A teenager fell from a ski lift in Mammoth, California, and the subsequent rescue attempt did not go as planned.
The 16-year-old female snowboarder slipped from the chair, hanging approximately 30 feet above the ground for several minutes as other riders tried unsuccessfully to pull her back up.
Despite a rescue attempt involving a net, it was not strong enough to break her fall.
“At approximately 11:40am on Jan 27, a 16-year-old female snowboarder loaded Stump Alley Express (Chair 2) with two other riders. As the chair began its ascent, the guest, who for unknown reasons was not completely seated, began sliding off the chair,” Mammoth stated.
“The other individuals on the chair grabbed hold of the guest and held her from falling as Lift Operators stopped the lift. Five Mammoth Mountain employees and eight guests immediately responded and positioned the deceleration net under the guest. When the guest slipped from the grasp of her chair mates, the net decelerated her fall, but did not stop it. The guest was transported to Mammoth Hospital for evaluation. Our thoughts are with the guest and her family.”
“When she finally dropped down, she really just clipped the edge of the net; she didn’t land in the center where she was supposed to land, so I don’t think it did really too much to break her fall,” an eyewitness stated.
The girl was transported to the hospital for evaluation, and her condition was unknown at the time of the report.
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