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Thread: Gondola cable snaps
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01-22-2020, 10:14 PM #676Registered User
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In stating "Had you asked me when the cable was first cut, I would have guessed this thing would have been solved by now", I was referring to the criminal investigation and nothing more. In retrospect, I realize that my assumption of basic reading comprehension skills by the denizens of this place was misguided.
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02-03-2020, 09:07 PM #677Registered User
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Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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02-13-2020, 07:06 PM #678
It's open, who is taking their honey for a Valentines day ride?
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02-14-2020, 11:57 PM #679
I bought seasons passes for the family today, looking forward to being able to get up there more frequently. It got chopped a couple months after we moved down here.
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02-15-2020, 08:03 AM #680
Wow, they got that fixed quickly.
watch out for snakes
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02-17-2020, 08:06 PM #681
Rode it again! Good vibes.
It's still fast and slow like before. Every time there is a wind gust, they slow it down. All you need to do to see if the slow down was caused by wind is look at the cars passing over the first steep ridge. If there is some swinging, that's why they slowed the system. It was actually going a bit faster than I remember last year. I also noticed, sometimes when it slows, there is a wave in the wire that causes a sort of mini-whiplash as the system speed pulse passes through the system.
Anyhow, this accident would have seemed to be the perfect time to replace the cars with grips that use a spring instead of a torsion tube, or find some tower sheave modification to ensure that the assembly won't collide when cars swing at a critical angle. Obviously, they don't think this is a problem. Surely watching the wind and changing the speed of the system constantly is a sub-optimal solution.
I'm happy for them to be up and running. The staff look pumped and it looks like all the snowshoers and backcountry skiers are pretty pumped about it too.OH, MY GAWD! ―John Hillerman Big Billie Eilish fan.
But that's a quibble to what PG posted (at first, anyway, I haven't read his latest book) ―jono
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02-18-2020, 07:13 AM #682
There is some pretty fantastic skiing back there.
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07-31-2020, 10:52 AM #683
Not entirely unrelated ...
The incident occurred first thing in the morning at about 8:30 am when two fully loaded six-person chairs ascended too close to one another. The skiers were stuck for more than 40-minutes before being lowered 12-15 feet using an evacuation pod and a rope.
“We’re not 100 percent sure why it happened but what’s important now is that it’s all sorted and we’re back up and running.”
– James McKenzie
Mt. Hutt ski area manager James McKenzie said there were a few reasons why the incident may have occurred, such as ice causing one chair to move slower than the others, or guests pulling on the chair in front of them, but that it was a ‘pretty common’ incident for the ski field.
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07-31-2020, 11:44 AM #684
As this investigation continues, and more layers are peeled back, the more it stinks.
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08-06-2020, 09:14 PM #685Registered User
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So whats the latest then?
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08-07-2020, 04:06 PM #686Registered User
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08-07-2020, 05:51 PM #687
I'd be surprised if there will ever be any more info...they're open and operating again, nice to have it back as the spawn loves gondy rides and playing up at the summit lodge.
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08-08-2020, 12:16 AM #688Registered User
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08-08-2020, 01:08 AM #689
cops have released a sketch of the suspect....
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09-14-2020, 08:54 AM #690Registered User
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...WXfDNp0zCCCscU
deja vu all over againLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-14-2020, 09:11 AM #691Meadowskipping old fart
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Waiting for puregravity to post that the cable must have been corroded by the smoke...
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09-14-2020, 09:25 AM #692
#debunked!!!
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09-14-2020, 09:35 AM #693
Insane!
There's nothing better than sliding down snow, and flying through the air
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09-14-2020, 09:40 AM #694
my 2 year old is gonna be so bummed...he loves the gondola and we were back to going up a lot
fucking assholes
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09-14-2020, 09:54 AM #695
When the Sea to Sky Gondola reopened in February, management said the rebuild included the installation of a new 4.4 km long main haul cable, thirty new cabins, and a new state of the art security system.
https://vancouversun.com/news/local-...-bde3ab979c20/
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09-14-2020, 09:55 AM #696
.....so this has to be done by Canadians, right?
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09-14-2020, 09:57 AM #697
That is pretty fucked up.
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09-14-2020, 10:00 AM #698Banned
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It's that kind of commitment to the cause that is really lacking these days.
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09-14-2020, 10:01 AM #699
That's wild. You have to figure they'll catch them this time, right?
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09-14-2020, 10:01 AM #700Registered User
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