The Only Time It's OK to Jump Off a Chairlift
b'At some point, almost every skier or snowboarder who has sat on a stalled chairlift\\xa0has wondered, Could I just jump off here? The resounding reply from the experts is no, no, no. Don\\u2019t jump off the chairlift. Not ever. In addition to the high risk of getting injured yourself, you\\u2019re putting the people on other chairs around you in danger in ways you don\\u2019t understand. So stay put, and wait for the lift to restart. Or, in those rare instances when the chair really is broken, wait for ski patrol to get you down. But there are those\\xa0truly unique\\xa0cases when breaking the rules may be the only option. In this episode, we tell the story of\\xa0very unlucky snowboarder who was forced\\xa0to make the worst kind of choice.'