Anyone scared of chair lifts?
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My problem is getting off next to Mrs W with her great wide clog hopping skis.
I LOVE this lift! One of my favourite ski areas too.
Is it the height or just the chair lift in general that scares you?
Mr Nelly is tall (I'm hardly a dwarf at 5 10) and struggles to get his knees under the bar and rest his tired legs sometimes. Bless him.
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Started by Lindyloulou in Ski Chatter 03-Oct-2012 - 34 Replies
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
Nothing wrong with T-bars used my first last year in St Anton ....... did not really cause any problems apart from being in Austria :wink:
Daved
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
My problem with chair lift is getting off! I am tall and some lift operators seem to build up the dismount area so my knees are raise up and I can't get any leverage...especially if I am on the inside end of a 4 man one
Ian Wickham
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
daved wrote:My problem with chair lift is getting off! I am tall and some lift operators seem to build up the dismount area so my knees are raise up and I can't get any leverage...especially if I am on the inside end of a 4 man one
My problem is getting off next to Mrs W with her great wide clog hopping skis.
Iceman
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
T bars are a pain with one tall and one short person :evil:
The Northern Monkey. Jan'23 Les Arcs
NellyPS
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
lindyloulou wrote:bedrock barney wrote:The scare chair in val d'isere is good fun :D
Oh I just youtubed it, that is horrid!
I LOVE this lift! One of my favourite ski areas too.
Is it the height or just the chair lift in general that scares you?
NellyPS
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
daved wrote:My problem with chair lift is getting off! I am tall and some lift operators seem to build up the dismount area so my knees are raise up and I can't get any leverage...especially if I am on the inside end of a 4 man one
Mr Nelly is tall (I'm hardly a dwarf at 5 10) and struggles to get his knees under the bar and rest his tired legs sometimes. Bless him.
SwingBeep
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
I think it's reasonable to have concerns about chairlifts, especially the detachable ones as they rely on springs to hold the chairs on the rope.
Even though there are safety mechanisms in place to prevent chairs that are not properly attached from leaving the station, they have been known to fall off.
http://www.20min.ch/winterspecial/news/story/Sessel-stuerzt-auf-Skipiste-13494668
Even though there are safety mechanisms in place to prevent chairs that are not properly attached from leaving the station, they have been known to fall off.
http://www.20min.ch/winterspecial/news/story/Sessel-stuerzt-auf-Skipiste-13494668
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Allylim
reply to 'Anyone scared of chair lifts?' posted Oct-2012
Mr allylim and son should be scared of lifts in general. Mr allylims first encounter with a tee bar caused both pain and laughter (on my part) when he tried to use it like a button tow. One of my sons first encounters with a chair lift left him face down in the snow below the chair luckly only his pride hurt. So all tows are dangerous to some.
Topic last updated on 05-October-2012 at 19:11