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a flying bench that dared the mountain to make sitting down terrifying.
first oneBuilt in 1936 by a banana-conveyor engineer in Idaho.
dropped feetSkiers once leapt from moving chairs before footrests existed.
speedDetachable lifts hit 12 mph, then politely slow to load.
banana rootsSun Valley's design borrowed from tropical fruit shipping rigs.
the waitYou spend more time riding up than skiing down.