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04-14-2009, 06:40 PM

Ya I saw some people do it at Seymour at the top of that one cliff on Mystery Chair

mcmanus108 · 04-14-2009, 07:27 PM

i did it once at camp gaw hill in new jersey, the lift operator was making out with his girlfriend and didnt even notice, ill never do it again though as another couple kids who did it at camp gaw the next year when i was there got arrested for jumping off the lift. and it was really really easy, lift the bar drop like 8 feet to the snow, bind in and ride down like normal, gave me a huge adrenaline rush too, lol. good times

Grizz · 04-14-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by mcmanus108

camp gaw

Sounds like an STD.

Enigmatic · 04-15-2009, 01:43 AM

ah ok makes more sense now. Yeah I've seen kids bouncing on chair lifts like they're at mc donalds and I've always wondered if theres any consequence to that...Now I know.

DC5R · 04-15-2009, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Snowolf

The sudden unweighting of the chair causes a hell of a lot of bounce on the cable. The top rollers on the lift towers are usually spring loaded so they will lift up as the cable does. Any side motion and the entire cable can slip off the pulley. Usually there is a safety that prevents the cable from falling off the tower, but this will fuck the entire lift and will require some serious effort to re rail it. You will strand everyone on the lift if it derails. This is the same reason you are not supposed to bounce or swing the chair.

Hmmm...I didn't realize this could happen. I always see the rollers covered with a metal sheath (<-for lack of a better description) which I though would prevent the cable from ever derailing.

**killclimbz** · 04-15-2009, 11:30 AM

They are designed to do that, but you are talking about a lot of mass. It's not foolproof and some of the older fixed grip lifts may not have these protections. Overall, jumping off of a lift is a stupid thing to do. I can think of about 999,999,999,9999 things I would find more fun at the resort, than jumping off of a lift because it seems "cool"...

laz167 · 04-15-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Grizz

Sounds like an STD.

You should see this place..a whopping 250ft. of vetical

Takes about 45 seconds to get from top to botttom.

mcmanus108 · 04-15-2009, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by laz167

You should see this place..a whopping 250ft. of vetical

Takes about 45 seconds to get from top to botttom.

YES, U KNOW CAMP GAW TOO!!! ITS THE SMALLEST HILL IN THE WORLD and and the ski patrol adn staff sucks so bad. they pay no attention to anything. only good thing about camp gaw is its got a terrain park and is close to my house. So if you've been to camp gaw, u know the doubles lift that doesnt stop at the midstation and is in the center of the hill. at the top of that one me and my friend jumped off.

mijinkal · 04-16-2009, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by legallyillegal

snow was so high last year

it was nothin compared to 98/99 when they had to plow the snow away from the lift 1/2 way up.

besides, don't you rock Cypress?

legallyillegal · 04-16-2009, 12:56 PM

98/99 was an anomaly everywhere

and i'm not at cypress

yet

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04-14-2009, 06:40 PM	#11 (permalink)
ThinkFloyd Guest Posts: n/a	Ya I saw some people do it at Seymour at the top of that one cliff on Mystery Chair

04-14-2009, 07:27 PM	#12 (permalink)
mcmanus108 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15	i did it once at camp gaw hill in new jersey, the lift operator was making out with his girlfriend and didnt even notice, ill never do it again though as another couple kids who did it at camp gaw the next year when i was there got arrested for jumping off the lift. and it was really really easy, lift the bar drop like 8 feet to the snow, bind in and ride down like normal, gave me a huge adrenaline rush too, lol. good times

04-15-2009, 01:43 AM	#14 (permalink)
Enigmatic Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: So Cal - Bear Mountain Posts: 484	ah ok makes more sense now. Yeah I've seen kids bouncing on chair lifts like they're at mc donalds and I've always wondered if theres any consequence to that...Now I know.

04-15-2009, 11:30 AM	#16 (permalink)
killclimbz Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Front Range Posts: 9,254	They are designed to do that, but you are talking about a lot of mass. It's not foolproof and some of the older fixed grip lifts may not have these protections. Overall, jumping off of a lift is a stupid thing to do. I can think of about 999,999,999,9999 things I would find more fun at the resort, than jumping off of a lift because it seems "cool"...