A good reminder not to mess around on chairlifts.  This guy had been throwing snowballs when he slid off the chair and ended up hanging from the chair. He hung for 2-3 minutes before falling 45+ feet. The fall landed the snowboarder in intensive care for 3 days.  His injuries including: skull fracture, concussion, collapsed lung, and a lacerated liver. Thankfully the snowboarder made a full recovery.

 

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Tim Konrad, founder of Unofficial Networks, is a skier with over 20 years in the ski industry. Starting the blog in 2006 from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, the website has grown into one of the world’s...