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Ski Lift Mishap Leaves Man Dangling Upside Down... and without Pants!
A mishap on the ski lift at Vail's upscale Blue Sky Basin resort last week left a skier dangling upside down, and exposed to the world, when his pants came undone.
It seems that the unidentified man, along with a child, boarded the Skyline Express lift for a quick ride to the top of the mountain. Unfortunately, the fold down seat that he was sitting on was not in the lowered, and locked, position, causing him to slide through a gap between the seat and the chair back. As he slid out of place, his ski pants were pulled down, while his boot simultaneously became lodged in the chairlift, leaving him dangling helplessly 20 feet above the ground.
The resort staff were eventually notified of the incident, and backed the lift up so that they could assist the man out of his precarious, and embarrassing, predicament, but not before other skiers passing by could snap a few photos to capture the moment and share for eternity on the Internet.
[via The Smoking Gun]
Filed under: Skiing
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Emily Jan 6th 2009 11:39AM
This made me laugh out loud. Talk about being caught with your pants down! Must have been freezing!
Emily
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Steve Simon Jan 6th 2009 12:06PM
That's Micah Rangel from San Francisco, CA. Not only that, the same thing happened to him earlier that day. Guy doesn't know how to get on a chair lift.
brian cohen Jan 14th 2009 3:02PM
Hi Steve, I work for abc news and was wondering how you know this skier is named Micah Rangel. Would really like to talk to you. I can be reached at 212-456-5971
erie travels Jan 7th 2009 1:11AM
Could it be that his hot chocolate was spiked with a little too much peppermint schanpps if this was his second time?
But as one of the newest areas to open up in Colo, perhaps they need to see to the safety of the people that are skiing there.
Still not sure if I agreed with the opening of this resort as it might endanger the lynx (mountain cat re-introduced into the wilds of Colo) and as a result was one of the most debated openings that Colo had seen in a long time. Perhaps the reason why a eco-terrorist attack was carried out on the mountain and led to a 10+ million dollar incident in 1998.