How to Make a Chairlift Go in Reverse

I had to. Having had some spectacular incidents on the lift while I was learning years ago, I should sympathize with this hapless clown, but instead I'm laughing. I'm sorry, but I just can't help it.

How is this even possible? How do you fall off the chair AND manage to lose your pants in the process?

It seems that the 48 year old guy-who has probably now changed his name and moved to the other side of the country-got into a lift chair which had not had its seat back lowered. After the lift took off up Vail's Blue Sky Basin, the guy fell through the gap and hung upside down from the chair for 15 minutes. In the process, he lost his pants and suffered windburn in some very unfortunate places.

After a FIFTEEN minutes that must have been an eternity to this poor fella, the lift was put into reverse just to attract the attention of the remaining few who had not yet seen the spectacle.

Thankfully the guy was not seriously injured (besides his dignity, which is in critical condition) and so we are free to laugh at the pure comedy of the circumstances. I hope this guy has a sense of humor, because this is the only way he'll ever get over it. You just have to laugh at something like this.

So lawsuits are said to be on the way and the guy will probably ski for free for the rest of his life if he can ever show his face at the place again.

This poor guy must have done something really horrible on the way to the mountain to piss The Man Upstairs off...

(notice the liftie who was knocked over by the guy's bare ass in one of the photos below right)