Comments on: Hanging On for Life and (Almost) Getting Eaten by the Rope Tow https://seniorsskiing.com/hanging-on-for-life-and-almost-getting-eaten-by-the-rope-tow/ Everything for the 50+ Snow Enthusiast Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: MICHAEL ROTH https://seniorsskiing.com/hanging-on-for-life-and-almost-getting-eaten-by-the-rope-tow/#comment-15039 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:26:00 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=34066#comment-15039 In reply to Yvette Cardozo.

Yevette, that’s like Charlie on theMTA

]]> By: MICHAEL ROTH https://seniorsskiing.com/hanging-on-for-life-and-almost-getting-eaten-by-the-rope-tow/#comment-15038 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 19:25:01 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=34066#comment-15038 In reply to Michael Hudson.

that’s way worse than getting the poles tangled!!!!!!

]]> By: Patti+Farkas https://seniorsskiing.com/hanging-on-for-life-and-almost-getting-eaten-by-the-rope-tow/#comment-15016 Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:13:42 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=34066#comment-15016 The place: Suicide Six in Vermont. The time: December, 1984. The victim: me, first-time skier at age 44. There was an ice storm that day, but not bad enough to dissuade my new husband from introducing me to his favorite sport. Outfitting me in his best hand-me-downs, complete with duct tape on the tears in the pants, he put me in the never-ever ski class and went off to ski with some teen-age family friends. I progressed rapidly (even though I felt as though my feet were glued to the ground), and then came time to actually get on the lift to go up to the top of the bunny hill! My loving husband knew it was a J-bar and had instructed me not to sit on it but just lean back into it. I did so and the bar slid past my butt, up past my torso, and came to a stop just under my arms. The liftie bellowed, “Stop the lift!” and came to my rescue. As he tried to lever me up to a standing position, he murmured, “Boy, you must have eaten your oats today.” The rest of the day went better for me, although my husband did dislocate his shoulder skiing with the young ‘uns. We continue to ski today in Utah (western ski snobs) at ages 89 and 81.

]]> By: Yvette Cardozo https://seniorsskiing.com/hanging-on-for-life-and-almost-getting-eaten-by-the-rope-tow/#comment-15004 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 22:06:17 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=34066#comment-15004 And then, there was my older sister. A ski novice and petrified. So when it came time for her to get off the bunny lift at Snoqualmie outside Seattle, she froze. and went around. and was headed back up. A sharp liftie stopped the lift and backed it up somehow, then helped her off. Needless to say, her ski day was done. But I did have visions of my sister going round and round and round endlessly.

]]> By: Michael Hudson https://seniorsskiing.com/hanging-on-for-life-and-almost-getting-eaten-by-the-rope-tow/#comment-14981 Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:28:56 +0000 https://f9b0d5261e.nxcli.io/?p=34066#comment-14981 I have a similar story. I was a ski patrolman at Mt Hood, Oregon back in the 60’s. I helped rescue a young lady whose long hair got twisted into the rope. Thanks to an alert lift operator and the bandaid scissors I was carring, the event did not end in tragedy.

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