Excalibur Gondola Incident
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- lobstarr0
glad nobody died.... going back this xmas... dont think i want to ride peak 2 peak...
plus does anyone recall the 1995 incident?
- handsomeboy0
my friend Cory was one of the people trapped - glad they made it out ok
- bliznutty0
the ol' ganja la
- danthon0
No more pass dropping :-(
- metal_leg_will0
Season passes for life. Oh, and valet, heated, underground parking please.
- 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.
- 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.
- D_Dot0
Like I said, I would gladly risk back problems to be there right now instead of Ontario (*spits)
- Jaline0
Some of them have minor back problems now. Knowing them, I bet most will be back soon...
- brandelec0
fuck i miss bc
- 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.
- Andrew_D0
You BC hippies are funny with your love of pot.
- 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.
- brandelec0
i'd rather be stranded between peak to peak with a bag of sticky icky