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Mike Roth is a ski journalist who writes a regular ski blog for the Albany Time Union. He is also a talented cartoonist and and architect.
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Nowdays, part of a rope tow safety inspection is to put a piece of ribbon on the rope and watch it go up. Standards now require the ribbon to turn around once or less in the distance of the rope. That way, when it’s released, it doesn’t spin and grab loose clothing, scarves, hair, etc. Modern tows have a bull wheel angle adjustment for this.
Many years ago, my local ski hill, the Pines in northwestern Indiana, had only rope tows. I was young enough that it was a big stretch to hang on until the very top of the hill and my hair got twisted in the rope. It pulled a quarter size chunk out of my scalp. Ouch!
double ouch! hope it all grew back in?