierce37, ouch. How did he get in that position?!
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PostPosted: Oct 22, 2005 3:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

THAT is an scary video.
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