Sea to Sky gondola was cut.. again

"This individual has no regard for their own life and limb. They wanted to do what they did, they did it swiftly, they did it with skill."

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**This post was edited on Sep 14th 2020 at 1:06:53pm
 
14173958:eheath said:
"This individual has no regard for their own life and limb. They wanted to do what they did, they did it swiftly, they did it with skill."

**This post was edited on Sep 14th 2020 at 1:06:53pm
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Haha yeah I get that this is vandalism and is super shitty.... but it is deff a little badass too
 
I want to know how they did it, theres some serious potential energy in that cable, and it would snap at some random point part way through and send the cables whipping around. Super dangerous.
 
Pretty shitty. Hope they catch the person or people. I hate vandalism. Whether it's some dumb pseudo hippie "saving the planet", an angry former employee, or just some chad.

Maybe you hate tourism, maybe you hate gondolas, maybe you just like to break stuff, idk. Regardless hope they find and arrest them.
 
Wtf is wrong with people? Obviously the company will be able to come back from this, so it isn't an attempt to make them shut down. Are they making a statement? If so, they're yelling into the wind. I just don't understand the thought process here
 
Meh, small torch set that you could carry in a back pack would do the trick no problem. I’d highly advise not to do this as who knows what that cable will do once you start cutting. I would not want to be anywhere near that.

14173971:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
I mean that would take some serious tools, truck, arent there cameras there?
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14174017:SkiBum. said:
Meh, small torch set that you could carry in a back pack would do the trick no problem. I’d highly advise not to do this as who knows what that cable will do once you start cutting. I would not want to be anywhere near that.
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I don’t think you’d need a torch just a grinder with a good cutting wheel.
 
I sure as fuck wouldn't want to be anywhere near something like that. I guess at the point where you cut it the cables are going to fly away from you fast before they slice out to the sides but damn. That would be a butthole puckering moment for sure.

Still don't get it. If it happens again I hope they get clipped by the cable or a rogue gondola cabin.
 
14174017:SkiBum. said:
Meh, small torch set that you could carry in a back pack would do the trick no problem. I’d highly advise not to do this as who knows what that cable will do once you start cutting. I would not want to be anywhere near that.
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hopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?
 
I heard of this technique being used way back when. It was a chemical of some sort. I don’t remember what but sounds like a crude old way to cut or burn metal.

Shit, enough batteries and blades in a Saws-all could even do it

14174026:eheath said:
hopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?
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Haha yeah, just a cordless cringed with few batteries could do it. Cable is around 2” or 2.5” I’d assume.

Again, fuck doing this under tension, gonna loose a limb

14174024:CatdickBojangles said:
I don’t think you’d need a torch just a grinder with a good cutting wheel.
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14174036:SkiBum. said:
Haha yeah, just a cordless cringed with few batteries could do it. Cable is around 2” or 2.5” I’d assume.

Again, fuck doing this under tension, gonna loose a limb
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I wonder if you're "safe" being directly at the point of the cut. Although nothing feels safe about holding an angle grinder spinning full speed as a highly tensioned cable snaps. Actually curious on what the person used. I wonder if they'd keep from releasing it to keep other people from doing the same. Idk, would be cool to find out.

I wonder how much you have to even cut through before it snaps from the pressure. One last strand, a little cut into that. Idk.

Would be pretty rowdy to witness. That said, I'll stay the fuck away from high tension cables. Even with winch cats you're not fucking with it while it's tensioned and most people are smart enough to stay the fuck away from them while they're hooked up.
 
Yeah I live here in Squamish its super sad to see. I heard it was a 14 million dollar claim last time. I can't imagine what this will do to their insurance. The place is awesome for locals mid week. Rip up there for a beer, do some work on the laptop, or the obvious of going for a hike or ski and getting a head start on the elevation. I hope they find out who's behind this...

Also all the smoke from the wildfires in the states that have blanketed us in BC definitely would have helped the perp, here's a photo from my window this morning.

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When it usually looks like this:

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14173976:ConesForBreakfast said:
Wtf is wrong with people? Obviously the company will be able to come back from this, so it isn't an attempt to make them shut down. Are they making a statement? If so, they're yelling into the wind. I just don't understand the thought process here
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This is the second time it happened though... same thing a year ago. They had to close for 6 months and rumour is it was $14 million to get going again. Plus being shut down for a couple months with the pandemic, $$$ must be tough...
 
14174057:_IRRELEVANT_ said:
I wonder if you were to stand up on the tower under the wheels you’d be protected at all when they snap from the tension?
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RELEASE THE VIDEO LETS GO CANADA
 
14174024:CatdickBojangles said:
I don’t think you’d need a torch just a grinder with a good cutting wheel.
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yeah or a cutoff saw with a metal cutting blade, would be terrifying for sure to use that high off the ground but it would go through that cable no problem
 
14174035:SkiBum. said:
I heard of this technique being used way back when. It was a chemical of some sort. I don’t remember what but sounds like a crude old way to cut or burn metal.

Shit, enough batteries and blades in a Saws-all could even do it
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You could easily do it with some thermite. Easy to make. Light with a fuse. Burns very quickly but if you have a long enough magnesium ribbon or different fuse hot enough to ignite it and fast rope down, you could probably get out before the cable cuts your body in half.

But fucking seriously the balls on this person if they actually cut it versus remote severing it. Fuck. Clearly they've never seen ghost ship.
 
14174053:VT_scratch said:
This is the second time it happened though... same thing a year ago. They had to close for 6 months and rumour is it was $14 million to get going again. Plus being shut down for a couple months with the pandemic, $$$ must be tough...
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correction, in this article they say last year's incident cost upwards of 5 mill

https://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/updated-for-the-second-time-the-sea-to-sky-gondola-has-been-cut-down-1.24202638?fbclid=IwAR2VIvm-zxbMLq51a8j_Zhll0GkOS_jcrVhG4PVdg4BI2og4x0eBO3G701w
 
14174081:Trumpkin2020 said:
You could easily do it with some thermite. Easy to make. Light with a fuse. Burns very quickly but if you have a long enough magnesium ribbon or different fuse hot enough to ignite it and fast rope down, you could probably get out before the cable cuts your body in half.

But fucking seriously the balls on this person if they actually cut it versus remote severing it. Fuck. Clearly they've never seen ghost ship.
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lmao what the fuck

 
I caught a Coyote like 10 years ago with a winch cable. Just enough for him to kinda stumble/roll

over. Always think about that if I whipped the cable. Then I would have had to clean up a mess

14174043:theabortionator said:
I wonder if you're "safe" being directly at the point of the cut. Although nothing feels safe about holding an angle grinder spinning full speed as a highly tensioned cable snaps. Actually curious on what the person used. I wonder if they'd keep from releasing it to keep other people from doing the same. Idk, would be cool to find out.

I wonder how much you have to even cut through before it snaps from the pressure. One last strand, a little cut into that. Idk.

Would be pretty rowdy to witness. That said, I'll stay the fuck away from high tension cables. Even with winch cats you're not fucking with it while it's tensioned and most people are smart enough to stay the fuck away from them while they're hooked up.
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14174026:eheath said:
hopefully they release the footage, i imagine some sort of chemical compound/explosive could burn through the metal maybe?
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Thermite would do it and its not exactly a tough compound too make.
 
For many years I have wished to be able to snap the cables at my local resort, but didnt know how to do it. Now I know. Thanks NS!
 
14173976:ConesForBreakfast said:
Wtf is wrong with people? Obviously the company will be able to come back from this, so it isn't an attempt to make them shut down. Are they making a statement? If so, they're yelling into the wind. I just don't understand the thought process here
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Yeah especially if it's supposed to be an environmental statement, it's just going to take more resources to put it back together.
 
Haven't heard yet, was there a particular reason the culprit did it? Mad about tourism? Some sort of protest? Seems like an odd act to commit twice without some sort of huge controversy.
 
14174357:1337 said:
Haven't heard yet, was there a particular reason the culprit did it? Mad about tourism? Some sort of protest? Seems like an odd act to commit twice without some sort of huge controversy.
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monkey wrenching aye. not sure the specific M.O. here tho
 
14174357:1337 said:
Haven't heard yet, was there a particular reason the culprit did it? Mad about tourism? Some sort of protest? Seems like an odd act to commit twice without some sort of huge controversy.
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I remember it being contraversial at the time. It was about environmentalism but also from tourism wreking the place. Its in a provincial park and many residents were pretty pissed off about it.

Tourists tend to leave the trash where they stand, cut the trees and spray grafiti wherever they go and I guess someone had enough...

First time it happened, reports said that the wires were cut clean. Could be from a zip-cut. This time they had motion sensors, cameras a its own security firm keeping watch on the gondola. The report mentionned a few days before the incident, the sensors were triggered from someone climbing a tower, but nobody was caught.
 
14173974:TheWeaz said:
I want to know how they did it, theres some serious potential energy in that cable, and it would snap at some random point part way through and send the cables whipping around. Super dangerous.
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Have you seen the 2021 Fiskars scissors? They'd go through that cable like a hot knife through butter. Definitely the tool for the job.
 
14173974:TheWeaz said:
I want to know how they did it, theres some serious potential energy in that cable, and it would snap at some random point part way through and send the cables whipping around. Super dangerous.
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You could do it one handed at the right spot on the tower.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Milwauk...Deep-Cut-Band-Saw-Tool-Only-2729-20/205198632

The ends of the fray would tell you how it was done. A sawzall would be very jagged under a microscope. A porta bandsaw would be smoother horizontal lines. Faster too.
 
14175793:pinkcamo1000 said:
Idk man I've seen guys use those at work and they're still pretty damn slow compared to a cutoff saw
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Portable band saws are pretty slow and require you to be pretty steady to get a good cut, I feel like a cut off or a grinder would be the only way. The heat of the bandsaw blade would be too much too and most likely kick the blade.
 
14175795:CatdickBojangles said:
Portable band saws are pretty slow and require you to be pretty steady to get a good cut, I feel like a cut off or a grinder would be the only way. The heat of the bandsaw blade would be too much too and most likely kick the blade.
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I use one just about every day I'm in my shop at work. They're as fast as you need them to be and are not difficult to keep straight. The weight of the tool itself is what helps the cut. There is no blade heat issue unless you're cutting solid rod and at that point you just dial down the speed and it might take a few extra seconds to get through your cut.

I've literally used them to cut pieces of old haul ropes for various projects. Even one up to like 3" diameter would only take a minute or two.
 
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