 Poster: A snowHead
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A man died a few hours ago after falling out of the Brevent/Planpraz gondola in Chamonix (France). Apparently, there were a number of people descending from the Planpraz ski area in the gondola, which was seen to be swaying considerably on the descent. It appears the men were messing around and pushing each other or trying to swing the gondola when one of them broke the window and fell into the couloir just above the Savoy learner slope....
Reports suggest he died on impact.
Note: this is being relayed from a colleaugue who's friend is a liftie and was in the gondola behind the above mentioned. This is not an official statement.
Edited after age verification of victim
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sun 2-03-08 17:42; edited 2 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thankyou, Ron Burgundy.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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awful.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Very sad indeed - feel for the parents
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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And the poor kids in the 'Bin.
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 Shoite ... poor kid
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Very sad, but I've always felt the safest thing to do in those kind of cabins was sit as still as possible if the kids were indeed messing arround it looks like they've caused the death of one of their friends, a horrid thing to have to live with for the rest of their lives
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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How is it possible to break one of those windows?
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Butterfly, Skis, poles, snowboard?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Butterfly, depending on the age and manufacture of the poly-carbonate, it can become brittle. Sad news
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Butterfly, We had the same discussion and decided the teenager must have gone through the doors, however the guy who saw it was certain it was through the window.
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is that the very steep one that you can see the town in the valley from for most of its ascent/descent?
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You know it makes sense.
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sallywt, it is steep and visible, but I think the one you're thinking of is the Aiguille du Midi cable car. This seems to have been from the Brevent bubble.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Sad news
My dad who's in the area at the moment, heard about it on the news and told us not long ago.
They couldn't tell from the news if someone had fallen out of the gondola or if the gondola itself had fallen from the Steel Wire Rope.
My thoughts are with those involved.
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Poster: A snowHead
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The cabins are for transferring skiers from A to B, at the same time allow the skiers to rest, relax and enjoy the secenery. Not a place to mess around, pushing, kicking or causing it swings abnormally.
Let this tragedy be a lesson to all. Hope similar accident will not happen again.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've heard now, that the other guys in the Gondola have all been arrested.
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