ExcelsiorTheFathead Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 KETCHUM, Idaho -- Ski patrollers are credited with saving the life of an 8-year-old boy who fell nearly 40 feet from a chairlift at Sun Valley Resort on Sunday. The incident happened Sunday morning near the base of the Christmas Chairlift on Baldy Mountain. Amazingly, the boy was not hurt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 Great News for a change ! I don't know if that is something that Patrollers practice or not, but it sounds like some 'Quick Thinking' and Great Execution to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted December 30, 2013 Report Share Posted December 30, 2013 ...Official measurements indicate the boy fell 38 feet to a flat cat track....... "They were beginning to back the chair down when he went, ... 38' to flat??? They probably did save his life. I wonder where they got the info about backing the chair down. Lifts have all sorts of systems to keep them from rolling back. Any lift I've heard of that can back up take more than five minutes to rig for that and I wouldn't want to see it done with people on the chair unless I knew the service brake and E-stop brake were absolutely bomber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleaman Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 That is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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