A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe resort, according to officials and media reports.
Not blaming her, but why not bring your cell phone? So it wouldn’t get damaged? It’s one thing if there was no signal up there, but I’d have my phone with me due to situations like this.
You’d bring your expensive device that is easily destroyed by water to engage in a water-reliant sport while surrounded by mountains likely to block the device’s signal?
People in this thread seem to think snowboarding is this nice gentle activity where you never slam down into some hard surface ever.
LOTS of people don’t bring their phones when they hit the slopes. They know what they are in for, and aren’t stupid enough to break their $800+ phone on the off chance the mountain fucks up an extremely basic process.
With any degree of speed or intensity you basically turn into a rag doll. Snow surfaces can be plenty hard enough to destroy a smart phone at those speeds.
I know plenty of people who have learned very expensive lessons when they thought their phone was safe.
If you’re being pinballed down a mountain, I think a cracked screen is the least of your worries at that point.
Also, phone issuance exists for like $15 a month. Call me weird but I’ll live “dangerously” with my phone for the reason that getting stranded like this would be awful
Not blaming her, but why not bring your cell phone? So it wouldn’t get damaged? It’s one thing if there was no signal up there, but I’d have my phone with me due to situations like this.
You’d bring your expensive device that is easily destroyed by water to engage in a water-reliant sport while surrounded by mountains likely to block the device’s signal?
People in this thread seem to think snowboarding is this nice gentle activity where you never slam down into some hard surface ever.
LOTS of people don’t bring their phones when they hit the slopes. They know what they are in for, and aren’t stupid enough to break their $800+ phone on the off chance the mountain fucks up an extremely basic process.
Are they strapping it to their forehead?
I’ve eaten shit multiple times mountain biking and my phone, kept on my person has been fine
With any degree of speed or intensity you basically turn into a rag doll. Snow surfaces can be plenty hard enough to destroy a smart phone at those speeds.
I know plenty of people who have learned very expensive lessons when they thought their phone was safe.
If you’re being pinballed down a mountain, I think a cracked screen is the least of your worries at that point.
Also, phone issuance exists for like $15 a month. Call me weird but I’ll live “dangerously” with my phone for the reason that getting stranded like this would be awful
You would be amazed how much punishment the human body can take without injury.
Insurance plans don’t hurt, but even then? This isn’t a situation I expect to get caught in. The mountain tucked up big time.