stackyFACTSDangling thousands of feet in the air inside a glass box hanging from a string is fun until the power grid fails. Thankfully, ski resorts don't just leave you to live out your days in the sky; massive backup diesel engines exist solely to manually crank the heavy cable and drag you back to solid ground.
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