ski lift cable traversing

cole makes his way from pole to chair

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[Armylemons]

haha yeah i know right, we came back later with safety harnesses and gloves to traverse farther down. it wasn't all that hard

[iluvwhtchix]

Luckily he's not in the movie "Frozen" or he'd be shredded to pieces by merely TOUCHING those "razor sharp" cables!

[SkiLiftsRock]

@iluvwhtchix The haul ropes are actually smooth, and have no metal spikes.

[Mr40mikemike]

@AnAddictedGamer Yet again the "shimmying" AKA the "sliding" action of the hands/jeans on the exposed cable is what causes the tearing. If you lift one appendage at a time off the cable, move it in the direction your trying to go, and place it back down on the cable you don't have this problem.

[AnAddictedGamer]

The stunt guy from Frozen was shimmying across, not sliding down. My point is that if some cables are sharp enough to cut through jeans, then what makes you think skin and tissue can handle the wires?

[Mr40mikemike]

@AnAddictedGamer Why would you try to slide when you can just go hand over hand and use your legs? The Mythbusters test doesn't have any relevance in this situation since he's not trying to use the cable as a zip line. The stunt guy in the movie(Frozen) #1 was sliding instead of going had over had #2 not using his feet(doesn't take much effort to swing your legs up) #3 He made it through 2 full takes before his gloves were messed up.

[selfmadetool]

@iluvwhtchix Just saw the movie this morning and had to smile after reading your comment.

[67steinip]

Yeah that might be, the different wires, ill accept that fact.

[AnAddictedGamer]

Clearly some skiing resorts would have used sharper wires than others. Mythbusters tried sliding down the cables using some trousers, but they ripped. The stunt guy during filming was cutting up his hands using normal skiing gloves so they had to go and find some...well...stronger gloves.