A man who got tangled in an Arapahoe Basin chairlift Wednesday morning and was hanging unconscious by his neck, was cut down by a professional slackliner who climbed a lift tower, slid approximately 30 feet across the lift’s cable and cut him free with a knife tossed from a ski patroller below. The rescued skier said he barely remembers people yelling to him as his backpack got caught, leaving him dangling from the chair. Related ArticlesJanuary 5, 2017 Man hanging unconscious by backpack on Arapahoe Basin chairlift is cut down by friend in harrowing rescue “Then it was all a blur,” the 30-year-old from Broomfield said as he was preparing to be discharged from St.