Category: Odd + Funny Author : JR Posted: January 8, 2009
Tags : man on ski lift, naked man on ski lift, naked ski lift, Naked skier, vail chair lift, vail skier
The Vail chair lift accident that left a skier naked and upside down is leading to new fallout. The man seemingly got into a lift with a nonsecured seat and ended up becoming trapped, dangling from the device with his pants around his ankles.
Naked Skier Photo Fallout
The photos of the naked man on the ski lift quickly circulated around the Internet. It has now been confirmed that the photographer who snapped the naked skier shots — who worked for a Vail-hired contractor called Sharpshooters — has been suspended from the job. Vail insists it never asked the man to take the photos.
Vail Chair Lift Reaction
The Vail community has also cried out against the publicity surrounding the naked skier. The Vail Daily’s “Letters to the Editor” section has already featured notes expressing disappointment with the resort’s coverage of the incident.
“Pretty poor taste in showing the skier who got flipped on the Blue Sky lift,” reads one letter. “He was terrified and I am sure still not laughing about the ‘cheeky’ situation.”
“We think publishing the picture was in poor taste,” reads another.
Do you think it’s wrong for the images to have been published? Check your opinion below, and feel free to leave a comment with your thoughts.
ORIGINAL STORY: Naked Skier: Vail Ski Lift Mishap Leaves Man Hanging Pantless [Photo]
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Jan 8, 2009
Poor creep didn't make his $100,000.
Instead of respectfully and discreetly helping the victim, idiot-who-knew-he-had-a-no-compete Marty Odom still wanted to chance making a buck.
I hope he never works again in pro photography in Vail or anywhere else, and, I hope someone takes advantage of him in his worst moments.
Jan 9, 2009
I havent laughed that hard in a loooooong time. LMFAO!!!
Jan 10, 2009
Who cares about publishing the photo? The person who should be fired is the liftie who loaded the guy onto a chair with the seat up.
Jan 12, 2009
The real issue here is the stupid liftie who did not put the chair seat down….hmmm…hello??? Vail should fire all the guys that loaded and operated the bottom of that lift at the time; note the first photo shows he is hanging above some trees…quite a slow emergency shut off time if you ask me. Why did it take so long to get that poor guy down? Vail says 7 minutes but observers say 15 min ; sort of reminds me of the ski reports they put out too. Look who is helping the dangling man…other skiers and not lift attendants or ski patrol (no one in uniform). What's up with that? At least it appears that they backed the lift up a bit so the OTHER SKIERS could ASSIST. The photographer clearly did not think he would suffer the ramifications that ensued but he is probably young and this is a learning experience (albiet painful) for him. Vail deserves a good slap in the face for what happened; they are the ones at fault not the photographer.
Jan 13, 2009
It's funny with all the brouhaha that so few commenters say anything like this.
Good point. Why did it take them so long to get his ass (sorry) off the lift? What, were Vail's employees too busy gawking to back the fucking lift up and get him un-stuck?
This is Vail, too, not some tiny backwater ski area. Two thumbs down.
Jul 8, 2009
Very astute point. I agree with you completely.