Molly+Mahoney+2014

__Why Ski Lifts Scare Me__ I recently saw the movie Frozen. No, not the new DIsney movie but the one about the people getting stuck on the ski lift. This movie was very scarring for me because I am a skier. Basically what happens is three people are on this ski lift for their last run and it stops. There is nobody else on the lift and they are closing soon. This exact situation has happened to me before but lucky for me it started to move again. They were not so lucky, the lift never moved again. They eventually realized what had happened, the place closed. They started to freak out but then hope appears. A man driving a large vehicle does not check for anyone on the lift but simply drives past. They try throwing things at him to get his attention but he does not end up seeing.That was what scared me the most I think, that he did not even check thoroughly. So they are on this lift in the freezing cold and one of them comments that the place is closed for the whole week. They would not be able to survive that long in the cold with no food or water. I get cold after a few runs I can’t even imagine being stuck out there for so long. Theres three people, a girl, her boyfriend, and his best friend. The boyfriend decides to jump from the lift to the ground without telling the other so they will not stop him. He leaps from the lift and he immediately breaks both of his legs. That could happen to any skier if they are not careful. They have a safety bar most of the time but it is still very possible to fall just before getting off the lift when there is no restraint. Basically, if you fall, depending on the height of the fall, your legs could be done for. All of a sudden a wolf appears by the man on the ground. The two throw things at it and it eventually leaves. But then it comes back with a whole pack of wolves that eat the man alive. The two left have to watch it happen and can do nothing about it. I was very mortified by this part because usually no animals live on ski mountains, and if they do they don’t eat humans luckily. They wait a while and both have frostbite on their faces and the girls hand gets stuck to the metal. She has to rip it off and her hand is raw. Then the best friend gets an idea to hang on the wire holding up the chair lifts and work his way to the nearest latter on the poles holding up the lift. It is quite far though and his hands start to bleed. He ends up making it all the way there and down the latter and starts his way down the mountain to get help. Now the watcher thinks that everything is going to be okay. Guess again. No one comes for her and the lift starts to lose screws. I don’t think that is very realistic because they wouldn’t make bad chair lifts that break so easily. The lift is about to fall so she climbs to the lowest part of it and hangs above the ground. The lets go and lands fine but then the lift falls right on her leg. I would be done if that were me, I would just lay down and wait. But she gets this huge rush of adrenaline and crawls her way down. She spots the carnivorous wolves who are eating the best friend. Looks like he did not make it. She crawls past quickly while they are distracted and manages to get to the road. Then she just passes out and a car comes by. The man in the car picks her up and takes her to the hospital and the movie ends. Ski lifts are not my friend anymore. And I never stay until closing time out of fear. Never watch this movie if you ever want to get on a ski lift.