It's amazing until you realize they were coaxing him to jump while the ski patrol was preparing a rope to get him down. half of the adults in that crowd were making things worse.
It's easy for the little guys to fall off. One, because they're uncoordinated little kids. Two, because they cannot sit all the way back in their seat with their knees bent. They have to keep their legs completely straight. The weight of their skis/boards makes their knees want to bend and move them forward.
When the kid lands and a bunch of the strangers pat him and say “good job”, that was some good shit. I’m sure the kid was still incredibly traumatized/embarrassed after landing so it was a nice gesture to try and ease the tension of the situation
the whole time I was thinking that those skis on the kid's feet could really fuck somebody up. I love how they cheered at the end having no idea about his condition. Kid could've broken his spine and they instantly scream "wooohoooo yeah buddy!"
Can everyone please remember that this right here is how a vast majority of human beings behave? Whenever you think there are so many terrible people or that people are going to destroy the world, you’re just listening to the loud minority… most people are good and will come together when push comes to shove
I agree. Most people will help a stranger in trouble if all it costs them is a bit of time, it's human instinct. Where people should really be praised is when the put themselves in danger to rescue a stranger. For example, would you help an injured stranger on the side of the road? probably. Would you run into a burning building to save a stranger someone? Probably not.
That pad was a life saver, and whoever thought of the idea genius. That falling kid could have seriously injured someone if any part of him landed on someones head. I had a giant water balloon thrown on me from half that height and half that weight onto my head and had neck pains for two weeks.
+ryszart kalirz Its a little kid. He couldve sneezed and slipped off. Little kids are squirmy and they are stupid. Its easy for them to do something stupid before anyone can stop them.
You know, these kind of clips give me faith in humanity. Like, that’s what it’s all about. Coming together, no matter political standpoint/ race or anything, to safe a kid.
I'm so proud of you guys for helping because I saw lots of skiers and snowboarders pass a lot so I would like to thank you and did the kid have any injuries?
+Matthew Maltzoff Some of these lifts have very slippery vinyl seats. As an adult I have slipped when the seat was icy but thankfully I'm not small enough to slip under the bars. Some lifts now have child safety extensions on the bar to help prevent these kinds of scenarios.
Exactly!! I'm sitting here watching and there is two adults sitting on the chair. This kid is probably only 80 pounds soaking wet but they still just let him fall.
lmao i noticed that too, he so badly wanted the jump, i kept thinking every second that kid holds on is more people below, surrounding people could have taken off their jackets
my friend and i were snowboarding and the same thing happend but noone exept me and him were on the lift at the time. after he fell he had to be on a wheel chairt for 4 years, and now being the 4th year i took him snowboarding and he started crying. i asked him why is he crying and he said that it brings him back good and bad memories.
I witnessed a very similar scenario when a kid tried ( and failed ) to get off a midway unloading ramp at Donner back in the 90s, unfortunately he was by himself and let go pretty quick before enough people could get together and help, fell about 20 feet, as I recall he wasnt too badly hurt due to it being really slushy spring conditions
Yeah okay but then the anti-rollback has to be disabled and if the brake fails or isn't applied for long enough, those chairs and everyone in them become projectiles as the chairs come around the bullwheel at insane speeds.
OHH MAN! I was The Guy in navy Blue jacket on left in the Begining of the Video! Out of desperation I asked To Lock Arms and later i was talking to The Kid named Nathan trying to calm him down! Whoever thought of bringing the Pad was a genious! Waay Coool for Uploading this Video Brandon! GLAD NATHAN THE KID WAS FINE!
The best thing to do in cases like this is to grab hold of kid as good as possible and keep going til they reach somewhere safer. I've always wondered why the resort don't have a fire net or bubble that can inflate to jump on. I'm afraid of heights and to be honest some lifts im scared of more than the runs.
My 8 year old cousin fell off of a lift in Steamboat a couple seasons ago, luckily he wasn’t too high up (he had just passed the first stop) so he didn’t suffer any serious injuries,though he did bring the guy next to him down with him, who I believe broke his leg and wasn’t able to ski for the rest of the year..
THANK YOU!!! thank you to those who said not to move him!!!! From a first responder please NEVER MOVE SOMEONE WHO HAS FALLEN FROM A HIGHT OR COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ANY INJURY TO THEIR BACK/SPINE only move them if they are an immediate danger. If you move them with a spinal/back injury, you’re risking paralyzing them. If you do not need to touch them then DONT, wait for someone has proper medical experience. If you want to help, keep their head immobilized, and even if they say they feel fine they could have an injury. They don’t feel yet and moving can make it worse. My best friend broke her back surfing and had no idea for two days Thankfully she’s OK.
Check 1:50. See how close they are to the base? Do they not have a reverse feature on chair lift? The kid is holding pretty tight. Think he woulda kept holding on as they back him into the launch house
TheKingOfChem I'm pretty sure there is. Unless this was a European resort there probably was. I have been to resorts all around the world and most have a bar but on some European resorts there aren't.
GBThoughts Actually up over at Stevens Pass in Washington they don't have bars. Which is why I hate going on those lifts (cause I'm like crazy scared of heights)
The fact that a small kid was able to hold thierselves up for a little more then 3 minutes is more shocking then the kid almost falling of in the start
DO NOT MOVE THE KID ---- those guys need to calm the fuck down. I bet they lined up in reception after that for a medal or purple heart or something like they rescued hostages in a battlefield. This made me laugh
jim bim You don't move people when they have possible back and neck injuries, it's a pretty common practice. You can cause more damage amne possibly paralyze people. (I'm an emt)
love people who know nothing about skiing or snowboarding ive been a liftee for a few years and that is the way to do it some lifts are able to turn in reverse in situations as this most not due to many reasons obtaining to lift safety but i see people saying there are things called ladders do you no how big of a ladder would of been needed in that case and the ladder needs to stick up past the chair due to swing back of chair when weight is put on ladder would of taken to long to set up a rope evac for the child good jobs guys!!!
I’m a lifty at powder mountain and we actually have a mat in all the lift shacks for this specific problem it takes a couple of people to hold and it doesn’t stop you from hitting the ground but it breaks your fall significantly the pad covering the tower was a good idea too
You do what you have to do when the need arises. 35 years ago in Las Vegas 5 other people and I lifted an overturned street sweeper off the legs of the operator. We all just walked away afterward. I knew one of the other five, an acquaintance from a bar. It was just another day.
There is a bar in the middle to ensure people don't fall. But the bar can get in the way of someone pulling them up so even with a lot of strength you still couldn't pull.
ARIES Gaming Channel the parents are probably welfare whales who eat McDonald's everyday and what their kid to die so the ski lift place is incharge for insurance
ARIES Gaming Channel uhhh all that gear which is probably damp is heavy plus the kids weight. in addition balancing and trying to lean forward means they have to hang on with one hand and not fall off themselves. .. I mean pretty hard
That was the dumbest solution I think they could have come up with. First of all, the way they locked their arms together at the beginning, the kid would have gone right through, hit the ground anyway, and broken a bunch of their arms in the process. Second, with the amount of time it took them to get him down, they could have just left the lift going and stopped just short of the platform where his feet would probably just touch the ground anyway. It's nice that people came together to help but people really need some training in common sense.
It was A solution considering the kid was just about to fall anyway. And any liftie who kept the lift going till the kid got to the other end would have been fired, cos the kid would have fallen before then anyway most likely. And - LAWSUIT.
emjaynie2 I'm a lifty and we are told to not stop or slow the lift so the kid can atleast have a damn chance of getting to the top station. Every resort has a disclaimer preventing law suits because of how inherently dangerous ski resorts are. So please just shut up
Nah the lift wasn't even halfway up the mountain, and besides that lift takes so long to get up to the top that he would've fallen from a greater hight further up the mountain
Am i right in presuming that you can't put your feet down on something on these lifts? I've skied a lot in Europe and you can put your feet on a bar there when the protection bar comes down over your head so it's close to impossible to fall out of one. they don't have that in the States? or is it me just not seeing it on the video?
it exists here too. Small passengers, and snotty little brats somehow tend to break all rules of logic and manage to do the unlikely and most unbelievable shit though.
I was going down double black diamond hills at Mammoth mountain since the age of 8 and started skiing when I was 5. I rode the lift with my parents most of the time when I was young but there were plenty of times I'd catch the lift just before or after. Accidents happen but skiing is a pretty safe sport if you pay attention and know your limits :)
obviouisly you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer as you are completely disregarding how small the kids that slip under the bar are.. that is the only reason a bar is necessary is for little kids, if you are big enough to sit ina chair andnot slide out then you do not need a bar..bars are for children so small they can barely keep themselves in the seats.. and yes when they lean to much on them it sends them off balance and they slip under, it has nothing to dowith physics they are clumsy..
Sodiumreactor I have skied for my whole life (30+ years) and this is nothing. Your acting like this incident was on purpose. It ws not. These people were hero's. You shouldn't be so critical of something you don't know about. The child wore full protection and even if the kid fell to the snow, minor injuries would be present.
This is not skiing. This is dropping a kid who is in NO IMMEDIATE danger off of a ski lift. Period. It was a bad decision. Unless there is something I dont know about the ski lift. Was it breaking apart? Was the kid in need of urgent medical attention?
More ski lifts should have the bar that comes over the laps but some lifts are so rick rackety and narrow and old school. I have anxiety from childhood skiing in Mammoth every time I had to time the distance and the jump I had to do with my butt, scoot onto it as the chair came, and hold on for dear life. The most anxiety I had was if I was in the middle and literally had no bar to grab on to as leverage or security! If we were going on (my aunt and I) as a pair, there was a single that got on with us and I was in the middle, so it was tough as a little kid with those heavy ski’s and boots feeling like you would slide off, especially when sometimes the lift vibrated like crazy or hit a kink. My aunt luckily always held me close.
I know im 8 years late, but it's baffeling how incredibly stupid this comment is. He is hanging by both of his hands using all the power he's got. How in the flying fuck do u think he would "drop his skis first"? Is he supposed to use force with his mind like a jedi, or just unclip them mid air while he is falling?
10 People were ready to sacrifice their arms to catch this kid.. thank god the ski patrol at least provided the mat.
yep,.......someone who was thinking.......
and mr. hero with the bare arms would've gotten shredded......lol
BUT i mean,
either put out ur arms or watch the kid
... or get help from the ski patrol but who knows when the kid would fall
Ski patrol didn't "provide" the mat... it was next to them to whole time. Look at the lift tower.
Dark Tenka when I fell the people at the bottom tied their jackets together and ski patrol came just to check to make sure I was ok and also to help
Mr hero wanted to catch the kid in his jacket.
I love how everyone was tryna yell up at him and then someone was like SHUT UP haha you guys are awesome
9 year old comment, hope you survived covid, merry xmas from chamonix
@@krisb-travel 😂
@@krisb-travel LMAO
@@krisb-travel lol
@@krisb-travel they havent replied must be dead
Its amazing how everyone can come together when there's a time of need, almost made me cry the teamwork you all had.
ill i hear was SHUT UP
I’m only not liking the comment because likes is at 666
@@thatonegamer5937 hahah legend
It's amazing until you realize they were coaxing him to jump while the ski patrol was preparing a rope to get him down. half of the adults in that crowd were making things worse.
NPC
this warms my heart. this stuff right here. it reminds me that people will come together still no matter what.
yep this was very heart warming. Merry xmas from Chamonix.
@@krisb-travel his comment is 7 years old just so you know
@@Maddox63 lmao
@@codyrockarano5220 ikr, like does this dude expect an og to recieve his comment? 😂
@@Maddox63 ahahaha the chances are slimh
It's easy for the little guys to fall off. One, because they're uncoordinated little kids. Two, because they cannot sit all the way back in their seat with their knees bent. They have to keep their legs completely straight. The weight of their skis/boards makes their knees want to bend and move them forward.
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especially for fat kids like this one
@@jerry5882 how....
it's easy if youre an uncoordinated kid, but come on. it should not happen if you care about safety
@@LanIsOriginal because its very underrated indeed
When the kid lands and a bunch of the strangers pat him and say “good job”, that was some good shit. I’m sure the kid was still incredibly traumatized/embarrassed after landing so it was a nice gesture to try and ease the tension of the situation
I swear to god if someone said do a flip i would have died laughing
Omfg same
hell jes😂😂😂
lmfao
BRDFX | meeh
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What a stupid comment....... u don't know that
Camera misses the fall lol
I'm subbed to u :)
Zz-M'dankScoperz-zZ dank :)
+Earthling1984 Im glad he was more worried about saving the kid then filming it :)
Lol, I have watched you're rc videos before cool.. just alittle outdated looking
Fiets The whole video was about the fall so why shouldn't it have been shown :-)
ONE... TWO... WAIT WAIT WAIT!... ok.. One.. TWO... NO STOP WAIT!
exactly
Yes
Jamie Smith 😂😂😂
this was pissing me off
stoners
Came for the fall, stayed for seeing how total strangers will work together to save a kid.
Beautiful.
the whole time I was thinking that those skis on the kid's feet could really fuck somebody up. I love how they cheered at the end having no idea about his condition. Kid could've broken his spine and they instantly scream "wooohoooo yeah buddy!"
Well they've felt that the fall was not to hard. Kid was probably more scared than hurt
Your right…what idiots…
Whoo good job you fell off of a ski lift.
Kids skis are much smaller than adult skis.
"bRoKeN hIS SpINe" shut up lmao
"One, shut up! One, tw... Shut up! One, two... Everyone shut up!"
LOL
This is just like my marriage
@@attentionaddicts me too 😂
WE NEEED MOOOOOORE ARRMMS
Can everyone please remember that this right here is how a vast majority of human beings behave? Whenever you think there are so many terrible people or that people are going to destroy the world, you’re just listening to the loud minority… most people are good and will come together when push comes to shove
I wouldn’t say it’s the vast majority or else 75% of the people going down that run would’ve stopped. Only about 10 did
I agree. Most people will help a stranger in trouble if all it costs them is a bit of time, it's human instinct. Where people should really be praised is when the put themselves in danger to rescue a stranger. For example, would you help an injured stranger on the side of the road? probably. Would you run into a burning building to save a stranger someone? Probably not.
That pad was a life saver, and whoever thought of the idea genius. That falling kid could have seriously injured someone if any part of him landed on someones head. I had a giant water balloon thrown on me from half that height and half that weight onto my head and had neck pains for two weeks.
half that height and water balloon... oh god that would kill them immediatly
Ski patrol arrived and grabbed the pad
Restoring faith in humanity !
not rly
***** and now all bad things will surely go away. High hopes...
Shut the fuck up. I bet you've commented that on 20 different videos
+ryszart kalirz Its a little kid. He couldve sneezed and slipped off. Little kids are squirmy and they are stupid. Its easy for them to do something stupid before anyone can stop them.
+Jamie Smith haha u got in trouble
You know, these kind of clips give me faith in humanity. Like, that’s what it’s all about. Coming together, no matter political standpoint/ race or anything, to safe a kid.
I'm so proud of you guys for helping because I saw lots of skiers and snowboarders pass a lot so I would like to thank you and did the kid have any injuries?
Broke his neck and died in hospital
I saw a report saying he was completely fine
how do u get into a position where ur hanging from a ski lift?
That is my question exactly. All you have to do is sit there.
+Matthew Maltzoff Some of these lifts have very slippery vinyl seats. As an adult I have slipped when the seat was icy but thankfully I'm not small enough to slip under the bars. Some lifts now have child safety extensions on the bar to help prevent these kinds of scenarios.
The ski lift broke
asian invasion, thats how
nils01 I don't think that's fair. How is he expected to get up the mountain?
How the fuck does this even happen. And those people seriously couldn't pull the poor kid up?
Exactly!! I'm sitting here watching and there is two adults sitting on the chair. This kid is probably only 80 pounds soaking wet but they still just let him fall.
+AIDENRODRIGUES DRUMS They couldve dropped their own skis and stood up on the lift to get leverage.
+Jamie Smith yea stand up on it so they'll fall down.
+spooks walrus if you have no balance maybe.
Jamie Smith lifts shake like crazy when u lean forward and back so standing would be hard
That one guy really wanted the kid to jump lol everyone else is thinking it through and hes just like ok go go go go the whole time lol
lmao i noticed that too, he so badly wanted the jump, i kept thinking every second that kid holds on is more people below, surrounding people could have taken off their jackets
my friend and i were snowboarding and the same thing happend but noone exept me and him were on the lift at the time. after he fell he had to be on a wheel chairt for 4 years, and now being the 4th year i took him snowboarding and he started crying. i asked him why is he crying and he said that it brings him back good and bad memories.
Do you smell it?
psm20000 That's the point
Is he alright?
ya hes fine now
what injury are you in a chair for 4 years and then ready to snowboard
Great job to everyone who helped out with this rescue, couldn't have gone better than that.
Camera guy had one job, watch the kid fall. Misses it.
He had a head mounted camera, he was just looking where he need to look to help out...
everyone wanting to be a boss
ikr lol
They’re just tryna save the kid dumbass
Holy shit... the kid didn't even look 6, that must have been traumatizing.
Yeah, Unfortunately, he most likely is suffering from PTSD
And his dumb ass parents couldn't pull him back up
This kid is BRAVE!!! My name is Ethan and I am PETRIFIED of heights. I have no idea how he had the guts to do this!! Good job kid!!
Btw, how often do you see people acting like this nowadays?!?!
He’s brave for doing what, falling off? Tf did he do?
its not brave, he had no choice, brave is doing something scary even when you dont want to (and have a choice).
He didn't really have a choice. He was at the mercy of his parents holding him up.
amazing how skiers and snowboarders come together
this isn't t he 90s, no one cares anymore
@@headphonic8 Went snowboarding this weekend. A lot of skiers still hate snowboarders.
@@crazyspace6792 Rightfully so
@@matts2532 Yeah, a lot of pretentious pricks like to pretend they're better.
@@crazyspace6792 we snowboarders do plow all the snow off the slopes and dig up all the moguls 😂
good to see that so many people have civil courage and are ready to help
very cool to see all these people work together to help someone out.... great video
Hero's in my eyes
+maxzzzie Sure, but the god damn loudest yeller contest got the feeling of heroes to drop a bit.
this mad me smile, seeing all those guys try to help the kid
I witnessed a very similar scenario when a kid tried ( and failed ) to get off a midway unloading ramp at Donner back in the 90s, unfortunately he was by himself and let go pretty quick before enough people could get together and help, fell about 20 feet, as I recall he wasnt too badly hurt due to it being really slushy spring conditions
you sir, have increased my faith in humanity
DO A FLIP!! 😂😂 do it 4 the vine XD
Ain't gonna do it
how in the hell do you let your kid fall off the ski lift in the first place and arent able to pull a small child back up on the lift... da fa
Scott Liedstrand if you're on a ski lift you have thick gloves on and if you lean forward to grab the person you're good as dead.
Was it really not an option to reverse the lift? The were so close to the drive station.
VM D lol
Most lifts do not go in reverse.
Cara Smith They don't reverse but they can let gravity do the job and use the bullwheel brake near the bottom.
Tyler Birkedal Why don't you look shit up? Its been done, idiot.
Yeah okay but then the anti-rollback has to be disabled and if the brake fails or isn't applied for long enough, those chairs and everyone in them become projectiles as the chairs come around the bullwheel at insane speeds.
OHH MAN! I was The Guy in navy Blue jacket on left in the Begining of the Video!
Out of desperation I asked To Lock Arms and later i was talking to The Kid named Nathan trying to calm him down!
Whoever thought of bringing the Pad was a genious!
Waay Coool for Uploading this Video Brandon!
GLAD NATHAN THE KID WAS FINE!
This was at my local ski hill (mt rose) and its so amazing to see the people I ski around be so amazing!
The best thing to do in cases like this is to grab hold of kid as good as possible and keep going til they reach somewhere safer. I've always wondered why the resort don't have a fire net or bubble that can inflate to jump on. I'm afraid of heights and to be honest some lifts im scared of more than the runs.
2:58 guy in background : SHADAP!
Honestly, wouldn’t be able to catch somebody falling on me specially with skis on. These people are amazing souls.
great idea to use the post pad!!
My 8 year old cousin fell off of a lift in Steamboat a couple seasons ago, luckily he wasn’t too high up (he had just passed the first stop) so he didn’t suffer any serious injuries,though he did bring the guy next to him down with him, who I believe broke his leg and wasn’t able to ski for the rest of the year..
One of the greatest videos I have seen in a long time much respect
I love it how someone yelled SHUT UP!! At least there was TEAM WORK.
PLEASE SOMEONE explain to me how the 2 adults sitting in the ski lift couldn't just pull him back up?
THANK YOU!!! thank you to those who said not to move him!!!! From a first responder please NEVER MOVE SOMEONE WHO HAS FALLEN FROM A HIGHT OR COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ANY INJURY TO THEIR BACK/SPINE only move them if they are an immediate danger. If you move them with a spinal/back injury, you’re risking paralyzing them. If you do not need to touch them then DONT, wait for someone has proper medical experience. If you want to help, keep their head immobilized, and even if they say they feel fine they could have an injury. They don’t feel yet and moving can make it worse. My best friend broke her back surfing and had no idea for two days Thankfully she’s OK.
Check 1:50. See how close they are to the base? Do they not have a reverse feature on chair lift? The kid is holding pretty tight. Think he woulda kept holding on as they back him into the launch house
Anton I ski here but not that lift this lift contains Jerry's also this lift is to old to reverse
Respect to all those Skiers!!
True Heroes!!!
Im still tryna figure out how them other 2 in the lift wasnt able to pull the kid back up
Our recommendations have reunited all of us here 8 years later
How did he get himself into that situation?
That is exactly what I was thinking this whole time... :/
he probably slipped through the bar because he was small
GBThoughts there is no bar on ski lifts like that. Most don't
TheKingOfChem
I'm pretty sure there is. Unless this was a European resort there probably was. I have been to resorts all around the world and most have a bar but on some European resorts there aren't.
GBThoughts Actually up over at Stevens Pass in Washington they don't have bars. Which is why I hate going on those lifts (cause I'm like crazy scared of heights)
Always looks further from looking down than it does looking up. Good job!
I hope that guys beard isn't fake
It's his facemask I think, but you can dream as if he really has it tho ;D
The Mojo Bros most likely one of those face mask things
While watching this, I got an ad for a ski lift place. Wrong place, wrong time. 😂
Good to see working together
The fact that a small kid was able to hold thierselves up for a little more then 3 minutes is more shocking then the kid almost falling of in the start
DO NOT MOVE THE KID ---- those guys need to calm the fuck down. I bet they lined up in reception after that for a medal or purple heart or something like they rescued hostages in a battlefield. This made me laugh
Wouldn't surprise me if the people shouting were the ones standing by the side not helping haha :D
jim bim You don't move people when they have possible back and neck injuries, it's a pretty common practice. You can cause more damage amne possibly paralyze people. (I'm an emt)
You sound like a nice person. Want a medal?
jim bim it's common sense he could be injured and you don't move him because of the risk of more injuries it's common sense clearly you are lacking it
jim bim You don't understand how high that is
Warms my heart to see American people pull together and do the right thing. God Bless them all.
Faith in humanity restored
In situations like this, there needs to be ONE designated speaker. Regardless, great teamwork.
"Shush, SHUSH, sh!! SHUSH , SHUT UP" XD
"Just drop" "we are NOT going to let you fall" 😂😂
That kid has major balls to do that
His hand slipped dumb fuck. And its not like he planned to dangle from a lift fucktard
DerEnot Dude, WTF?
DerEnot Alex Seeley Perverts!
Do you really think the kid chose to do that?
A couple of years ago this happened but it was on the old lakeview chair with a snowboarder. Similar type of old lift, not a highspeed chair.
3:06 shows you the shadow of what happened!! Please like 😁
Using the protective pad was genius.
Why the heck wouldn't the parents pull the kid back up?!
+Spyro260 skis probably blocked the safety bar if there is one
love people who know nothing about skiing or snowboarding ive been a liftee for a few years and that is the way to do it some lifts are able to turn in reverse in situations as this most not due to many reasons obtaining to lift safety but i see people saying there are things called ladders do you no how big of a ladder would of been needed in that case and the ladder needs to stick up past the chair due to swing back of chair when weight is put on ladder would of taken to long to set up a rope evac for the child good jobs guys!!!
Or they could move the ski lift backwards 10 feet and he could climb down the ladder
You cant move it in reverse
Zach Ingargiola Then move it forward? :/
Thats true XP
Your an idiot, in that situation you can't even get your skis off. little kid is dangling from the chair.
The little kid wasn't taking his skies off...
Someone can hold his hand, while they move their ski lift forward, Mr. Smartie...
I’m a lifty at powder mountain and we actually have a mat in all the lift shacks for this specific problem it takes a couple of people to hold and it doesn’t stop you from hitting the ground but it breaks your fall significantly the pad covering the tower was a good idea too
I thought they were going to try to catch him with there arms with his skis on.
You do what you have to do when the need arises. 35 years ago in Las Vegas 5 other people and I lifted an overturned street sweeper off the legs of the operator. We all just walked away afterward. I knew one of the other five, an acquaintance from a bar. It was just another day.
so they were holding that kid for like 3 minutes. why didn't they just pull him back up onto the chair? am I missing something here?
was he stuck on something?
There is a bar in the middle to ensure people don't fall. But the bar can get in the way of someone pulling them up so even with a lot of strength you still couldn't pull.
I Like The Guy With The White Helmet's Beard
In case your wondering, you don’t move someone when they fall in case of a neck or back injury.
cant lil kiddos just stay in their damn seats?
No apparently not and parents are weak af nowadays too
ARIES Gaming Channel the parents are probably welfare whales who eat McDonald's everyday and what their kid to die so the ski lift place is incharge for insurance
ARIES Gaming Channel uhhh all that gear which is probably damp is heavy plus the kids weight. in addition balancing and trying to lean forward means they have to hang on with one hand and not fall off themselves. .. I mean pretty hard
GenericUA-camr 555 yeah cause someone who lives off welfare could afford to go skiing you dumbass.
Ya damn stupid kids I hate kids😤
How about sit still or do they have to put age or size limit
That was the dumbest solution I think they could have come up with.
First of all, the way they locked their arms together at the beginning, the kid would have gone right through, hit the ground anyway, and broken a bunch of their arms in the process.
Second, with the amount of time it took them to get him down, they could have just left the lift going and stopped just short of the platform where his feet would probably just touch the ground anyway.
It's nice that people came together to help but people really need some training in common sense.
It was A solution considering the kid was just about to fall anyway. And any liftie who kept the lift going till the kid got to the other end would have been fired, cos the kid would have fallen before then anyway most likely. And - LAWSUIT.
emjaynie2 I'm a lifty and we are told to not stop or slow the lift so the kid can atleast have a damn chance of getting to the top station. Every resort has a disclaimer preventing law suits because of how inherently dangerous ski resorts are. So please just shut up
Nah the lift wasn't even halfway up the mountain, and besides that lift takes so long to get up to the top that he would've fallen from a greater hight further up the mountain
You look linda cute ^^
+archerator I know this comment is old but seriously,has anyone ever called you captain hindsight?
Am i right in presuming that you can't put your feet down on something on these lifts? I've skied a lot in Europe and you can put your feet on a bar there when the protection bar comes down over your head so it's close to impossible to fall out of one. they don't have that in the States? or is it me just not seeing it on the video?
it exists here too. Small passengers, and snotty little brats somehow tend to break all rules of logic and manage to do the unlikely and most unbelievable shit though.
DJ BIS haha xD
how does one Fuck up that badly
Bunch of drunk and stoned skiers yelling over each other, love it!
This was so chaotic in the most caring way
Brothers in Snow !!!!
Brothers in arms... 😂😂
Kid was probably like i don’t want to be here anymore
Good job buddy? You're kidding.
This video restored my faith in humanity
I was going down double black diamond hills at Mammoth mountain since the age of 8 and started skiing when I was 5. I rode the lift with my parents most of the time when I was young but there were plenty of times I'd catch the lift just before or after.
Accidents happen but skiing is a pretty safe sport if you pay attention and know your limits :)
obviouisly you aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer as you are completely disregarding how small the kids that slip under the bar are.. that is the only reason a bar is necessary is for little kids, if you are big enough to sit ina chair andnot slide out then you do not need a bar..bars are for children so small they can barely keep themselves in the seats.. and yes when they lean to much on them it sends them off balance and they slip under, it has nothing to dowith physics they are clumsy..
Why the hell did he have to be dropped? Its the most stupidest thing Ive seen on youtube today.
For his safety, duh.
Sodiumreactor I have skied for my whole life (30+ years) and this is nothing. Your acting like this incident was on purpose. It ws not. These people were hero's. You shouldn't be so critical of something you don't know about. The child wore full protection and even if the kid fell to the snow, minor injuries would be present.
This is not skiing. This is dropping a kid who is in NO IMMEDIATE danger off of a ski lift. Period. It was a bad decision. Unless there is something I dont know about the ski lift. Was it breaking apart? Was the kid in need of urgent medical attention?
Sodiumreactor In my opinion it was pretty heroic if the kid couldn't be lifted in the lift again. I don't think this was on purpose....
thts what I was thinking.......
just haul his butt back up into the chair!......he can't weigh more than 75#
More ski lifts should have the bar that comes over the laps but some lifts are so rick rackety and narrow and old school. I have anxiety from childhood skiing in Mammoth every time I had to time the distance and the jump I had to do with my butt, scoot onto it as the chair came, and hold on for dear life. The most anxiety I had was if I was in the middle and literally had no bar to grab on to as leverage or security! If we were going on (my aunt and I) as a pair, there was a single that got on with us and I was in the middle, so it was tough as a little kid with those heavy ski’s and boots feeling like you would slide off, especially when sometimes the lift vibrated like crazy or hit a kink. My aunt luckily always held me close.
lol @ the way skiiers and snowboarders solve problems. Many of these dudes have gotta be drinking
Why was there no fireman catch net at the lift? Every ski lift I've ever been on has one?
he should had dropped his skis first
PGtheclittlicker that’s pretty hard to do plus with people below...
I know im 8 years late, but it's baffeling how incredibly stupid this comment is. He is hanging by both of his hands using all the power he's got. How in the flying fuck do u think he would "drop his skis first"? Is he supposed to use force with his mind like a jedi, or just unclip them mid air while he is falling?
@@filippolony4886 You unclip them by pushing down on the heel. Easy to do. But yes, kid was probably scared and didn't think about that
another fucking win for the snowboarding and skiing community,
god i love this sport. a bunch of heros in that crowd, a bunch of heros.
That beard
That, my friend, is Mr. Billy Gibbons.
Chris Mason I kind of liked Bill Gibbons' big beard!!
ost sweinen haha I thought it was a fake beard like a neck cozie or something xD
The power of teamwork
what a noob! who puts their lift ticket on their main jacket zipper? he was just asking for it