Vail Chairlift Accident Leaves Man Dangling Pantless (PHOTOS)

If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a put into a precarious and undoubtedly embarrassing position while skiing with his child at Vail mountain last Friday.

According to reports:

the chairlift's fold-down seat was not in the correct lowered-down position - causing the man to partially fall through the resulting gap as he attempted to board the lift.

He was prevented from plummeting to the ground below by his right ski, which became jammed in the ascending lift.

Read more from The Smoking Gun and The Daily Mail and check out the photos below.

Comments

[FatherWolf]

11:57 AM on 01/10/2009

I don't see what the big deal is. This happens to me all the time. They start getting the rescue sled out when they see me get on the lift.

[SugarMan]

11:06 PM on 01/09/2009

If he was hanging upside down, why were his pants down past his knees? I'm confused.

[SugarMan]

11:01 PM on 01/09/2009

He should have been wearing long thermal underwear - as cold as it was.

[stevenjay2]

08:34 PM on 01/09/2009

though the skier turned out okay, he did have a large crack.

[littleblackcat]

04:12 PM on 01/09/2009

Showing this is unnecessar­y. It is unkind.

[broncofan]

03:06 PM on 01/09/2009

you guys....th­e Vail article is bad...get it off...show a little decency.

[berrycooda]

01:40 AM on 01/09/2009

I'd sue the pants off Vail for this accident..­..

Lucky for that guy that he kept his pants on. (or part of them)

Anyway, joking aside...it could have been a real tragedy...
his son must have been traumatize­d while this was happening,
thinking that his father might fall.

He should get paid for all the pictures being shown of him.

[BuickBoy57]

12:32 AM on 01/09/2009

And you thought pool shrinkage was bad?

The poor, poor guy!

[akkadian]

12:16 AM on 01/09/2009

extreme skiing, off piste...

[tploomis]

10:26 PM on 01/08/2009

This guy survived one of the most embarrassi­ng situations imaginable­. I'm sure glad it wasn't me, although it could have been.

[vincefango]

11:55 PM on 01/08/2009

Yeah...tha­t REALLY sucks. It's one of the few times one might prefer to fall to his death...at least while he is hagning upside down for an entire lift ride with his pants at his ankles. I'm sure he was happy to be alive once he got upright and his pants back on. They will laugh about it later.

[lisakaz2]

05:39 PM on 01/09/2009

It wasn't for an entire ride or the people in line would not have shot pictures. It happened when the people got on the lift, at the bottom (!) of the hill. They stopped the lift but it took time to be able to back up the device in order to get this guy down.

[canadiansoccermom]

08:16 PM on 01/08/2009

Just when I thought of getting on a chair lift again:)

[daedalus43]

07:31 PM on 01/08/2009

Ah, the problems of the rich...

[whatevahs]

07:23 PM on 01/08/2009

And THAT is why I always wear tighty whiteys!

[Owltree]

07:20 PM on 01/08/2009

Poor guy! I am glad he is still alive; it could have been much worse. Next year he will be the new owner of the place.

[mabinog]

05:27 PM on 01/09/2009

naw, the owner is probably a bunch of rich stockholde­rs, the manager of the lift might get canned. Definitely the lift attendant is looking for another job.

[greendream]

04:50 PM on 01/08/2009

I knew there was a reason why I get motion sickness in ski lifts. Funny that its the only time where that happens. Someone is looking out for me.

In this day and time anything like this is bound to get plastered all over the net. I can see it being edited for use as icons on forum boards everywhere even as I type.