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Thread: Gondola cable snaps
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10-25-2019, 02:13 PM #651Registered User
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10-25-2019, 02:13 PM #652Registered User
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10-30-2019, 03:23 AM #653
Progress.
"It's a chilly, clear day at the foot of the Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish, but Swiss rope-splicing expert Hannes Koller has sweat dripping off his face. Steam rises off his clothes, as Koller wrestles a thick steel cable apart with metal levers and slowly works the new strands into place."
Swiss cable-splicing expert oversees installation of Sea to Sky Gondola's new 4-km span
Interesting report and some photo porn there as a bonus.
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10-30-2019, 07:49 AM #654
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5t70JPPY14
the history of the skilift or doppelmayrporn
at min 07:00 there is the worlds first ski lift
a hydro wheat mil transformed in a rope tow with detachable bars
the waterflow had to be manually controlled to equalize the speed depending how
many people are loaded
sorry there are no subtitles... and a lot of interviews
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10-30-2019, 09:11 AM #655Registered User
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Wish that had English sub titles!!!!!
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10-30-2019, 09:56 AM #656Registered User
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the first chair in BC was at red mtn in 47
I used to go to over to Trail BC fixn hardware back in the 80's, a couple of locals told me at least one of the lifts was built with parts " borrowed " from Comico and the local expertise from mining & milling
they told me everyone at Comico was in on it and the company turned a blind eye cuz it was good for community morale and everybody was a skierLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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10-31-2019, 08:01 AM #657Registered User
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Those old chairlifts at Red were bonkers. Seemed like they just placed the towers at either ridge over big bowls and strung it across. Never been so high off the ground on a chairlift and definitely not one so "bouncy".
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10-31-2019, 08:30 AM #658Registered User
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Yeah. The old double up Granite was ridiculous.
If you were in the middle of the bowl and it stopped you'd be going through 20+ oscillations. 80 feet up. With no safety bar.
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10-31-2019, 09:34 AM #659Registered User
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In the mid 80's when you bought yer ticket the visa slip would say " red mtn ski society "yeah that chair was scary to ride, I remember a little pouch with a cord in it tied to the middle bar so the rider could pull up a rope, cuz it was SO high there was no way to get a rope up there
The guy I used to go over & help told me a woman in acounting was asking him about some paper work for parts, so he said I duno cuz I'm the IT contracter not Cominco and she said " oh yeah thats for the chair lift, I will deal with that don't worry "Lee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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10-31-2019, 11:27 AM #660
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12-17-2019, 07:56 PM #661
Sitting on the Cat Skinner, enjoying the ride past the Enchanted Castle (aka Popular Alt Substance Vaping Location), smoothly whisking self to atop Choker.
Reminiscing on the design and marvel of engineering that makes it all possible.
And I feel safe.
Never too safe as to not realize I'm dangling above the ground.
But safe enough to ease back and consider the consequences of using an un-tethered,
personal information and calling-messaging device (Tricorder)
that might just slip out of my cold hands at any moment.
Never too comfortable, but never really nervous.
I guess the biggest take away from the Sea to Sky incident,
is that the Sea to Sky is RESILIENT
and has a lot of COMMUNITY SPIRIT
and has PERSISTENCE
in the face of ADVERSITY.
The Great Squamish Wind Spirit,
blows its age-old wise wishes
into the hearts of the Squamish peoples.
To inspire them to rebuild and climb to new
appreciations and heights
as the gondola is about to start anew.
Born again. Even stronger.
It was windy that night, there was a gust just about then.
But it was the Spirit letting out just a little sigh.
A small depressed thought, as it pained when the rope snapped.
A sigh, a small sigh, as it saw the cars fall.
Cars that once upon a time, turned queezy stomachs
whisked up high
into gaping jaws
at natures awe.
The Spirit then breathed silently,
for many months,
while in respite.
Expanding its lungs,
ready to regale again,
the wonders of nature in
Squamish Spirit Land.
~PGOH, 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
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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12-17-2019, 10:47 PM #662
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12-18-2019, 11:42 AM #663Registered User
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12-18-2019, 11:38 PM #664
No drugs. Just maybe a little inspiration for positive vibes the next time you indulge.
It was just a heart-fart, inspiration in the moment
-- a reflection of all that is good when the
wind spirit blows.
I commend the Sea2Sky for all they have done.
Although I trolled you all relentlessly,
about cables and winches and other engineering and meteorological miscellany,
the dudes that run THAT show
have been first rate in the face of adversity,
the cables people et al.
have really brought the Christmas cheer home.
So yes, good feels (au naturel),
and a resolution to embody that same Squamish Spirit
as life's challenges blow my way,
or your way,
or wherever powder flakes land.
I kinda like it.
I might print this off and put it on the comedy wall in the
throne room for the next few weeks.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
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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12-20-2019, 05:58 AM #665
Whatever happened w this shit.
Hopefully the cable snap was more resounding than the subsequent drivel posted by interstellar.
Oh wait, I don't care.
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01-12-2020, 08:19 AM #666watch out for snakes
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01-12-2020, 11:01 AM #667Registered User
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01-12-2020, 04:47 PM #668
Didn't seem that they had much for public relations out of the gate.
In fact, I'd say it all looked unplanned, dismissive, and from one person (manager) with a clear conclusion.
Nothing wrong with a clear conclusion ... but then you must show that the glove fits instead of saying
"trust me. just trust me." IMO - they really played this badly from a customer point of view.
Armchair quarterbacking ...
They could have said,
"It is too early to comment until we have all the facts and information and a preliminary investigation is complete".
And left it at that.
A lot of news comments, conspiracy theories, even doubting qualified engineers comments,
were just a reaction to the predetermined conclusion,
however true it is/was, it stank of
mono-synaptic response.
If they had got it wrong, the damage to their reputation would have been a huge hurdle to future operations.
Thankfully, they got it right.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
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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01-12-2020, 05:01 PM #669
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01-12-2020, 05:38 PM #670
Every time I see an M series username.
More proof the squirrels were involved.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
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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01-21-2020, 10:54 PM #671
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01-21-2020, 11:27 PM #672Registered User
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Had you asked me when the cable was first cut, I would have guessed that this thing would have been solved by now.
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01-22-2020, 12:03 AM #673
Are they still using the same torsion tube design that collided with the sheaves assembly when cars were swaying under high winds while operating "due to operator error"?
I wonder if that is why Blackcomb went with using the coil spring design on Crystal Ridge and the Blackcomb Gondola.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
we are not arguing about ski boots or fashionable clothing or spageheti O's which mean nothing in the grand scheme ― XXX-er
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01-22-2020, 08:00 AM #674
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01-22-2020, 10:23 AM #675
Investigation time
Financial assessment on how or if they can afford to fix it
Insurance approval time for new purchases
Ordering the new haul rope (this needs to be manufactured upon request, and needs to be put in the production queue)
Ordering the new cabins (these need to be manufactured upon request, and needs to be put in the production queue)
Logistics of shipping a 120 tonne cable spool
Removal of the old cable
Receiving and unloading new cable
Positioning and pulling the new 120 tonne cable
Splicing the new 120 tonne cable
Shipping and unloading 30 gondola cabins
Stinging new gondola cabins
Testing new cabins and adjusting spacing of new cabins
Load testing new system
Scheduling inspections from government authorities.
Which one of these processes do think is a quick and easy job?
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