Skiers at Kartalkaya Ski Resort in the Köroğlu Mountains of Turkey were stuck on a chairlift for 4.5 hours after a transformer explosion. Resort employees used traditional belay techniques to evacuate guests and something we’ve never seen before, an extension ladder. Doesn’t seem like a good idea but I guess desperate times called for desperate measures? Lets hope these folks made to the ground in one piece:
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