Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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David Goldsmith, That picture looks like there are foot rests but this skier has sort of missed them?
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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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Yup, there are footrests on that chair
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I didn't say there weren't
Neither did the Campaign for Footrests on Chairlifts
The point is: the footrests on that chair are rubbish ... clearly
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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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Invent a new foolproof device, and just wait for the fools to move their standards.
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All very good points
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Manda, um. I think you may be a little wrong.
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What I see (between the man's legs) is a J-shaped section of tubular steel. I think he's intending to use it as some kind of crotch rest, but hasn't quite dangled far enough yet.
What do you reckon, ladies?
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Manda, um you are incorrect I can clearly see combined safety bar/footrests on the oncoming chairs of the pull down variety, the bar you can see behind the seated skier is the counterballence to the safety bar and if you look carefully you wll see the footrests are all that's stopping the skier falling off, they appear just behind his right knee and about halfway up his left thigh.
David Goldsmith, this was not a case of footrests being needed, rather it is an example of why ski trousers/sallopets should not be made of really slippery material, it's probably also an example of why some people should never be allowed on a chairlift
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DGO, I don't think it's quite as simple as you're making out. The footrest clearly isn't up - otherwise you'd see the framework looking the same as the chairs coming down.
The footrest clearly isn't down - otherwise you'd see the distinctive T-shaped part of the framework (i.e. the footrest) where his feet ought to be.
The footrest has either been removed from that particular chair, or the idiot has sawn it off - probably along with the safety bar.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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it is down - he's got one under his right knee and one under his left thigh hasn't he?!
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I wonder if the photo's been doctored - kind of makes sense, though you'd wonder about the motive.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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David Goldsmith, I don't think it's been doctored.
Also, for those who can't see the footrests in both the down and up position, I've drawn ellipses round them.
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Poster: A snowHead
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nightshift's got it, I reckon - he's going for the footrest as a kind of thigh hook for both thighs.
He's either got a sore @rse, or he's given up his seat for an old lady.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 1-08-05 12:01; 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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Or resting a large rucksack on the seat.
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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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Thanks for the ellipses, Fox. Very nicely done.
What happens to him at the top of the lift, and could you put an ellipse around it?
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Mon 1-08-05 12:16; edited 1 time in total
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What happens to him at the top of the lift, and could you put an ellipse around it?
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Good question, with all his weight resting on the footrests it would seem unlikely that he'd be able to open the safety bar, I hope the fifty at the top was keeping his eyes open or there could potentially have been a very nasty accident
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Wear The Fox Hat, Brilliant. You are a technical genius
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It always amazed that in the States...of all countries...!!!! how many lifts didn't even have safety bars on them....and Ssh has said that this is still the case in some areas
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I was with a fellow snowHead I think last Jan, when I saw a boarder in a similar position to the guy in the photo at Arc 1800. Convinced he was going to drop off at any second, I didn't bother getting my camera out - and then he hung on for what seemed like five minutes at least. He was over a massive pile of deep, soft snow at the time, no more than maybe 6 metres up, everyone yelling at him to just let go, but he dangled there for ages.
Chairlift (stopped by liftie) was equipped with footrest but he was probably trying to be clever, didn't pull the bar down straight away when getting on, usual thing...
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A couple of other questions seem to arise from that photo:
1. If one skier hogs both sides of the footrest in this way, what's the other passenger supposed to do? Or is the idea to ride a double chair with three people (two on the seat, one on the footrest)?
2. What nationality is 'Mr Thigh Hook'?
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PG, yes it was 3rd week of Jan. I was with you in the short lift queue when the boarder got it all wrong on mounting the chair with his buddy. Don't recall it being quite as much as 6m but he definitely thought twice before letting go - or maybe fatigue set in.
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Charles Darwin
had quite a lot to say about primates who fall off chairlifts
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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David Goldsmith, looks like the primate in your photo had difficulty with the comparatively simple act of perching (credit to Monty Python. Flying Sheep sketch)
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