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02-17-2020, 09:58 AM #101
I didn't say the guest was at fault, but maybe 10% responsibility falls on the guest for being an idiot to sit in a chair with no seat. If one doesn't look at where they're sitting down...This is what happens when lift ops are shitty. Vail will get fuct.
On a fixed chair, it would be different, on a detachable it would be easy for even a moron to move to the side if they're paying attention even a little
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02-17-2020, 10:03 AM #102
why is noone blaming arc teryx? After all, it was the jacket that killed him.
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02-17-2020, 10:14 AM #103Registered User
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What if the deceased was an expert skier that was distracted from checking the chair as it came around the bullwheel by a small child. Once skier noticed the seat was not positioned correctly there was no where to move because they were flanked by others.
Point being, you're assuming a lot of shit here. The sole responsibility is on the lift attendant, the lifty supervisor, and the mountain. Period.
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02-17-2020, 10:46 AM #104
^^^ yeah, this one isn't even going to court.
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02-17-2020, 10:50 AM #105
yup, with this shit happening previously, there is a fuckin’ slam dunk lawsuit coming....
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02-17-2020, 11:00 AM #106Jacket Cobbler
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02-17-2020, 11:13 AM #107
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02-17-2020, 11:25 AM #108
Since it was oec think drowning as well as snow immersion. But I believe the courses they teach the average civilian skip the breathing. I'll ask my DIL, she teaches CPR.
Yep
When I'm getting on a chair I'm too busy watching for people's poles poking me in the face, backpacks hitting me in the head, bars being slammed down before I've had a chance to sit, and people standing on my skis to check to see if the seat is down.
BTW, if you're snow plowing getting on or off a crowded chair you're an idiot.
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02-17-2020, 11:34 AM #109
guys...
it is kind of heartbreaking to me to see this degenerate to a matter of Blame --
as I tried to state earlier ( above ), there is plenty to go around...
in the midwest, now even the best hills want a Liability Waiver signed with the purchase of a lift ticket
( it is going to be the end of my skiing at those businesses ) ;
There is some discussion in the previous posts about matters of Safety , and for me, it relates back to another thread about collisions -
and my claim : Safety is everyone's responsibility.
the recent photos from Vail remind me of lift lines in the late 1970s :
I remember waiting More than thirty minutes at indianhead on President's Weekend in 1978 --
two hours (?) forget that --
I digress --
Of course the resort has liability - but Moreover, the resort is responsible for a Safe operation
( it is my opinion (that) running chairs - especially detatchable 'high-speed' chairs without a loading attendant is not responsible
( BSB midweek, in February, I don't know, I wasn't there. but I have seen it. ) )
let's face it : being a lifty is a pretty thankless job. ... I have worked with some excellent lift attendants ( 'lifties' ) --
Some of them, Just love people.
in my opinion, a guy that would not FIGHT to get OFF a detatchable chair, is not familiar with the liftS or the terrain
( I think it would take a superhuman effort to ride the frame of the chair to the top at BSB )
in My experience and my Opinion, one has More than A second ( -few but not many - ) to attempt ESCAPE - and that would include screaming for the lift to STOP.
SAFETY. it is everyone's responsibility ! !!
it is probably time for me to take up knitting - or crochet ( a hook and Not two needles )
I feel bad for everyone involved Except the resort .
Safety is everyone's responsibility.
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02-17-2020, 11:42 AM #110Registered User
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Sorry, but no.
A heart that is asystolic (i.e. there is no electrical activity in it) does not need a shock and will not benefit from one. It's generally quite rare to resuscitate someone from asystole.
A heart that is in pulseless electrical activity (i.e. there is an organized electrical rhythm but there is no pulse) needs CPR and an electric shock will be of no benefit.
Despite what TV has trained people to believe, the only time to shock a patient is if they are having an arrhythmia.
PEA and asystole are not the same thing.
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02-17-2020, 12:23 PM #111
I'm impressed that so many dentists know so much about cardiac physiology!
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02-17-2020, 01:15 PM #112
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02-17-2020, 02:41 PM #113Registered User
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the knowledge around here is stunning
having spent a lifetime around tourists expecting them to be fully aware of there surroundings at all times is silly
Personally I'd expect the lift to be in order and ready to load sure like everyone else I can bore you w my lift stories between competence and incompetence
vail resorts is understaffed as most businesses in eagle and summit the only requirement is to have a heart beat and show up asking for anything more and the employee will walk because another job will be available within an hour I can only guess that everyone on duty was asleep at the wheel which is pretty standard it's pretty fucked that some innocent guy having the time of his life escaping his every day bullshit was probably so happy by being in the moment and location he was that he had no clue what was about to happen to him.
hopefully a really good lawyer will get their hands on the employee manual and rip Vail a new one because some incompetent kid who got hammered the night before and didn't give two fucks about what he was doing was jerking off in the lift shack and if you think I'm making that up I'm not
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02-17-2020, 02:59 PM #114
Be careful of your “USA!” Cockiness. In late 2015 two chairs on two different detachable quads @ Mt Bachelor fell off the haul rope when the grip failed to close. Fortunately nobody was on or underneath those chairs at the time. After that I always check the connection as soon as we leave the loading station
Of course after the 2009 pantsing of the guy at Vail, I always check that the bench is down before my chair comes around the wheel. Never had to pull the bench down - yet.
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02-17-2020, 03:04 PM #115Registered User
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02-17-2020, 03:41 PM #116
Holy Shit, skier death on Vail chairlift
^^^I saw that firsthand. It was jaw dropping for sure.
Can not believe what just happened.
Vail is going to be FUBAR.
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02-17-2020, 04:05 PM #117
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will the victim's toxicology have any relevance?
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02-17-2020, 04:09 PM #118Registered User
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OK, here's my take. The seats need to be spring loaded to flip down. When flipped up for cleaning or maintenance, there's a switch to lock them in the up position. When the seats go around the bullwheel, there's a stationary failsafe bar that triggers the switch as each chair goes by to make sure they're in the down position when they get to the loading point.
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Edited to add: also, how about an emergency stop that the people who are next in line can access? With appropriate draconian penalties for abuse, of course. The people who are about to load the chair are almost guaranteed to be watching, unlike the lift ops.
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02-17-2020, 04:11 PM #119ski paintingshttp://michael-cuozzo.fineartamerica.com" horror has a face; you must make a friend of horror...horror and moral terror.. are your friends...if not, they are enemies to be feared...the horror"....col Kurtz
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02-17-2020, 04:16 PM #120
vail resorts is understaffed as most businesses in eagle and summit the only requirement is to have a heart beat and show up asking for anything more and the employee will walk because another job will be available within an hour I can only guess that everyone on duty was asleep at the wheel which is pretty standard it's pretty fucked that some innocent guy having the time of his life escaping his every day bullshit was probably so happy by being in the moment and location he was that he had no clue what was about to happen to him.
hopefully a really good lawyer will get their hands on the employee manual and rip Vail a new one because some incompetent kid who got hammered the night before and didn't give two fucks about what he was doing was jerking off in the lift shack and if you think I'm making that up I'm not[/QUOTE]
+1 … the work ethic of the younger generation too... I-phone deuchbags texting all day.. Clearly a lack of training/or total neglect... maybe a combo?ski paintingshttp://michael-cuozzo.fineartamerica.com" horror has a face; you must make a friend of horror...horror and moral terror.. are your friends...if not, they are enemies to be feared...the horror"....col Kurtz
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02-17-2020, 04:16 PM #121
The estate's lawyers are going to hire all types of expert witnesses to prefer opinions. I'm interested to find out what the industry standard is. There have to be similar chairs in use throughout the world. Was Vail missing something? Was it on notice of a potential dangers associated with this chair? Did it act as a reasonable [entity] would under the circumstances then and there existing?
I think that the decedent was an investment banker at Credit Suisse. I have no doubt that just as soon as he is put to rest claims and lawsuits will be filed. There is no way to keep this private, and many interesting tidbits will become available to those who want to follow along.“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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02-17-2020, 04:20 PM #122
the letter of love from Vail ,piece needs to be dropped from TgR temporarily out of respect for the dead skier.
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02-17-2020, 04:37 PM #123Jacket Cobbler
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02-17-2020, 04:47 PM #124
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02-17-2020, 04:48 PM #125
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