Lift destruction.

[ski diva]

We've had videos of new lifts being installed, but this one is CRAZY. The left actually self-destructs! It was done back in 1990 at Winter Park Resort. They were testing an old fixed grip double chair to see what would happen if any of the tests performed would happen in a real life scenario.

Not a lift I'd want to be on!!!


[MEDIA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rXiN_Oys4[/MEDIA]

 

[Jilly]

Now that's scary!! I wouldn't have wanted to be any of the guys standing around to watch it!

 

[RachelV]

Whoa. There's a full version on google video where they do a bunch of other tests... fire, a tree falling on the cable, etc etc. Crazy.

https://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-1734472502795274450