There is no doubt in my mind that this severe wardrobe failure, and safety flaw, was not anticipated by the Vail, Colorado lift designers:

A skier at Colorado’s luxury Vail ski resort was left suffering from a double case of exposure after a freak accident left him dangling upside down and pantless from a ski lift.

Freak accident? One too many beers the night before? How would you test for someone falling through a chair? Needless to say there were plenty of people nearby to take out their cameras and document the situation…poor guy.

The story is that he was suspended only by his right ski, and it took more than fifteen minutes to reverse the lift and disentangle him before he could put his pants back on.

Gives new meaning to “bear tracks”…