Excalibur Gondola Incident
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LATEST UPDATE - 6:25pm PST
The Excalibur Gondola evacuation was completed at 5:51 pm this evening. Fifty-three guests were safely evacuated from the lower line of the Excalibur Gondola after a structural failure on tower 4 caused the gondola to cease operation.
We are very thankful that no-one was seriously injured in this incident. A full investigation by Whistler Blackcomb and the BC Safety Authority is currently underway to determine the cause of the failure.
More Here:
http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com…
- brandelec0
i'd rather be stranded between peak to peak with a bag of sticky icky
- D_Dot0
Actually that's the gondola i thought had broken when i first read the headline. I thought man they just opened that thing last week, someones gonna catch some serious shit.
- Andrew_D0
You BC hippies are funny with your love of pot.
- Horp0
It would have been great to rush up to one of the towers and start hacking at it with an axe.
Wouldn't it?
no, you're right. Bloody irresponsible.
- brandelec0
fuck i miss bc
- Jaline0
Some of them have minor back problems now. Knowing them, I bet most will be back soon...
- D_Dot0
Like I said, I would gladly risk back problems to be there right now instead of Ontario (*spits)
- horton0
the tower snapped due to freezing/expanding water trapped in the shaft. i've heard several stories of this same tower freezing phenomena while riding sketchy lifts over the years... always thought it was one of those mountain legends/myths.
- brandelec0
Ten people have been injured after skiers and snowboarders were evacuated Tuesday from gondolas that tumbled when a support tower at 2010 Olympic site Whistler-Blackcomb snapped in half.
None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening, said Whistler RCMP Sgt. Steve Wright.
More than 50 stranded skiers and snowboarders at the resort were rescued. The evacuation took several hours on one of the coldest days this season.
The accident happened on the Excalibur Gondola, which carries skiers to the top of Blackcomb Mountain from Whistler Village, which is cohosting the 2010 Winter Olympics along with Vancouver.
- metal_leg_will0
Season passes for life. Oh, and valet, heated, underground parking please.
- danthon0
No more pass dropping :-(
- bliznutty0
the ol' ganja la
- handsomeboy0
my friend Cory was one of the people trapped - glad they made it out ok