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tall_t
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why do people thing its "cool" to keep the bar up? its like a helmet, it keeps you safe and warm (except the bar gives your feet and arms a resting place). btw this is not a hate thread

Mar 16 2011 6:07PM
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californiagrown
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when im really really drunk
Mar 25 2011 11:13AM
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Jibberino
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Yeah, I know that feeling.
Mar 25 2011 2:37PM
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Drail
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ever tried taking a couch with wheels on it and ride it down a hill? (or tow it behind a car)... shit's intense!
Mar 25 2011 2:53PM
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_Jesus_
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It hits my head every time it comes down.

every time
Mar 25 2011 3:19PM
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Jibberino
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You should probably get checked for retardation then.
Mar 26 2011 10:26AM
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Elmo.
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hahah this... and yea i feel like your so constricted when you have the bar down. but if my feet hurt then i do put it down to rest my legs/feet for a few minutes
Mar 26 2011 11:04AM
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Bluenose
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I'm not really bothered if the bar doesn't come down, but personally I find it more comfortable to put my feet on the foot rests if the chair has them.
Mar 26 2011 11:55AM
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gombo8
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you mean like peak chair at whistler? try leaning over the bar and looking straight down the last cliff when you pass it. thats scary
Mar 26 2011 12:09PM
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midwestpowhunter
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this exactly this
Mar 26 2011 12:48PM
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VT_scratch
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always did in vermont, as its a state law to have the bar down. then headed west and no one does it here, pretty weird. went back to vt over spring break and got yelled at for not putting the bar down, became a habit
Mar 26 2011 3:23PM
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Holte
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Exactly. Tall people have to duck when the bar is coming down to avoid getting clocked in the back of the head.
Mar 26 2011 3:28PM
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SkiThe603
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It goes down if i am tired or i fell on the run before otherwise, the lift ride is to short to even bother putting it down
Mar 26 2011 3:54PM
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Uncle.Badness
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I ride with it down for two reasons. One, because the safety patrol at my mountain has nothing better to do then yell at kids for not putting it down. Two because I have no reason not to. Same reason why I wear a helmet when I bike.
Mar 26 2011 4:40PM
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TheUngroomed
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I don't use the bar because I have six balls!! Oh yeah!!!
Mar 26 2011 7:08PM
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.squirrely.
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lulz
Mar 26 2011 7:56PM
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Sitch.
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doesnt change i usually put it down but if the people im with dont i dont mind
Mar 26 2011 9:59PM
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dmc12380
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from all my skiing, the slide brook quad at sugarbush vermont was the highest ive ever been on a chairlift. it crosses over a huge basin, but instead of going down into it, it shoots straight across. its been so long since ive been there but i remember we didnt have the bar down and to me at the time seemed like we were 60 feet above the treeline which were probably already 100 feet. i was scared shitless.
anyone else confirm this?

also, the gondola at breck gets pretty high near the bottom after you load. Im sure trams are the highest though, only been in the one at jay peak and couldnt tell you how high it went
Mar 26 2011 10:43PM
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tall_t
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pics or it didnt happen jk
Mar 26 2011 10:45PM
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Drail
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there's one lift in the Vail back bowls that is pretty high in one spot. That's the highest I've been on as far as I can recall. Actually - there's one at Silver Mountain in Idaho that goes pretty high too. Not as high as the Vail one I think, but the Vail one was a newer quad, where as the one at Silver Mountain was a single bar double... and as stated by others in this thread, those things are sketchy.
Mar 26 2011 10:48PM
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