Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:40:50 EDT Subject: Re: "Mountain biker dies from fall off cliff"
In the "for what its worth" column....
My friend Barry Fountain.....about 4 years ago was taking a "beginner's" course in mountain biking through a county program outside of Richmond, VA.
By 11 am he had broken his neck when he hit a small tree root and went over the handlebars into a dry streambed. He was in his mid-40's and not a wildman by any stretch of the imagination.
For four years he could not move anything below the neck as he lay in a nursing home bed in Roanoke, VA and battled bedsoars, fluid on the lungs, etc.
Finally in year 4 he settled his personal injury suit and was able to afford to move from the nursing home into his own home in Richmond, VA.
Within about two weeks he was dead....died last November, 2004.
Point is....even the "easy" biking stuff can put you in a state worse than death, and then kill you.
On December 21st 1988 the people of Lockerbie were safely at home in front of their televisions - when a 747 fell on them!
Point is... there is risk in absolutely everything - even sitting at home watching TV, and if you're going to worry about it too much you are going to have one really dull life.
"BarryNL" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Point is....even the "easy" biking stuff can put you in a state worse
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death, and then kill you.
On December 21st 1988 the people of Lockerbie were safely at home in front of their televisions - when a 747 fell on them!
Point is... there is risk in absolutely everything - even sitting at home watching TV, and if you're going to worry about it too much you are going to have one really dull life
Not only dull, but dark too if one is going to find a place where falling airplanes won't get them.
On Tue, 24 May 2005 20:03:33 +0200, BarryNL <[email hidden]> wrote:
..Mike Vandeman wrote: ..> Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 12:40:50 EDT ..> Subject: Re: "Mountain biker dies from fall off cliff" ..> ..> In the "for what its worth" column.... ..> ..> My friend Barry Fountain.....about 4 years ago was taking a "beginner's" course ..> in mountain biking through a county program outside of Richmond, VA. ..> ..> By 11 am he had broken his neck when he hit a small tree root and went over the ..> handlebars into a dry streambed. He was in his mid-40's and not a wildman by ..> any stretch of the imagination. ..> ..> For four years he could not move anything below the neck as he lay in a nursing ..> home bed in Roanoke, VA and battled bedsoars, fluid on the lungs, etc. ..> ..> Finally in year 4 he settled his personal injury suit and was able to afford to ..> move from the nursing home into his own home in Richmond, VA. ..> ..> Within about two weeks he was dead....died last November, 2004. ..> ..> Point is....even the "easy" biking stuff can put you in a state worse than ..> death, and then kill you. .. ..On December 21st 1988 the people of Lockerbie were safely at home in ..front of their televisions - when a 747 fell on them! .. ..Point is... there is risk in absolutely everything - even sitting at ..home watching TV, and if you're going to worry about it too much you are ..going to have one really dull life.
Then I hope you have a VERY non-dull life! 🙂 === I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"😉. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)
"> .Point is... there is risk in absolutely everything - even sitting at
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.home watching TV, and if you're going to worry about it too much you are .going to have one really dull life.
Then I hope you have a VERY non-dull life! 🙂
And there you resort to the same 'threats' you consistantly say are typical mountain biker.
Now you have lost.
Tell me it isnt a threat, and you make all of your own posts saying the same lies, agree its a threat, you just proved you are the same as 'all' mountain bikers.
congratulations, I hope that corner you backed yourself into is cosy.
