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[Kicking Horse]

err i mean everything but chair 5 was closed.

sorry about that.

[poloxskier]

Those are nasty days. I have skied breck in similar conditions with only one lift turning. We just hit up mechanics and patrol to pull us up behind sleds.

[liftmech]

January '99 we closed down all of Baker except for old chair 5, and that only to give contestants in the Banked Slalom a ride up. They had to walk in from the White Salmon area because Chair 7 wasn't running. Fun times.

[Zage]

Someone was filling out a complant form at Sunshine Village saying that She got hit by a chair. ;) She got hit by a chair and she is blaming Sunshine Village, stupid move. She must not be a good skier, or she does not know how to load or unnload a chairlift.

[jessevanneo]

Oh ya! You told me about that, Tyler. The woman is so stupid that she would file out a complaint against Sunshine because of her inability to load a chairlift?? What the hec is up with that? I mean if you got knocked unconcious, then I could maybe understand, but for a little tap on the hip?? This woman must really, really be retarded.

[liftmech]

Slow down, guys. What is the full story?

[Zage]

I was in the ticket building and saw a wowan filling out a complaint form. I did not know what it was for, so I asked her "Did you get runover by another skier?" she said "No, I got hit by a chair." So there. She looked fine, no bumps or bruises no bandages, she was not hauled away in one of these, And she is blaming Sunshine Village for all of this.

This post has been edited by Zage: 29 January 2005 - 07:25 AM

[liftmech]

Did she mention anything else? On a quad, four skiers are hit by the chair every six seconds Well, not really, but you get my drift.

[Boeinglover]

liftmech, on Jan 30 2005, 05:37 AM, said:

Did she mention anything else? On a quad, four skiers are hit by the chair every six seconds Well, not really, but you get my drift.
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What do you mean? I agree with everyone that this lady is so stupid to have been filing a complaint about something that was her own fault, but I don't get your drift there liftmech.
Boeinglover

[highspeedquad]

Boeinglover, I think he means that the chair bumps into people when they are loading, because typically chairs are spaced every six seconds. As for the story, that's just nuts. He hits his head , which is hard to do, then he sues the resort TWO YEARS LATER. Well, it offers a good topic.

P.S. THIS IS MY 100TH POST!!!!!

This post has been edited by highspeedquad: 09 February 2005 - 02:18 PM

[liftmech]

I was just trying to inject a little levity there. I was curious what the lady at Sunshine meant by 'I was hit by a chair'. Chairs take time to stop, and even if the operator is on that stop button as fast as s/he can, there's still a chance to get hit. I'm always explaining that to people when they bitch that we didn't stop the lift fast enough.

[highspeedquad]

My teacher used to be a lift operator and one time there was a couple loading on a bubbled double that somehow had the bubble down so he pushed them out of the way because he knew that the lift would not stop in time. Now that I have gone I will be quiet.

This post has been edited by highspeedquad: 09 February 2005 - 02:20 PM

[Kicking Horse]

how would u stop the lift on a dime anyway??? and i mean on a dime

[Boeinglover]

Yea, he was operating the predescessor to the American Eagle which happened to be some covered double. I just talked to him today very quickly about it. Not much commentary though, except that he pulled the lady towards him and he pushed the guy away. He also said that he, his friend, and his boss were screwing around one day and loaded all three of them onto one chair. Sorry for going but just wanted to give a little commentary. Don't know if a complaint was filed.
Boeinglover

[highspeedquad]

FYI, the second story that Boeinglover told was before regular operations had started, they were getting everyone to their lifts.

[liftmech]

Does your teacher still have all his fingers? Those bubbles were dangerous, from what I understand. They were heavy (no aluminum in '72) and tended to fall down at the wrong time. My current supervisor was a mechanic at the time, and recalls getting nailed by the bubbles while giving the operators breaks.

[highspeedquad]

Hmm, why would he lose a finger if he was operating the lift? He still has all of his fingers, by the way.

[poloxskier]

Despite sometimes almost getting hit with bubble that closed suddenly when you loaded it, F was a fun chair.

[highspeedquad]

It wounds like the skiers were more in danger than the operators. Do they still put bubbles on fixed grips today?

[poloxskier]

Im sure that it could be done but I haven't seen one.