10 year old girl hurt in fall from ski lift

A 10 year old girl from Ireland fell 10m from a lift in Westendorf. It appears that the safety bar was not in place. Thankfully, she is ok. THe reaction of the German couple who were on the lift at the time is interesting to say the least!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0106/1224261730212.html

Our friends saw something similar happen in St Martin last year, the girl in questions skis had come off so whether they had got caught I don't know, a large crowd formed underneath the ski lift as it was 30 - 40 metres above the slope and encouraged the people holding her to drop her (the lift had been stopped) which they did and she was caught without injury at all :D

He got it all on video but I don't think he has put it out there yet - perhaps he has sent it to YBF.

I've never had a fall from a lift (thank you <insert deity of choice here>) but came close last year in Killington:

The Yanks will NOT pull the safety bar down on a chair - they're more scared of getting stuck than falling out!

We took to only getting on chairs with Brits - especially the weird ones that went round corners and shook like crazy whilst doing it (weird chairs that is, not weird Brits - we didnt have a choice as they were members of our party :-)

There are a couple on Youttube

This one is a classic and is why I always leave my spare hand behind me and use it to PUSH off the lift.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zIK_peF2K8&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQ6KkjG_jM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPwihfLPTVQ

Don't ask me how these happen...........

andyoneil wrote:I've never had a fall from a lift (thank you <insert deity of choice here>) but came close last year in Killington:

The Yanks will NOT pull the safety bar down on a chair - they're more scared of getting stuck than falling out!

We took to only getting on chairs with Brits - especially the weird ones that went round corners and shook like crazy whilst doing it (weird chairs that is, not weird Brits - we didnt have a choice as they were members of our party :-)

A lot of people ride chairs with the bar up in the US, but I've never heard of anyone complaining when someone on the chair wants the bar down.

Trencher

Trencher wrote:

A lot of people ride chairs with the bar up in the US, but I've never heard of anyone complaining when someone on the chair wants the bar down.

Trencher

We were on the East Coast though Trencher...... )

Wanderer wrote:A 10 year old girl from Ireland fell 10m from a lift in Westendorf. It appears that the safety bar was not in place. Thankfully, she is ok. THe reaction of the German couple who were on the lift at the time is interesting to say the least!

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0106/1224261730212.html

Hmmmmmm.......

andyoneil wrote:

Trencher wrote:

A lot of people ride chairs with the bar up in the US, but I've never heard of anyone complaining when someone on the chair wants the bar down.

Trencher

We were on the East Coast though Trencher...... )

:lol: