Well news is news no matter how you cut it. here's a great little gem for you.... care of the smokinggun.com

Skier Suffers Exposure

Man left dangling upside down, pantsless after Vail lift mishap

JANUARY 6--In a bizarre incident that will surely lead to litigation (or an out-of-court settlement), a skier at Colorado's ritzy Vail resort was left dangling upside down and pantsless from a chairlift last Thursday morning. The January 1 mishap apparently occurred after the male skier, 48, and a child boarded a high-speed lift in Vail's Blue Sky Basin. It appears that the chairlift's fold-down seat was somehow not in the lowered position, which caused the man to partially fall through the resulting gap. His right ski got jammed in the ascending chairlift, and that kept him upended since his boot never dislodged from its binding. As seen in the photos, which were snapped by fellow skiers, the Skyline Express lift was stopped shortly after the pair's botched boarding resulted in the man dangling from the lift. The exposed skier was stuck for about 15 minutes before Vail personnel backed the lift up and successfully dislodged the unidentified man from the four-seat chair. The images were taken by Marty Odom, a local photographer who happened upon the rescue scene . In a statement released this afternoon, Vail Resorts, which operates the ski area, reported that the skier was not injured after being "suspended for approximately seven minutes." The press release did not explain how the mishap occurred, only that "the man was caught on the chair."

I totally didn't believe this story, that is until I found out, the photographer got in trouble for it and the Vail Daily News has been inundated with complaints for running it. The photographer lied about being on personal time with his own camera, has since got found out and has been suspended from work, as the pics have been posted on over 30,000 websites.

Is it poor taste? is it just something that is newsworthy? Regardless, this is what all the buzz is about so judge for yourself.

peace,

Amy