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[DonaldMReif]

Twice being in the same chair on a chairlift.

On the Mercury SuperChair, I've twice recorded rides from chair #102:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=YDnhBBYELLM

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ETT9IrfRw7M




In another case, I've ended up in Chair #10 on two different lifts when I recorded - the Falcon SuperChair (http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pq5sD-tVzCs) and the Beaver Run SuperChair (http://www.youtube.c...h?v=le0Ug4tRyTY).

I mean, what are the odds of these types of occurances happening?

[Lift Dinosaur]

DonaldMReif, on 18 February 2013 - 09:08 AM, said:

Twice being in the same chair on a chairlift.

On the Mercury SuperChair, I've twice recorded rides from chair #102:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=YDnhBBYELLM

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=ETT9IrfRw7M




In another case, I've ended up in Chair #10 on two different lifts when I recorded - the Falcon SuperChair (http://www.youtube.c...h?v=pq5sD-tVzCs) and the Beaver Run SuperChair (http://www.youtube.c...h?v=le0Ug4tRyTY).

I mean, what are the odds of these types of occurances happening?

Wowzer!!! That's incredible...perhaps you should go buy some Lottery Tickets!!

Dino

[DonaldMReif]

I call it freak luck.

[Kicking Horse]

I call it planned recording.... :P

[cjb]

This is a very simple calculation based on the number of carriers on the lift, number of times you ride the lift, the average speed of the lift, the capacity of the lift carrier, your average time of descent, whether the singles line is utilized, whether the recording is analog or digital, the phase of the moon, day of the week, depth of the snow, number of days prior to or past the vernal equinox, the color of your Bogner one piece and of course whether you are skiing or snowboarding and whether said equipment is reverse camber or traditional camber. The formula is outlined below for your convenience.
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This post has been edited by cjb: 18 February 2013 - 08:01 PM

[Emax]

cjb, on 18 February 2013 - 07:51 PM, said:

This is a very simple calculation based on the number of carriers on the lift, number of times you ride the lift, the average speed of the lift, the capacity of the lift carrier, your average time of descent, whether the singles line is utilized, whether the recording is analog or digital, the phase of the moon, day of the week, depth of the snow, number of days prior to or past the vernal equinox, the color of your Bogner one piece and of course whether you are skiing or snowboarding and whether said equipment is reverse camber or traditional camber. The formula is outlined below for your convenience.
math formula.jpg

I feel I must point out that in the first expression, the numerator of the second element should be R-d, not R-P.

[Razvan]

Donald, I bet that if you divided yourself to the Planck's constant that day, the result was not an integer. Felt weird, too, eh?
Sometimes brushing against Universe's fine structure, we come across some coarse granularity.
This happened to me once or twice. Well, I was an employee back then and we've had only three gondolas on the line, but still...
Sometimes it's better to go see a physicist than a physician.

[aug]

you may need another distraction

[cjb]

Emax, on 19 February 2013 - 07:33 AM, said:

I feel I must point out that in the first expression, the numerator of the second element should be R-d, not R-P.

Thanks Bud, I don't know how I missed something so obvious!

[2milehi]

I find this not surprising at all. When you are skiing down, typically you will be faster than a chair (~17 mph on a detachable) but you travel a farther distance. So by the time you have reached the bottom, the chair you previously rode up is close by. So the odds are a lot better for catching the chair you just rode up on.

I have noticed when lapping that I am close the same chair that I rode before on certain lifts.