Posted on 01/08/2022 8:35:32 PM PST by algore
Unsuspecting skiers taking the chair-lift at a North Carolina mountain resort received the coldest of showers after another skier bowled over a buried water hydrant, shooting a geyser of freezing water more than 50 feet into the air.
A harrowing video captured one skier at Beech Mountain ski resort getting battered by the powerful blast of frigid water for nearly a minute on Friday.
The nonstop spray buffeted the suspended skier and the person was seen dangling from the chair-lift before finally getting to safety.
The incident started after a skier knocked over a hydrant used for snow-making near the chair-lift, officials at the resort said.
Temperatures were already below freezing when the hydrant erupted, leaving those soaked to face dangerous conditions.
Two people were removed from the mountain and taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities reported.
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Uh, after a certain point...he doesn’t move again!
I”ve probably been on that lift, I’ve skied Beach Mountain many times.
It’s frequently icy skiing in North Carolina but this skier took it to a whole new level of ice.
No offense, but coming from a place where really cold is -40 and the lakes are frozen for a good third of the year, I can vouch that there is no such a thing as a geyser of freezing water. If it isn’t actual ice, it’s not frozen, and if it’s ice, no geyser.
That ain’t nothing, they’d of done in the nude in Green Bay, WI.
Another reason you only ski behind a boat!
That was bloody insane! Then, it looked like the initial two skiers finally got moved out of it, then they stopped ANOTHER guy right over it!
Damn.
I remember being on a two-person chairlift at Killington some years back, and it was a bitter, bitter cold New Year’s Day. Normally, we wouldn’t ski in conditions that cold and windy, but...it had become somewhat of a tradition.
Well, as we approached the summit, the chair just stopped for about 15 minutes. It was down around zero or a little below, and the wind was howling. All we could do, as my buddy and I bobbed around, was to bury our faces into our jackets and hunker down.
These people in that video-I do hope that water was fully frozen by the time it got to them.
They’re getting blasted with ice is your hope?
You gotta a grudge against these poor people or what?
Hey!
They chose to go out in those conditions..................
Nooooo! That has GOT to be better than being blasted with a mix of water and ice or worse, water droplets!
At least ice might not stick to you and my blow past you or be blown off, but if that were unfrozen water droplets, it would soak you through in no time. I really think that would be far, FAR worse...especially when you don’t know when you are going to get down from there.
I could be wrong, but if someone gave me the option of in 20 degree weather whether I would want the small ice crystals or being sprayed with a fire hose of unfrozen but nearly freezing water, I would have to take my chances with the ice crystals.
I readily acknowledge the danger of being sandblasted with the ice crystals, but...if you were wearing heavy ski gear, you might be able to protect yourself to a degree...
Ok. Beaten to death or drowned. We have a choice. Better than Biden.
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Very good!
Well we or us chose freedom. 😀
27 years ago I broke all 4 metacarpals in my right hand in 17 places skiing on Beech Mountain. I still have 2 plates and 8 screws in my right hand to this day.
Word to the wise, NEVER wrap the strap to your ski pole around your hand. Wrap it around your wrist instead. Your Wrist is much denser.
Or—(I know this will seem extreme), you could slide the pole against the wall and floor (pointy end up) and fall on it. Saving all the skiing misery in the comfort of your warm, dry living room. Gosh I love Saturday nights around here stay safe all. 😛
What a fuster-cluck!
That would be hilarious!!!!
The article says a skier “bowled over a buried hydrant”, but if it was buried, then by definition it wouldn’t be a problem.
Further, and this has me genuinely puzzled - has anyone thought to ask WTF a fire hydrant is doing on a ski slope?
Chair lift rides can be bad enough if the wind and temperatures are severe enough.
I cannot fathom being soaked by cold water while on a chair lift.
They deserve a free season pass for the next five years for that.
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