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Skier's Pole Exposed in XXX Mishap

Posted Jan 6th 2009 11:50AM by TMZ Staff

This poor guy didn't realize his lift pass came with an impromptu upside down peep show.

According to The Smoking Gun, this bizarre chairlift mishap left the Vail skier dangling head over heels for 15 minutes freezing his ass off -- for reals!

Employees of the Blue Sky Basin eventually got the man down before he could fall through the, er, crack.

BTW -- in the guy's defense, it was really cold.

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31. SNOW BALLS

Posted at 1:12PM on Jan 6th 2009 by jrad247

32. 26. LMAO first the pics and then some of these comments. I can't stop laughing! Too funny.

Posted at 12:51PM on Jan 6th 2009 by me

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Same here. This is the best damn laugh I've had all day!

Posted at 1:15PM on Jan 6th 2009 by SugarCookie

33. Was that in Asspen, CO?

Posted at 1:18PM on Jan 6th 2009 by what? Huh?

34. whoopsie!

Posted at 1:20PM on Jan 6th 2009 by jen

35. Wow, that's one crazy way to claim your 15 minutes of fame! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 1:21PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Don't look now

36. I bet the people that rescued this guy had a hysterical laugh afterwards.

Posted at 1:26PM on Jan 6th 2009 by SugarCookie

37. Here is the story from thesmokinggun.com

JANUARY 6--In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado's ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Friday morning. The January 2 mishap apparently occurred after the male skier and a child boarded a high-speed lift in Vail's Blue Sky Basin. It appears that the chairlift's fold-down seat was somehow not in the lowered position, which caused the man to partially fall through the resulting gap. His right ski got jammed in the ascending chairlift, and that kept him upended since his boot never dislodged from its binding. As seen in the photos on the following pages (which were snapped by fellow skiers), the Skyline Express lift was stopped shortly after the pair's botched 10:30 AM boarding resulted in the man dangling from the lift. The exposed skier was stuck for about 15 minutes before Vail personnel backed the lift up and successfully dislodged the unidentified man from the four-seat chair. (3 pages)

Posted at 1:33PM on Jan 6th 2009 by SugarCookie

38. This gives a whole new meaning to freezing your balls off! Poor guy, the joking he will get!!

Posted at 1:37PM on Jan 6th 2009 by Anne

39. Mccain is that you? Looks like a shrinky dink to me!

Posted at 1:40PM on Jan 6th 2009 by steph

40. I totally feel sorry for this guy. What a terrible moment for him and his friends,

Posted at 7:11PM on Jan 6th 2009 by dry-ice

41.
AND THE WINNER OF THE FUNNIEST COMMENT GOES TO:
(drum roll please!!!)
31. SNOW BALLS

Posted at 1:12PM on Jan 6th 2009 by jrad247

Posted at 1:41PM on Jan 6th 2009 by my 3 cents

42. WOW. TALK ABOUT AND UPSIDE DOWN CAKE

Posted at 1:45PM on Jan 6th 2009 by AAAA

43. think he made a snow angel?