rhymeandreason
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
There was a terrible chairlift accident in Châtel in Haute-Savoie - a young girl somehow had her head entrapped by the safety bar.
https://nltimes.nl/2019/02/22/dutch-girl-6-seriously-hurt-getting-stuck-french-ski-lift
I am assuming it was one of those automatic bars?
This made me think about ski school policy on placing kids with other adults. The other day, ski school was getting on a detachable quad two chairs in front of me. The instructor had 4 kids, so he asked the three adults in the chair behind him to take one of the children, who looked to be 5 or 6. They agreed and she loaded uneventfully. I looked away to get on my own chair and the lift stopped because somehow, the girl had tumbled out. Fortunately, there was a large pile of fresh snow below the lift and she only fell a distance of 2-3 feet, and she was unhurt. I didn't see why she fell, but I noticed that the bar was up on her chair and after the lift started moving again, the three adults never lowered their bar.
What is the policy at your resort, or is there one? I think everyone has to right to decline taking a child up, and the instructor did ask them if they were willing. I wish I had been a little quicker to the lift line and had been the one to ride with this child. I always hold my poles in one hand and use my straightened arm to push my 6 year old back until the bar is down. He protests, but he's short and has two weights attached to his feet in the form of boots and skis. Again, I didn't see the girl's fall, but I did feel annoyed at the adults, but perhaps it wasn't their fault.
https://nltimes.nl/2019/02/22/dutch-girl-6-seriously-hurt-getting-stuck-french-ski-lift
I am assuming it was one of those automatic bars?
This made me think about ski school policy on placing kids with other adults. The other day, ski school was getting on a detachable quad two chairs in front of me. The instructor had 4 kids, so he asked the three adults in the chair behind him to take one of the children, who looked to be 5 or 6. They agreed and she loaded uneventfully. I looked away to get on my own chair and the lift stopped because somehow, the girl had tumbled out. Fortunately, there was a large pile of fresh snow below the lift and she only fell a distance of 2-3 feet, and she was unhurt. I didn't see why she fell, but I noticed that the bar was up on her chair and after the lift started moving again, the three adults never lowered their bar.
What is the policy at your resort, or is there one? I think everyone has to right to decline taking a child up, and the instructor did ask them if they were willing. I wish I had been a little quicker to the lift line and had been the one to ride with this child. I always hold my poles in one hand and use my straightened arm to push my 6 year old back until the bar is down. He protests, but he's short and has two weights attached to his feet in the form of boots and skis. Again, I didn't see the girl's fall, but I did feel annoyed at the adults, but perhaps it wasn't their fault.