Em-bare-ass-ing!

I had to laugh at today's report of a skier left dangling from a ski-lift at the Vail resort in Colorado.

These pictures show possibly the most embarrassing thing that could happen on a ski lift.

A skier at Colorado's luxury Vail ski resort was left suffering from a double case of exposure after a freak accident left him dangling upside down and pantless from a ski lift.




The man - who has not been identified - boarded the high speed lift in Vail's Blue Sky basin last Friday morning with a child.

But unfortunately, according to reports, it appeared the chairlift's fold-down seat was not in the correct lowered-down position - causing the man to partially fall through the resulting gap as he attempted to board the lift.




He was prevented from plummeting to the ground below by his right ski, which became jammed in the ascending lift.

Whether he will be grateful for that fact or not remains to be seen.

With his boot remaining securely in its binding, his pants appeared to have also been caught in the lift as he fell - leaving him utterly exposed.

The many tourists in the crowded ski resort promptly whipped out their cameras.




He was stuck in the undignified position for about 15 minutes before Vail personnel were able to back the lift up and rescue him, according to The Smoking Gun website.

Of course, one has to blame it on the current financial crisis. That's why he was left with frozen assets!



Peter