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Snowboarder spends 15 hours trapped in California ski resort gondola
A snowboarder who was reported missing in California on Thursday was found the morning after spending 15 hours trapped in a ski resort’s gondola amid freezing temperatures.
The Associated Press reported that Monica Laso was riding at Heavenly Ski Resort on Thursday and became too tired to ride down the mountain.
Instead, Laso decided to hop aboard the gondola to return to the base of the mountain at about 5 p.m.
Minutes after boarding the hanging cable car, she told Sacramento station KCRA that the gondola stopped and she was left suspended in the air.
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A skier kicks up some powder at Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, April 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)
Laso told the station she yelled for help but could not be heard. She was also unable to call for help because she did not have her cellphone with her.
“I screamed desperately until I lost my voice,” Laso told the station in an interview in Spanish.
She also reportedly told the station she rubbed her hands and feet together in an attempt to find warmth throughout the night as temperatures dipped down to 23 degrees.
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A woman became trapped on a gondola at Heavenly Ski Resort in South Lake Tahoe, California, on Jan. 25, 2024, spending about 15 hours in the cable car overnight amid freezing temperatures. (George Rose/Getty Images)
Laso’s friends reportedly contacted the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday evening to report their friend was missing.
Fox News Digital reached out to the sheriff’s office with inquiries about the missing person’s report but did not immediately hear back.
On Friday morning, crews started up the gondola for the day and discovered Laso had been trapped in one of the cars overnight.
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Heavenly Ski Resort officials are investigating how a snowboarder became trapped inside one of its gondolas overnight amid freezing temperatures. (George Rose/Getty Images)
She was reportedly responsive and declined being taken to a nearby hospital.
Heavenly Ski Resort is located on the southeastern side of Lake Tahoe at the California-Nevada border.
Resort officials are investigating how Laso became trapped “with the utmost seriousness.”
“The safety and well-being of our guests is our top priority at Heavenly Mountain Resort,” Tom Fortune, the resort’s vice president and chief operating officer, said in a statement.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Graham Rossini on Arizona State’s continued investment in track & field
Rossini said work is underway to rebuild the “track and field infrastructure” at ASU.
Arizona State is making a change at the head track and field coach position.
Dion Miller, the director of cross-country and track and field at ASU, has been let go, a school spokesperson confirmed to The Arizona Republic.
A national search is now underway to find the new coach to lead the program.
Miller was hired as director in July 2019, his second stint with the school. During his time with ASU, Miller — who primarily focused on the sprints — helped coach 36 All-Americans across the men’s and women’s programs.
ASU’s track and field team also just lost record-breaking junior sprinter Jayden Davis, a homegrown talent who recently entered the transfer portal.
Logan Stanley is a sports reporter with The Arizona Republic who primarily focuses on high school, college and Olympic sports. To suggest ideas for human-interest stories and other news, reach out to Stanley at logan.stanley@usatodayco.com or 707-293-7650. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter: @LSscribe.
California
First look: Space Shuttle Endeavour in ready-to-launch position at California Science Center
LOS ANGELES – This fall, space fans will get to see the Space Shuttle Endeavour like never before in its new permanent home at the California Science Center in the Exposition Park area.
What we know:
The new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center at the California Science Center officially opens on November 13.
Also, an introductory film includes footage from Endeavour’s final launch before being retired in 2011.
“We felt from the beginning this is the most impressive way to see the space shuttle and it gives people views that almost no one ever got a chance to see,” said Jeff Rudolph, President & CEO of the California Science Center.
What they’re saying:
Since 2012, Los Angeles has been home to the Space Shuttle Endeavour. It has been on display horizontally at the California Science Center.
But the vision was always to have it on display upright.
“It’s really exciting and everyone who sees it is in awe and that’s really what we were trying to do was create that real sense of emotional high and inspire people to learn more,” said Rudolph.
This is the only display of its kind and it can’t be duplicated. The orange tank attached to the shuttle is the last mission-ready one in existence.
“I think what we’ve done is present something that is going to be a truly life-changing and transformative experience for education,” said Kenneth Phillips, Curator for Aerospace Sciences at the California Science Center.
Visitors will also be able to see inside the space craft that carried astronauts to space 25 times, including Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to go to space and now-Arizona Senator Mark Kelly.
When the exhibit opens to the public in November, visitors will be able to ride up an elevator alongside the space shuttle and view it from the top.
“That’s the view that nobody but the crew saw. That was a very special vantage point. Nobody got to do that,” said Phillips.
What’s next:
The California Science Center expects the exhibit to be popular. Tickets will go on sale well before the opening.
A Colorado man died on Tuesday when a boulder fell on him and crushed him. That’s according to the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office, who identified the man as 59-year-old Paul Frasch.
Frasch is a resident of Silverthorne. The sheriff’s office says he was walking in an area along the Arkansas River in Buena Vista in the middle of the day with his coworker when rocks fell and hit him.
According to investigators, the boulder that landed on Frasch weighed at least 1,000 pounds.
The coworker received injuries to his arms after trying to help Frasch.
When first responders got to the scene, the boulder was still on top of Frasch. He was declared dead at the scene.
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