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Cables Deliberately Cut On Andorra Ski Lifts (and now Italian ones too)!

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The cables on a chairlift & other lifts in Pal-Arinsal were cut with a saw. Shocked The police are investigating as speculation mounts on the motive.


Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sat 22-12-18 6:13; edited 1 time in total
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Who the f*ck would do such a terrible thing? It's only thanks to diligent maintenance that that was spotted.

People could and probably would have died!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Shocked
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HoneyBunny wrote:
Who the f*ck would do such a terrible thing? It's only thanks to diligent maintenance that that was spotted.

People could and probably would have died!


Thank you, HB!!! There's a solution for this........ In my neck of the woods it's called a Louisville Slugger. If you don't know what I mean, look it up.............
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Saw this on Reddit, the talk was that early rumors were basically fights between local competing ski areas, but only rumors
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Bennisboy wrote:
Saw this on Reddit, the talk was that early rumors were basically fights between local competing ski areas, but only rumors


Cannot see it being that. There are only two consortiums here and basically I cannot see Grandvalira people doing this to Vallnord people.
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arcsinice wrote:
HoneyBunny wrote:
Who the f*ck would do such a terrible thing? It's only thanks to diligent maintenance that that was spotted.

People could and probably would have died!


Thank you, HB!!! There's a solution for this........ In my neck of the woods it's called a Louisville Slugger. If you don't know what I mean, look it up.............


You have to find them first....
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Environmentalists?
I very much doubt that it would have got as far as being dangerous to users, the morning test run would have seen the frayed ends snag in the running gear before anyone got on
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tangowaggon wrote:
Environmentalists?
I very much doubt that it would have got as far as being dangerous to users, the morning test run would have seen the frayed ends snag in the running gear before anyone got on


You're assuming the lift guy is being very vigilant & paying attention at all times and not taking a sneaky peek at his Facebook page or whatever and misses it. Skullie


What is French for 'Sabotage' ? wink
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@king key, I think asking Donald Trump would be a good idea Very Happy
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It might be the work of some kind of militant green eco terrorist like the Earth Liberation Front who claim responsibility for fires at Vail and Beaver Creek in Colorado.
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king key wrote:
tangowaggon wrote:
Environmentalists?
I very much doubt that it would have got as far as being dangerous to users, the morning test run would have seen the frayed ends snag in the running gear before anyone got on


You're assuming the lift guy is being very vigilant & paying attention at all times and not taking a sneaky peek at his Facebook page or whatever and misses it. Skullie


What is French for 'Sabotage' ? wink


1/ As I said the frayed ends would snag in the running gear, stopping things whether the lifty was looking or not
2/ The Catalan (As that is the language spoken in most of Andorra) word is sabotatge
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Russians? (again).
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Poogle wrote:
Russians? (again).
They usually blame Brexit........but it could be the Russians or maybe that fat bloke from Korea.
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perhaps it was a beaver
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dave_3 wrote:
perhaps it was a beaver


Naaah …… they only wink! wink
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Not if they're..."The Angry Beavers"...

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Naturally, it's being taken very seriously. Apparently the word has gone around all Pyrenean resorts, and they've done complete checks of all lift cables.

The Barèges resort in the western French Pyrenees (which forms part of the extensive Grand Tourmalet domain) had an appropriate replacement cable which they've sent over to Andorra: https://www.nevasport.com/noticias/art/56044/la-estacion-de-esqui-de-grand-tourmalet-bareges-echa-un-cable-a-pal-arinsal/ . [Note the nice Spanish play on words in the title of that article: "echa un cable a" means to "lends a hand to" but literally translates as "throws a cable to" Laughing ]
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So much terrorism in Europe.

Not even ski resorts for rich people are safe.
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Whitegold wrote:
So much terrorism in Europe.

Not even ski resorts for rich people are safe.

Vallnord hardly qualifies as an elite resort for the rich.
No need for terrorism in the US, just leave them to their gun laws and they are very efficient at murdering each other.
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Whitegold wrote:
So much terrorism in Europe.

Not even ski resorts for rich people are safe.
Stantroll has a twin. Sad
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This most unwelcome activity of sabotaging the cables on ski lifts seems to be spreading to other countries now! Evil or Very Mad In Italy it's reported that a chairlift at Passo Rolle had two strands of a cable cut with a disc wheel, and a few days later a second chairlift was also subject to a sabotage attempt. After two weeks of intensive effort and a cost of 50,000 Euros the damaged parts have been replaced as a temporary repair for the season, but in spring they will be replacing the entire cables at a cost of 150,000 Euros.

Let's hope this idiotic criminal behaviour spreads no further!!
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