"Colin Irvine" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Mar 2009 20:46:34 -0000, Steve Pardoe squeezed out the
following:
Hi,
We were in Cervinia last week and saw a heli-evac right by the Plan Maison
chairlift (about Thursday IIRC). We were told that a man (thought to be a
Brit) and his child had fallen from the chair onto hard-packed piste,
receiving serious injuries, after a gust caught their chair.
I wonder if they'd lifted the safety bar too early...
The incident seemed to be between the get-on and the first pylon, so it's
more likely that they hadn't got it down quickly enough.
- which most people
do.
I agree, it really irritates me when co-travellers raise the bar too soon.
It's not a bad idea to make sure ski/board are off the rests in good time,
but the bar can wait.
I didn't like the sound of the chairlift accident in the Sierra Nevada
either.
A friend who goes there quite a lot sent me this link,
http://www.sierranevadaski.com/Comun...sicion100=3694
Steve P