I don't like chairlifts

OK, so last weeks accident was catalogued in my post below - this week I had another interesting (painful) experience that was totally not my falut!

We'd just skied down down lower roller coaster to the Ridge Quad chair at Blue cow. I was standing in one of the gates at the front of the lift queue and a chair swung around in front and the gates opened. Just then the chair lift slowed right down, with the chair in a really awkward place, but because I was leaning against the gate I started to move through slowly (I didn't want to smack into the back of the chair. The gate, which is obviously only tied to open when the chair passes a certain place, not to stay open till the chair is in position, swung closed with me inside it.

My right knee was clamped between the metal post and the gate, and the pain caused me to double over - so I was lying on the ground, with my right leg suspended in the air. And the lifty didn't notice!

After the shouts of several people in line and one of the guys on the slowly swinging chair let the absent mided fellow know with "hey, there's someone stuck back there". The lifty ambled back and prised the gate open. I was able to stand up thanks to the lady behind who had kindly uncliped my ski - taking the strain of my knee and ankle. The lift sped up again and we were whisked to the top where Mel asked me "was that you going argh arghhh down there?"

Hrmph