On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 16:43:30 -0500, Adrenochrome
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>> But I'm not so sure how much if any "safety" the bars add for non-
>> intoxicated adults.  I've seen several minor injuries caused by the
>> bars (banged heads, scissor-trapped arms, banged knees/shins etc.)
>> while I've never seen anyone fall off a lift that didn't have them,
>
><raises hand>  I've come close to falling off a chair several times due to
>sudden lift stops, and the saftey bar was the only thing that kept me in.
>
>OTOH, I'm enough of a spaz that I should probably be physically restrained
>as a matter of course.

On a slightly less humorous note, my former brother-in-law
(sister's ex-husband) fell off a lift in Utah when he was 17
years old.  It paralyzed him from the waist down.  He had been
a track and basketball star at his high school in Michigan
and went on to be the coxswain of the Notre Dame crew team.
He often wanted to hear everything he could about my ski days
and always promised he'd try one of the techniques disabled
persons use to enjoy winter sliding sports, but I think he
still had a large amount of residual fear even in his mid
thirties.  I would have loved to watch him fall in love with
the sport all over again.

Jim B.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont.

To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html