Kid Falls Off Of Chair Lift 45+ Feet
Below is the ‘About’ provided with the video.
I was skiing when my friend gets off balance and ends up hanging from the chair. He did not have the security bar down. He hung from about Pole 8 to 21, and at 21 he fell. This was on a lift that averages 37ft above the ground, But pole 21 was the 3rd highest strech at about 45ft high, 19 being the highest. He suffered from injuries including: concussion, skull fracture, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver.
He had to be helicoptered out to a local hospital.
where was this?! poor kid!
Ski Santa Fe
Pussy
What mountain?
Kudos to Unofficial for sharing this and similar posts about accidents. Viewers will pass blame but the bottom line is that people need to know that this is a risk.
what is a risk, riding chairlifts?
PUT THE BAR DOWN
Helmet couldn’t hurt…
ya the kid threw a snowball. Theres your risk… kudos pussy
how do you lose your balance sitting on your ass?
happens to me all the time. id like to say its not the jack… but its probably the jack. sorry jack.
Ski Santa Fe is the mountain. We gotta make the news some how. I think the kid was born and raised.
because people think theyre “too cool” for it, or ive even almost slipped through because the chair was covered in soft powder/slippery. its a possibility and most people think theyre invincible. That could have been the worst possible way to land also. Hope he’ll be okay
Or because we are capable of sitting on a chair without falling off. its not that difficult. When was the last time you were watching tv and fell off the couch.
When was the last time your armchair was swinging, wind affected and/or icy??
Just put the bar down d-bag
When was the last time your armchair was swinging side to side, or bouncing up and down or wind affected and/or icy? Do you wear skis when you watch TV? Do you wear Snow pants when you do?
Just relax dude.
If your chair had snow on it and you had skis on would you fall off? This kid is a pretty big spazz if he manged that without being wasted.
WOW
who is too cool to put the bar down now?
TJ Burke sure is!
somebody should teach that kid how to do a pullup
Or a heel-hook! You can be weaksauce and still pull off a heel-hook to lever up.
jesus. that blows.
where are/is his skis/board??
Holy crap! Safety bar or not I’d say we’ve all taken our fair share of chairlifts rides with no bar…. That’s just crazy man. He had to be scared outta his mind. Really hope patrol got to him fast and he is ok.
Where was his equipment?
No skis or board on. Possibly messing with his gear?
First off all what happened to this guy’s gear? Second what caused him to slip off, icy chair, not paying attention?
This is in Santa Fe on the Millennium chair. This run is called columbine. If he would have held on for a few more seconds, he would have fallen on a cat walk.
Hope he pulls though ok. What a nightmare.
Is there someone else on that chair too!? They’re wearing white pants so I can barely tell, but I think there is somebody. That’s even worse they couldn’t help him back up
Yes there is definitely someone on the chair with him! Why did they not help!!! It almost looks like a women, but either way.
Was actually just made fun of this past weekend for wanting to put the Red Dog bar down. For what ever reasons in my old age lifts scare me more than they used to…
I’m only 26 and I’m getting more spooked of lifts now, my riding has gotten better and steep slopes don’t get to me. But I hate thinking of that one wire holding everything together. That gondola ride at Squaw for some reason, no thanks. Can’t imagine places like Chamonix..
Red Dog has that effect on many people. Got stuck on that chair over the highest part in 2001 for 20min. Wow something about that chair! I put the bar down on Red Dog.
^^gapers
Ouch. That’s gonna leave a mark….
I have no issue with people who don’t use the safety bar as adults. Kids, it’s a must. Stupid folks should consider using the bar too.
At Mammoth, there are a few lifts with out a safety bar. Chair 23 is the best… super high, steep, good times….
http://forums.mammothmountain.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=15023&start=30
None of Baker’s chairs have bars and it has tons of wet slippery snow. Baker is dangerous don’t go there.
What! 2 thumbs down?
You nailed it on what is important. Kids should always be taught to be responsible so they grow up to be responsible adults. Adults that can access any situation, even if they are near blackout from Jack, can calmly put the bar down for their safety, knowing full well on a regular sober day they would never use the useless safety bars.
And of course we have the stupid people. They just need to be reminded they need their hands held when doing anything in their lives. Until the day their luck runs out and they die as a result of their stupidity. Funny how that’s just the way life works.
In all I feel bad for the kid, one of my worst nightmares, and I hope he recovers fully from his injuries.
(Lesson learned Kid? More like a lesson to us all.)
Dudes, this is in New Mexico! UN has an obsession with NM recently lol
It’s not a safety bar. It’s a footrest.
No, it’s a safety bar, you can see those chairs don’t have foot rests.
that chair defiantly has a foot rest, it’s super comfy
I will set out on a quest to make bars more conveiient and comfortable for all!
I never use the safety bar when its there and the chairs its on are safe and steady… on the other hand skibowls double chairs (all of them) have no safety bar and can get to swinging especially if solo. If your on a swinger better hold on tight when you pass the lift towers with a good swing you can actually chair bonk several towers. Upper bowl would have some nasty drops. I could definitely see this happening to someone even trying to play it safe.
Ok so CCC has a point when the front foot is sore and the back foot is lazy the safety bar makes a good footrest.
FYI to guy who wrote this up and for all you, for legal reasons its called the “courtesy” bar not that safety or security bar..
aaaactually… it is called a safety bar, depending on what mountain you are at. I know because I saw the sign on the mountain today that says “raise safety bar”. I saw this because I’m part of the minority on this website that actually skis.
Like we tell the kids, “Sit back, hold on, no fooling around”. The safety bar should always be down after saying, “bar down”. The exception is with toddlers.
This looks odd because the rider has no skis or board. Doubtful it’s staged, like with a dummy or something, but if it’s real, that must of hurt!!!!!
My tattoo says dude your tattoo says weak.
A discussion on unofficial without the haters and idiotic comments. Lets keep it up
I think you spoke to soon. Read below. It gets back to the normal hating and idiotic comments. I was hopeful for a while too. Alas…
Pole?
For snowboarders the “footrest” bar is often torture, unless you have at least two seats to yourself…
What other accommodations can we make for you clowns? Need your own specific snowboard chairs so you have plenty of room and can use the bar and footrest? How bout your own ski (?) area?
Get a grip, cod boy. Learn how to use the lift or just stay away
Someone didn’t get the Presidential Fitness Award…. zero pullups.
Give the kid a break. You do a F’n pull up when you are hanging for your life. Different situation dogg, there aint no gym florr 12 inches under you
Shouldn’t that make you push harder when you fight for your life?
Until you’re in that situation you can not talk!
Dude hung on for like 15 towers. . .
This was up at Santa Fe in NM. I live an hour away from this mountain and ride it many times a year. I know exactly where this kid fell. A VERY rocky glade going up to the highest peak and there hasnt been much snow this year there. Hes lucky he didnt die because of those conditions but that still sucks.
also theyre called comfort bars…..not safety
If you put the bar down you are a gaper. If you don’t know what happened to his gear you are a gaper. If you think riding a chairlift is somehow risky or dangerous then you are just a complete moron. If you are reading this right now and thinking “well I put the bar down but I’m not a gaper” … newsflash: you are a gaper. go back to the baaaaay!
Here’s the story from the local paper:
“Basically, the kid is home and he is fine,” Cody Sheppard, the ski patrol director at Ski Santa Fe, told the Santa Fe New Mexican. “It was kind of a dramatic deal. I guess he was attempting to throw a snowball to the chair in front of him, where some friends were, and when he threw the snowball, the momentum just carried him out of the chair. He did hang on for a while, but then he had to drop.”
Sheppard did not identify the teen but said he was airlifted via helicopter to a local hospital.
The footage was uploaded by a YouTube user named TriipyHD, who stated that among injuries sustained were a “concussion, skull fracture, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver.”
Sheppard, however, said none of the injuries required surgery.
“They kept him for observation for a couple of days, and then he was released,” the patrol director said. “I’d probably shatter. There is something about being young and flexible, I guess, and just lucky the way you land.”
HE WAS HAVING A SNOWBALL FIGHT WITH FRIENDS AND HAD AN ACCIDENT! GOES TO SAY DON’T EFF AROUND ON THE CHAIRLIFT. I LIVE HERE IN SANTA FE AND THAT IS THE WORD.