Safety Bar-The Video. Humor involved.

[Drahtguy Kevin]

Guys, it's a footrest, not a bar. Then people are ok with it.

You're right. Footrest, yo.

 

[SkiNurse]

Probably not the one you were thinking of, but as Chelmsford is just down the road from me, I'm kind of partial to it.

I grew up in Chelmsford! Well, until age 12 and then moved to CA.

 

[Pat AKA mustski]

I wish our lifts had footrests because I am lazy that way. However, the instructors are told not to call it a safety bar as that implies a "safety issue." They call it a comfort bar - so how do you tall folks feel about said comfort bar?

ETA: YO!

 

[SKI-3PO]

When do we get recliner style lifts?

 

[jgiddyup]

When do we get recliner style lifts?

Useless without wifi and a concierge oh and a full bar too.

 

[Don in Morrison]

Careful, make 'em too comfy and no one will want to get off.

 

[SKI-3PO]

Useless without wifi and a concierge oh and a full bar too.

Honestly, I'm surprised I haven't seen WiFi already. The gondola bar is probably a few years away though - I'm sure it has come up in a meeting at Vail or Deer Valley.

 

[James]

I wish our lifts had footrests because I am lazy that way. However, the instructors are told not to call it a safety bar as that implies a "safety issue." They call it a comfort bar - so how do you tall folks feel about said comfort bar?

ETA: YO!

Comfort bar??
Safety issues? You mean like one is 40 ft in the air and could slip off? Yo!

 

[Monique]

Comfort bar??
Safety issues? You mean like one is 40 ft in the air and could slip off? Yo!

You could always tell people that you have epilepsy and don't want to risk having a seizure with the bar up. I know someone who says that. Well, she says it because it's true. It's weird how some people have ego invested in not putting the bar down, so that it's easier to give them an explanation than just ask to pull the bar down.

 

[Michael R.]

I think Silverton just might possibly have the highest lift off the ground without a safety bar in the US. This had to be about 50 feet

 

[SBrown]

yo

 

[Michael R.]

yo

yo

 

[Philpug]

Sup.

 

[Don in Morrison]

Yoe, yoa, yoah, yough.

Wait. Tzup?

Yeau!

 

[Michael R.]

Nmu?

 

[KevinF]

Yoe, yoa, yoah, yough.

Wait. Tzup?

Yeau!

 

[RachelV]

Careful, make 'em too comfy and no one will want to get off.

I already have this problem after lunch on sunny days.

 

[Michael R.]

Careful, make 'em too comfy and no one will want to get off.

I think the kensho chair at Breck falls in this category.

 

[Monique]

I think the kensho chair at Breck falls in this category.

Comfy?? Not on a windy day. That thing rivals chair 6.

 

[Michael R.]

Comfy?? Not on a windy day. That thing rivals chair 6.

What? That chair has thee softest padding ever.