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Chairlift Losses

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@nonymous
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,364

I have lost many things on chairlifts. From poles, to iPods, I have even lost a ski. Either I have ba luck, or its just in my clumsy nature. Today I was at blackcomb going up 7th Heaven. I just brought this Gopro and a pole mount. I went to change the song on my iPod when my $450 setup fell to its death. I tried yelling out to people below, trying to get them to pick it up and return it to the lifties but it never did. I checked everywhere, the info centre, the lost and found, but i haven't seen any trace of it

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RIP GoPro

What have you lost off the chairs?

Jan 11 2012 5:14PM
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B-runge
Posts: 16558 - Karma: 360
i always get scared of people dropping my vape when were passing it on the chair and its almost happened once but i saved it
Jan 11 2012 10:48PM
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emilyskis
Posts: 326 - Karma: 119
bahahaha, your icon matches you answer perfectly sir.
Jan 11 2012 10:59PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
Posts: 9210 - Karma: 5,357
two of my friends. it was a 4 person lift and somehow, one of my friends ended up sitting on my other friends lap on the chair so they both fell off. almost dragged me and my brother with them. it was lulz.
Jan 11 2012 11:01PM
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Wolffy
Posts: 949 - Karma: 131
That doesn't sound very "lulz" to me.
Jan 12 2012 12:06AM
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Hack.The.Pow.
Posts: 1294 - Karma: 25
am i the only one that hasn't dropped anything?
Jan 12 2012 12:14AM
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Midwestoverdose
Posts: 833 - Karma: 45
hahaha I meant headphones.
Jan 12 2012 12:17AM
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colder152000
Posts: 589 - Karma: 1,176
lost my season pass and car keys. getting home from the mountain that day was not easy. then a week later i snapped my spare key in the ignition in the parking lot of the mountain haha
Jan 12 2012 11:55AM
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xoxxooxo
Posts: 462 - Karma: 31
So after this poor guy has lost his cell phone, poles, and now his go pro on the lift you would walk right up and smack him as well? If i saw you do that i'd punch your fucking face in
Jan 12 2012 12:09PM
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B.Foreman
Posts: 300 - Karma: 15
I tend to lose chapstick when i go in my pocket for my phone
Jan 12 2012 12:14PM
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AGOF
Posts: 2038 - Karma: 3,602
this x1000
Jan 12 2012 12:43PM
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That_One_Dude
Posts: 1050 - Karma: 760
EArly season this year I dropped my pole off of a lift that went over a run that was closed and mostly mud. Walked down under the lift until the people above me spotted a pole in the mud.
Jan 12 2012 1:03PM
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monkatizer
Posts: 4704 - Karma: 1,518
lost a pole basket on a run without any snow on it, neve got it back...
Jan 12 2012 1:25PM
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Jibbidy
Posts: 787 - Karma: 19
Got a hero over here! You can't protect him from his own stupidity, come on.
Jan 12 2012 5:28PM
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SpliffyJ
Posts: 778 - Karma: 565
i dropped a 20 doller bill when i took my phone out on the lift... never saw the 20 dollars again and also have almost dropped my phone several times.. many close calls
Jan 12 2012 5:39PM
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Mag
Posts: 8155 - Karma: 14,809
this, just as i saw his pic i was gonna post that, and i've dropped nothing, because my shitty mountain has no chairlifts...
Jan 12 2012 6:08PM
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asapCferg
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 357
hahahaha during thanksgiving. that was teh lulz
Jan 12 2012 6:29PM
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rozboon
Posts: 1642 - Karma: 868

Forgot my helmet wasn't buckled, turned around to watch someone ski something, helmet fell off.

Fortunately it was like 50ft from the end of the lift so I just ran down and got it... felt like a total gaper though.

Jan 12 2012 7:17PM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
i lost a full pack of skittles once, vibes bro.

Jan 12 2012 7:22PM
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@nonymous
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,364

My gopro has been resurrected! Was found buried in the snow. Some kid found it and the mother had never seen it before. So she told him to return it because she thought he stole it. Poor kid

Jan 12 2012 9:11PM
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theater.thug
Posts: 441 - Karma: 671
The magic of DINs set to 0.5
Jan 12 2012 9:15PM
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Gstrong
Posts: 4776 - Karma: 518
i lost a ski once, i got it back though
Jan 12 2012 9:19PM
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@nonymous
Posts: 521 - Karma: 1,364
haha nearly did that today. marker squires never click in right whilst in fresh snow. I was lightely banging them together and my right one nearly fell off. It was hanging my the toepiece of my boot. My leg was really stiff after that lift ride
Jan 12 2012 11:42PM
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Powderhauser
Posts: 546 - Karma: 38
thats why you dont bang them together. or get pivots or sths for wideness
Jan 21 2012 1:19AM
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Orrin
Posts: 1757 - Karma: 1,114
I get really paranoid about dropping things from the chair so I'm always super careful . Never lost anything as of yet.
Jan 21 2012 5:35AM
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Dan.P
Posts: 1351 - Karma: 12
A mate of mine lost his season pass of a chair. Luckly he got it replaced for no cost
Jan 21 2012 7:24AM
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steezy.stew
Posts: 1137 - Karma: 568
Nothing so far. But last week when I went to change the song on my iPhone I realized it was hanging below the chair attached only by my head phone cable. It was one of those oh shit moments. And one of my friends dropped a quarter:(
Jan 21 2012 7:29AM
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skiskate
Posts: 787 - Karma: 823
The only thing ive ever dropped off the lift was a beer.... stupid clumsy gloves trying to open a can. Id be so pissed if i dropped anything worth money.
Jan 21 2012 9:28AM
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VD.
Posts: 4054 - Karma: 4,564
I've  been pushed of a chair before
Jan 21 2012 11:59AM
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roddy116
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this guy lost something
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Jan 21 2012 12:09PM
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.Ian.
Posts: 1568 - Karma: 71
Yes, his dignity.
How does that even happen? Nevermind I don't even want to know.

I hope I never lose something off a chairlift though, I've almost dropped my phone, when I just slightly pull it out of my pocket to check the time, it almost fell once but that's the closest I've been. My friend took his glove off and he tucked it under his arm to hold it, but somehow it ended up falling, and I just flew down the trail and picked it up for him. I've been lucky so far. *knock on wood*.
Jan 21 2012 12:58PM
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Tent
Posts: 1082 - Karma: 681
Going up the 1st lift to COC I dropped my helmet and and to hike 3kn
Jan 21 2012 1:20PM
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Tent
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Hike 30 minutes down to get it and 1hr back up.
Jan 21 2012 1:21PM
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gnartogue
Posts: 1005 - Karma: 417
this wasnt by any chance at okemo like 3-4 years ago was it? because i know a kid who this happened to
Jan 21 2012 3:35PM
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Shark.
Posts: 3158 - Karma: 270
threw my poles at a friend from the lift once
Jan 21 2012 7:17PM
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blah..
Posts: 534 - Karma: 13
my friend threw my poles off of the lift. I had sanded, removed the handles, custom painted them, and superglued bike grips on them. they were so nice, I loved them. and it was immensely better then paying 40$ for line poles and he fucking threw them off the lift. I never found them, because it was snowing and they got covered.

needless to say I had my revenge. With snowboarder's I discovered that when they unstrap one foot, if you grab the little handle thing at the back of the binding and pull really hard you can flip them over.
Jan 21 2012 7:28PM
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Benseleit
Posts: 357 - Karma: 159
i've never lost anything but last season i saw this dood who was wasted fall off the lift right above a cliff, land cartoon style in the snow above it and proceed to roll off the cliff and slide to the cat trail right underneath. sat up and started strapping in immediately like he didn't just fall 30 feet and roll off a 10 foot cliff
Jan 21 2012 7:37PM
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ARMADAR7
Posts: 401 - Karma: 36
My patiance waiting to get to the top so that i can be reunited with the snow
Jan 21 2012 8:19PM
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HeyImPeter
Posts: 190 - Karma: 12
Dropped a ton of shit on the lift, never once lost anything. Michigan hills are so small you can see the entire lift from the top
Jan 23 2012 11:16AM
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PlaygroundRapist
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I lost my ipod Nano last week.

I even went back to check but it fel somwehere between some trees.....FUCK
Feb 9 2012 5:48PM
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armadaski44
Posts: 481 - Karma: 15
hahaha nice. I lost a fat bag once, made me sad faced for the rest of the day
Feb 9 2012 5:54PM
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OssargYormada
Posts: 671 - Karma: 186
grandma :/
Feb 9 2012 5:57PM
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Cotter
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their setup is probably better then mine, our setup is insanely sketchy everything is down which would be find if you could actually see the feature before you were in the air, and we call tiny 4 ft tables XL
Feb 9 2012 6:32PM
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Mules
Posts: 595 - Karma: 97
My ski fell off when I was like 8 when a new chairlift had just opened. Therefore I was the first person ever to lose something on that lift. Claim/
Feb 9 2012 11:03PM
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Senor_Goat
Posts: 214 - Karma: 104
I dropped my pole, which was then run over by a Snowcat...
Feb 10 2012 9:03AM
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petrov
Posts: 144 - Karma: 105
Only thing I've dropped off the lift was a day pass.. knock on wood lol.
Feb 12 2012 2:37PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
I dropped a 2L bottle of red drank. It hit the snow and took off down the mountain like a rocket. made it about a thousand yards then smashed into a tree blowing up like a god damn grenade. Looked like the most gnarly accident scene ever, red stained snow all over the place.
Feb 12 2012 2:49PM
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Z-Juice
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Lost my cell phone yesterday, I was so pissed. Spent two runs looking for it on a great day
Feb 12 2012 3:08PM
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Cahal
Posts: 945 - Karma: 594

over the past few years iv lost my phone, my pole, my glove, my gogles (before i wore em under my helmet like gagsta ) and my pass

Feb 12 2012 7:29PM
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Logey.
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ski fell off once, found it
Feb 12 2012 7:35PM
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lorax
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my virginity.
Feb 12 2012 7:40PM
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