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Man Injured After Chair Detaches and Falls 20 Feet at Attitash Mountain Resort, NH

A chair on the Flying Bear chairlift at Attitash Mountain Resort, New Hampshire, detached and fell 20 feet on February 2, injuring a man, reports Peter Landsman at LiftBlog. The incident occurred at approximately 12:15 p.m. Witnesses reported that the man was conscious and walking after the fall. Ski patrol attended to him before he was transported to a local […]

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VIDEO: Man Falls 70-Feet into Canyon, Then Crawls for 29-Hours With Broken Bones, Fractured Skull, and No Food

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | August 20, 2020
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Gondola Cabin Falls 60-Feet After Becoming Detached from Haul Rope | 50 Passengers in Other Cabins Uninjured

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A gondola cabin fell 60-feet to the meadow below when it became detached from the haul rope near the Swiss town of Schwyz Sunday morning. Related: Vail Resorts Reports Why 20 of 24 Bolts Were LOOSE on Vail Gondola Tower The lift was in use at the time,  but fortunately, the 8-person cabin that fell was empty and nobody was […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 22, 2019
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50-Year Old Climber Fell to His Death Near Boulder, CO on Saturday

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On Saturday, August 24, a person driving through the area of 32700 Boulder Canyon Drive was flagged down by a group of climbers, who reported to her that a climber had fallen approximately sixty feet in the area of the Bell Buttress. The location of the injured climber was further described as being across the river and across from a […]

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CragBrains | August 27, 2019
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VIDEO: The Worst Olympic Wipeouts @ Sochi

We all know why we watch NASCAR: for the crashes. The same doesn’t exactly apply to Olympic sports, but we all like to watch wipeouts in one way, shape, or form. Right when it happens, it can be sad as some of these falls meant the end of someone’s Olympic medal dreams. Now that these wipe-outs are in the past, they’re kinda fun to watch. […]

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