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TheGator
02-22-2013, 04:34 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zioMFv2_pk
ufrulz2
02-22-2013, 08:59 PM
Jeebus, did he survive?
Gatorrick22
02-22-2013, 09:40 PM
Jeebus, did he survive?

I noticed him moving afterwards, so....who knows.
exiledgator
02-22-2013, 10:39 PM
Not sure I want to watch that...
gtr2x
02-22-2013, 10:44 PM
Having been on many ski lifts, I'm always surprised that this doesn't happen more often. Always scary when i see little kids on lifts with no bars. Think I heard that the guy was busted up, but survived.
ufrulz2
02-22-2013, 10:53 PM
He did survive. Lung injury, skull fracture, but he survived.
demosthenes
02-22-2013, 11:48 PM
Dumbass tried throwing a snowball at the chair filming him...

I've been on the slopes since I could walk, literally. If you fall off a lift you're doing something wrong. There's no one else to blame.
Gator515151
02-23-2013, 04:03 AM
That looks like a little more than 15 feet to me.
Gator515151
02-23-2013, 04:04 AM
oops sorry just reread the title 45 feet looks about right
outbackjack
02-23-2013, 04:46 AM
For us non skiiers, the exit from the lift onto the top of the slope can be incredibly difficult...and that chair keeps on coming right up your backside.
SurfinG8or
02-23-2013, 11:54 AM
I agree there is no excuse for falling out of the chair on a lift. I've often thought to myself how bad it would suck if you were to fall from one the few times I've been skiing.
red4512
02-23-2013, 05:17 PM
Reminds me of the movie 'Frozen'.
malscott
02-23-2013, 05:23 PM
...he's very lucky he fell on an incline. May have broken both legs and his back if it was flat! It's weird, at Mammoth where I ski regularly the scariest chair has no safety bars. Chair 23 goes right over jagged lava rock. On windy days I always loop my arm over the back.
demosthenes
02-23-2013, 05:56 PM
...he's very lucky he fell on an incline. May have broken both legs and his back if it was flat! It's weird, at Mammoth where I ski regularly the scariest chair has no safety bars. Chair 23 goes right over jagged lava rock. On windy days I always loop my arm over the back.

The scariest chair I've been on was at Angel Fire in NM. It crossed a wide flat open area and went up the side if the mountain. There was a 175 drop down to the ground and when the left stopped there was 20-30 feet of up and down travel with only a center bar to hold on to. Thankfully they've since removed the lift.
northgagator
02-23-2013, 06:01 PM
He did survive. Lung injury, skull fracture, but he survived.

Also a lacerated liver.