Ever since I was little I've had an irrational fear of ski lifts. Yes, I am an avid skier, yes, I've been riding gondolas and chairlifts since I was 4, and no, nothing bad has ever happened to me.
But then I see articles like this:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/12/18/gondola/index.html
Granted, in this mishap no one was seriously injured, but people easily could have been. In no way am I an engineer, so I don't understand how water seeped in to the tower or how it caused the tower to split, but it seems like a pretty scary concept.
Compounding my fearful reaction is the fact that I've ridden that particular lift (at least) dozens of times. I sure can't wait for this to show up in a nightmare.
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