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An investigation is now underway into what caused a chair lift at a ski resort in the country of Georgia to malfunction. 10 injured when ski lift malfunctions in country of Georgia [Video] Skip to ...
A ski lift at a resort in Georgia malfunctioned this week, creating a horrifying scene and injuring at least ten skiers.
Videos uploaded to social media show skiers in Georgia's Gudauri ski resort throwing themselves off a ski lift after it suffered a serious malfunction on Friday.
Lost pressure under one ski and crashed after clearing the knoll, landing on his head and back from a height of 6 m (20 ft). Inrun speed was 100.4 km/h (62.4 mph). Recovered well enough win a silver medal with the Austrian national team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , but retired at the end of the season.
Les Monts d'Olmes: 11 ski lifts; Le Mourtis: 10 ski lifts, 15 km of cross-country skiing; Nistos: 48 km of cross-country skiing; Payolle: 50 km of cross-country skiing; Peyragudes: 18 ski lifts; Piau-Engaly: 17 ski lifts; La Pierre Saint-Martin: 14 ski lifts, 25 km of cross-country skiing; Porté-Puymorens: 12 ski lifts; Puyvalador: 7 ski lifts
Video footage from the rescue shows a visitor, dressed in ski gear, being hoisted down from the one of the cars. "A gondola is an enclosed ski lift," Miller told ABC News .
Gudauri has more than 76km of ski runs and 18 lifts. The bottom station of first ski lift called Pirveli is at 1,990 m above sea level and the top station of the last ski lift is at 3,279 m, called Sadzele. The lifts are made by the Austrian-Swiss manufacturer Doppelmayr. The first lift (Pirveli) is 1,010 m long (three-seater chairlift), the ...
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