A tower holding up the Gondola going up Blackcomb mountain literally sheered in half, due to ice expanding apparently! Left a few cars dangling, one over a river... luckily only 13 people were hurt. Could have been so much worse.
Vancouver / Oakster - let me know if you head up. We should defo meet up for a few beers... I have a tab at one of the pub that needs utilising more frequently.....
[cite]Posted By: thecrazyaddick[/cite]A tower holding up the Gondola going up Blackcomb mountain literally sheered in half, due to ice expanding apparently! Left a few cars dangling, one over a river... luckily only 13 people were hurt. Could have been so much worse.
Plenty of skating and hockey for me and my boy - once our local lake has frozen properly...
We're the nutters who are wishing for more days of -20C temperatures so they'll prepare the hockey rinks in time for Christmas ! Think jumpers for goalposts except on ice, you get incredible pick up games developing with large numbers of players ranging from about 6 to 60 - great fun.
Might get up to Sunshine at some time for some skiing (hockey allowing)
[cite]Posted By: Albertan_Addick[/cite]Plenty of skating and hockey for me and my boy - once our local lake has frozen properly...
We're the nutters who are wishing for more days of -20C temperatures so they'll prepare the
hockey rinks in time for Christmas ! Think jumpers for goalposts except on ice, you get
incredible pick up games developing with large numbers of players ranging from about 6
to 60 - great fun.
Might get up to Sunshine at some time for some skiing (hockey allowing)
As an Englishman who loves hockey and played from 5 to 17, the fact that we have NO recreational hockey in this country (because we have no rinks) really depresses me. I've played pickup hockey before in Canada (Toronto) and it is AWESOME!
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May seem like a stupid question but is this something Stan Collymore does in Winter ?
A tower holding up the Gondola going up Blackcomb mountain literally sheered in half, due to ice expanding apparently! Left a few cars dangling, one over a river... luckily only 13 people were hurt. Could have been so much worse.
Vancouver / Oakster - let me know if you head up. We should defo meet up for a few beers... I have a tab at one of the pub that needs utilising more frequently.....
Jeezus, can't imagine!
http://www.vancouversun.com/cars/Gallery+Whistler+Gondola+accident/1086283/story.html
Hasn't stopped anyone heading up the slopes though. Can't wait to get back up there this weekend...
We're the nutters who are wishing for more days of -20C temperatures so they'll prepare the
hockey rinks in time for Christmas ! Think jumpers for goalposts except on ice, you get
incredible pick up games developing with large numbers of players ranging from about 6
to 60 - great fun.
Might get up to Sunshine at some time for some skiing (hockey allowing)
The Snow's looking good at the mo