On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 13:10:50 -0700, "G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote:
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.."Duncan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
..news:[email hidden]...
..> "G.T." <[email hidden]> wrote in message
..> news:[email hidden]...
..> >
..> > "Duncan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
..> > news:[email hidden]...
..> > > "JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
..> > > news:[email hidden]...
..> > > > If you don't know how to read a map or take care of yourself in the
..> > > > outdoors, go ahead and spend the bread.
..> > >
..> > > Well I have toured two continents on my motorbike with virtualy no
..> > planning
..> > > but a map. Try air freighting a ZX-6R in a 1 metre cubed box if you
..> want
..> > to
..> > > make life difficult for yourself.
..> > >
..> >
..>
..http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gigagilgamesh_au/detail?.dir=95c1&.dnm=ecba
..> > > .jpg
..> > >
..> >
..> > What's that got to do with finding your way off the highway?
..>
..> Just pointing out I don't usualy take the easy option.
..>
..> > > I've also showed up in a unknown town, dropped into the best looking
..> bike
..> > > shop and been taken for some awesome rides for free. The best rides
..> > aren't
..> > > on maps so local knowledge is a huge bonus.
..> > >
..> >
..> > The best rides aren't always known by the guides nor are they used on
..> tours
..> > even if the guides know them.
..> >
..> > > I just thought I'd try something different for a change and was
..> wondering
..> > if
..> > > anyone knew anything about this mob.
..> > >
..> >
..> > Like JD said, "If you don't know how to read a map or take care of
..> yourself
..> > in the outdoors, go ahead and spend the bread."
..>
..> Well that's all well and good. But I do know how to read a map and take
..> care of myself so that point is a little irrelevant.
..> If I'm travelling half way around the world for two weeks I'd like to
..> guarantee as much riding as possible and any coaching / guidance is a
..bonus.
..> The money is hardly an issue, I just want best use of my time.
..> If people have suggestions of how better to do this without the snide
..> remarks it would be a lot more useful.
..>
..
..Post a question, ask about trails in an area, get replies from locals, pack
..your bike, go there, ride those trails.
..
..Greg
Good luck! 🙂
This is getting to be a daily occurrence -- literally!
MIke
Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 20:56:52 -0700
Subject: : More idiotic new from up here- NS NEWS June 29/05
Dear Mike: This is what happened in a day on the North Shore mountains. In
today's edition, it told of a 37 year old female mountain biker who fell 7 feet
from a gap, onto her head -- in the same area. Broken ribs, neck damage, etc.
etc. Maybe that is why these guys and gals are so stupid --from falling on
their heads all the time.
Forest gathering
NEWS photo Cindy Goodman
North Vancouver District firefighters and BC Ambulance paramedics tend to an
injured mountain biker who was hit in the head by a falling tree on Mount
Seymour Sunday.
Tree falls on a mountain biker
Rosalind Duane
[email hidden]
Firefighters have been busy in North Vancouver District tending to injured
mountain bikers.
The latest incident involved a mountain biker on Seymour Mountain who was
clipped in the head by a tree near the Old Buck Trail.
Seven firefighters and two BC Ambulance paramedics responded to a call for help
at 2 p.m. on Sunday, for the man in his 40s who was injured when a small tree
fell down and hit him in the head.
Assistant fire chief Mike Cairns said the man, whose name was not released, was
with a group of mountain bikers doing trail work when the incident occurred.
Cairns did not know exactly what type of trail work the group was doing,
including whether or not the man had been cutting the tree that fell on him.
The injured biker was stabilized on a back board at the scene and taken off the
mountain on a stretcher.
He was taken to hospital for assessment of possible head or spine injuries.
Cairns explained that it took firefighters about 20 minutes to hike up to the
man's location, and then took them longer to hike out as they were manoeuvering
the injured man out of the trail using a stretcher on a special wheel for rough
terrain.
On Thursday, firefighters went up Mount Seymour twice after bikers were injured
on mountain bike trails.
At about 5 p.m., a team of firefighters responded to an incident involving a man
about 30 years old, who had fractured his leg riding his bike near the CBC
Trail.
Cairns said the rescue was difficult because the injured biker had to be brought
up the trail.
"Bringing up is a more difficult haul on a mountain," said Cairns.
It was 7:30 p.m. before the rescue was complete, and it was just in time as
another call came in at about 8:30 p.m. for a female rider, also about 30 years
old, in between the CBC trail and Hyannis Drive.
Cairns said she was taken down off the trail with the assistance of North Shore
Rescue members, and was assessed for head and neck injuries and possibly
fractured ribs.
"When they get to the point where they call us it's usually a fairly serious
injury because they're a pretty tough group," said Cairns of mountain bikers.
"If they can get off the mountain on their own they will."
Cairns said he expects more calls to the mountain for biking and hiking
injuries, as more people start using the trails with the arrival of the summer
months.
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