Closed ski lift 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
22-year old Swede Martin Ahlen had never been skiing before when he went with four friendts to Austria on a skiing holiday. All was well until he on the first day took the chair lift up to the top of a considerable hill.
Looking down it he decided he was too petrified to skii down. While his friends all did what you're supposed to do on a skiing holiday - ski down the hill - Martin remained on the top. At four in the afternoon he decided he'd had enough, and made for the lift to take it back down.
But the lift was closed off with a sign saying, quite clearly: "Don't go down anymore".
The lift was still in motion, so Martin proceeded to jump the obstacle and get on. Half-way down the lift stopped. It got dark, and it was minus 15 degrees Celcius.
"I was forced to jump, if I wasn't to freeze to death," Martin said. The fall was ten metres, and Martin broke his back.
"It hurt like hell," Martin later told reporters after he'd managed to crawl his way down to some people who took him to hospital in a sledge.
An honorable mention, I should think.
To confirm the story, contact NICLAS RISLUND niclas.rislund@expressen.se
Submitted on 01/14/2003
Submitted by:
Lars Bevanger
Reference:
Expressen, 14 Jan 2003
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