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  1. I would have thought it obvious that :

    1. Nature is unpredictable
    2. Speed kills
    3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their limited stopping distance
    allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under off-road conditions.
    4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that the same danger the rider
    faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her path.

    Mike

    To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> Date:
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sad news from Bellingham...

    The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.

    Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition
    at Harborview after Sunday mishap The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview
    Medical Center after he broke his neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain.
    Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said Bryant Davis, a friend and
    neighbor of the Graham family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for
    his wife Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on the west side of the mountain biking area
    Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. One friend administered CPR, while
    another ran down the hill to a nearby house to call 911, Davis said. Galbraith Mountain, located
    just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by
    hundreds of mountain bikers every year. Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the
    sport hit Bellingham in the 1980s.

    Joel Green

    Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  2. The local scoop is that the poor guy had trail building equipment in his pack took a double jump wiped out and took an axe to the spinal cord.

    Quoted post said:

    Originally posted by Mike Vandeman
    I would have thought it obvious that :

    1. Nature is unpredictable
    2. Speed kills
    3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their limited stopping distance
    allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under off-road conditions.
    4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that the same danger the rider
    faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her path.

    Mike

    To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> Date:
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sad news from Bellingham...

    The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.

    Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition
    at Harborview after Sunday mishap The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview
    Medical Center after he broke his neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain.
    Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said Bryant Davis, a friend and
    neighbor of the Graham family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for
    his wife Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on the west side of the mountain biking area
    Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. One friend administered CPR, while
    another ran down the hill to a nearby house to call 911, Davis said. Galbraith Mountain, located
    just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by
    hundreds of mountain bikers every year. Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the
    sport hit Bellingham in the 1980s.

    Joel Green

    Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  3. Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever seen posting on any
    newsgroup!

    You take pleasure out of people having accidents and use their misfortune to support your totally
    wrong 'environmental' stand.

    Man, I feel sorry for you.

    You work for one of the 'worst' companies that are actively raping our last old growth forests up
    here in Canada as we speak, for your own phone books, and have tried to get others booted from
    voluntary positions and from 'their' jobs for posting 'real' info instead of bull [censored] to the
    newsgroups.

    You got the boot from the Sierra Club for that too!

    I mean just where do you get off?

    What kind of credibility do you think you have?

    Does 'your' boss know you post insane drivel to the internet using your work address?

    Are you representing pacbell.net here?

    Your header implies that.

    Maybe 'they' should be asked if you are their 'official' spokes person, eh.

    Hmmmm....

    Mike
    86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

    Mike Vandeman said:


    I would have thought it obvious that :

    1. Nature is unpredictable
    2. Speed kills
    3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their limited stopping distance
    allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under off-road conditions.
    4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that the same danger the rider
    faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her path.

    Mike

    To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> Date:
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sad news from Bellingham...

    The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.

    Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition
    at Harborview after Sunday mishap The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at
    Harborview Medical Center after he broke his neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith
    Mountain. Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said Bryant Davis, a
    friend and neighbor of the Graham family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to
    raise money for his wife Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham, a manager at
    Federal Express in Burlington, was listed in serious condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was
    riding with two friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on the west side of the mountain
    biking area Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. One friend
    administered CPR, while another ran down the hill to a nearby house to call 911, Davis said.
    Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular mountain biking
    spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain bikers every year. Mountain bikers have been
    active on the mountain since the sport hit Bellingham in the 1980s.

    Joel Green

    Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  4. Mike Romain said:

    Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever seen posting on any
    newsgroup!

    You take pleasure out of people having accidents and use their misfortune to support your totally
    wrong 'environmental' stand.


    He's done it before. Ad infinitum. Ad nauseum. Ad sillium.

    Quoted message said:

    Man, I feel sorry for you.


    Kind of you, but to no purpose, unfortunately. Sympathy, reason,
    empathy, logic..... all rather like pouring sand down a rat hole.

    Quoted message said:


    What kind of credibility do you think you have?


    He has no credible answer, since he has no credible basis from which to answer. (One clue is the
    misanthropic tag line on all his posts.)

    Quoted message said:


    Does 'your' boss know you post insane drivel to the internet using your work address?

    Are you representing pacbell.net here?


    They're better served by not appearing on the scene; if one lies down with dogs, one gets up
    with fleas.

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    --
    If the assumptions are wrong, the conclusions aren't likely to be very good.
    R. E. Machol

  5. Mike, You are what is commonly referred to as an [censored]. The guy is dying, his family is in
    anguish, and his friends are trying to do some good for his family. You butt in and spew more of
    your self-serving [censored]. SHAME ON YOU!!!

    "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I would have thought it obvious that :

    1. Nature is unpredictable
    2. Speed kills
    3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their


    limited

    Quoted message said:

    stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under off-road conditions.
    4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that


    the

    Quoted message said:

    same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her


    path.

    Quoted message said:


    Mike

    To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> Date:
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sad news from Bellingham...

    The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.

    Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition
    at Harborview after


    Sunday

    Quoted message said:

    mishap The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center after
    he broke


    his

    Quoted message said:

    neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. Daniel Graham has some brain damage
    and is not expected to live, said


    Bryant

    Quoted message said:

    Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington
    Mutual to raise money for his


    wife

    Quoted message said:

    Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding


    chute on

    Quoted message said:

    the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing
    a helmet. One friend administered CPR, while another ran down the hill to a nearby


    house

    Quoted message said:

    to call 911, Davis said. Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most


    popular

    Quoted message said:

    mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain


    bikers

    Quoted message said:

    every year. Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the sport hit


    Bellingham

    Quoted message said:

    in the 1980s.

    Joel Green

    Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  6. On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:26:21 -0400, Mike Romain <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever .seen posting on any
    newsgroup! . .You take pleasure out of people having accidents and use their .misfortune to support
    your totally wrong 'environmental' stand. . .Man, I feel sorry for you. . .You work for one of the
    'worst' companies

    Which company is that? Obviously, you have no idea whom I work for.

    that are actively raping our .last old growth forests up here in Canada as we speak, for your own
    .phone books, and have tried to get others booted from voluntary .positions and from 'their' jobs
    for posting 'real' info instead of bull .[censored] to the newsgroups.

    (Like YOUR BS?) ... while they were supposed to be working.

    .You got the boot from the Sierra Club for that too!

    BS.

    .I mean just where do you get off? . .What kind of credibility do you think you have?

    The best. I stick to truth, unlike you.

    .Does 'your' boss know you post insane drivel to the internet using your .work address?

    What is my work address, dumdum?

    .Are you representing pacbell.net here? . .Your header implies that.

    Where does it say that?

    .Maybe 'they' should be asked if you are their 'official' spokes person, .eh.

    You obviously have a few screws loose.

    .Hmmmm.... . .Mike .86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 .88 Cherokee 235
    BFG AT's . .Mike Vandeman wrote: .> .> I would have thought it obvious that : .> .> 1. Nature is
    unpredictable .> 2. Speed kills .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than
    their limited .> stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under .>
    off-road conditions. .> 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that the
    .> same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her path. .> .> Mike .> .>
    To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> .> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> .> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> .>
    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .> Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> The
    following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website. .> .> .> Mountain biker in coma after
    fall on Galbraith .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition at Harborview after Sunday
    .> mishap .> The Bellingham Herald .> A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center
    after he broke his .> neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> Daniel Graham
    has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said Bryant .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of
    the Graham family. .> Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for his wife
    .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious .> condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on .> the west side of the mountain biking area
    Sunday. .> He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. .> One friend administered CPR,
    while another ran down the hill to a nearby house .> to call 911, Davis said. .> Galbraith Mountain,
    located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular .> mountain biking spot in Whatcom
    County, used by hundreds of mountain bikers .> every year. .> Mountain bikers have been active on
    the mountain since the sport hit Bellingham .> in the 1980s. .> .> Joel Green .> .> Web Site:
    mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is
    off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting
    auto dependence and road construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  7. On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:33:40 -0400, "MLL" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike, .You are what is commonly referred to as an [censored]. The guy is dying, his .family is in
    anguish, and his friends are trying to do some good for his .family. You butt in and spew more of
    your self-serving [censored]. SHAME ON YOU!!!

    Mountain bikers don't like anyone to tell the TRUTH about their sick sport, which is responsible for
    his accident.

    ."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ."]news:[email hidden]... .> I would have thought it obvious that : .> .>
    1. Nature is unpredictable .> 2. Speed kills .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden
    faster than their .limited .> stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop
    under .> off-road conditions. .> 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply
    that .the .> same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her .path. .> .>
    Mike .> .> .> To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> .> From:
    Joel Green <[email hidden]> .> List-Unsubscribe:
    "]<[email hidden]> .> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .>
    Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald
    website. .> .> .> Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is
    in serious condition at Harborview after .Sunday .> mishap .> The Bellingham Herald .> A Bellingham
    man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center after he broke .his .> neck in a fall from his
    mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to
    live, said .Bryant .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham family. .> Friends are starting a
    fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for his .wife .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on
    Saturday. .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in Burlington, was listed in serious .> condition
    Tuesday at Harborview. .> Graham was riding with two friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding
    .chute on .> the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. .> He fell after completing a jump.
    He was wearing a helmet. .> One friend administered CPR, while another ran down the hill to a nearby
    .house .> to call 911, Davis said. .> Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is
    perhaps the most .popular .> mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain
    .bikers .> every year. .> Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the sport hit
    .Bellingham .> in the 1980s. .> .> Joel Green .> .> Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> ===
    .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want
    to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) .> .>
    home.pacbell.netmjvande .

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  8. On 5 Oct 2003 06:46:09 +0950, DanTheMantisMan <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike Vandeman wrote:
    . > I would have thought it obvious that :
    . > 1. Nature is unpredictable
    . > 2. Speed kills
    . > 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their
    . > limited stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability
    . > to stop under off-road conditions.
    . > 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that
    . > the same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in
    . > his/her path.
    . > Mike
    . > To: [email hidden], bbtc
    . > <[email hidden]> From: Joel Green <[email hidden]>
    . > List-Unsubscribe: "][email hidden]<mailto-
    . > :[email hidden]> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003
    . > 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sad news from Bellingham...
    . > The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.
    . > Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of
    . > Bellingham is in serious condition at Harborview after Sunday mishap The
    . > Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical
    . > Center after he broke his neck in a fall from his mountain bike on
    . > Galbraith Mountain. Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not
    . > expected to live, said Bryant Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham
    . > family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money
    . > for his wife Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham,
    . > a manager at Federal Express in Burlington, was listed in serious
    . > condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was riding with two friends
    . > downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on the west side of the
    . > mountain biking area Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was
    . > wearing a helmet. One friend administered CPR, while another ran down
    . > the hill to a nearby house to call 911, Davis said. Galbraith Mountain,
    . > located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular mountain
    . > biking spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain bikers every
    . > year. Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the sport
    . > hit Bellingham in the 1980s.
    . > Joel Green
    . > Web Site: http://www.mountainmojo.com" rel="ugc nofollow noopener">mountainmojo.comwww.mountainmojo.com
    . > ===
    . > I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans
    . > ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting
    . > auto dependence and road construction.)
    . > http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande" rel="ugc nofollow noopener">home.pacbell.netmjvande . .The local scoop is that the
    poor guy had trail building equipment in his .pack took a double jump

    Whatever for???

    wiped out and took an axe to the spinal cord.

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  9. Mike,

    He has incorrectly assumed your were an employee of Sympatico/Bell, without knowledge that the
    [email hidden] addresses are used by all subscribers of Sympatico's ISP services.

    PS... Got no time for huggin' trees, gotta run over a few with my bike! ;-)

    Perdy.

    "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:26:21 -0400, Mike Romain <[email hidden]>


    Quoted message said:


    .Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever .seen posting on any
    newsgroup! . .You take pleasure out of people having accidents and use their .misfortune to
    support your totally wrong 'environmental' stand. . .Man, I feel sorry for you. . .You work for
    one of the 'worst' companies

    Which company is that? Obviously, you have no idea whom I work for.

    that are actively raping our .last old growth forests up here in Canada as we speak, for your own
    .phone books, and have tried to get others booted from voluntary .positions and from 'their' jobs
    for posting 'real' info instead of bull .[censored] to the newsgroups.

    (Like YOUR BS?) ... while they were supposed to be working.

    .You got the boot from the Sierra Club for that too!

    BS.

    .I mean just where do you get off? . .What kind of credibility do you think you have?

    The best. I stick to truth, unlike you.

    .Does 'your' boss know you post insane drivel to the internet using your .work address?

    What is my work address, dumdum?

    .Are you representing pacbell.net here? . .Your header implies that.

    Where does it say that?

    .Maybe 'they' should be asked if you are their 'official' spokes person, .eh.

    You obviously have a few screws loose.

    .Hmmmm.... . .Mike .86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 .88 Cherokee
    235 BFG AT's . .Mike Vandeman wrote: .> .> I would have thought it obvious that : .> .> 1. Nature
    is unpredictable .> 2. Speed kills .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster
    than their


    limited

    Quoted message said:

    .> stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop


    under

    Quoted message said:

    .> off-road conditions. .> 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply


    that the

    Quoted message said:

    .> same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her


    path.

    Quoted message said:

    .> .> Mike .> .> To: [email hidden], bbtc


    <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    .> From: Joel Green <[email hidden]> .> List-Unsubscribe:
    "]<[email hidden]> .> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .>
    Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald
    website. .> .> .> Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is
    in serious condition at Harborview after


    Sunday

    Quoted message said:

    .> mishap .> The Bellingham Herald .> A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center
    after he


    broke his

    Quoted message said:

    .> neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> Daniel Graham has some brain
    damage and is not expected to live, said


    Bryant

    Quoted message said:

    .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham family. .> Friends are starting a fund at Washington
    Mutual to raise money for his


    wife

    Quoted message said:

    .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in


    serious

    Quoted message said:

    .> condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> Graham was riding with two friends downhill on Bob's trail,
    a winding


    chute on

    Quoted message said:

    .> the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. .> He fell after completing a jump. He was
    wearing a helmet. .> One friend administered CPR, while another ran down the hill to a


    nearby house

    Quoted message said:

    .> to call 911, Davis said. .> Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the


    most popular

    Quoted message said:

    .> mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain


    bikers

    Quoted message said:

    .> every year. .> Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the sport hit


    Bellingham

    Quoted message said:

    .> in the 1980s. .> .> Joel Green .> .> Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> === .> I am
    working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) .> .>
    home.pacbell.netmjvande

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

  10. "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:33:40 -0400, "MLL" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike, .You are what is commonly referred to as an [censored]. The guy is dying, his .family is in
    anguish, and his friends are trying to do some good for his .family. You butt in and spew more of
    your self-serving [censored]. SHAME ON


    YOU!!!

    Quoted message said:


    Mountain bikers don't like anyone to tell the TRUTH about their sick


    sport,

    Quoted message said:

    which is responsible for his accident.

    ."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ."]news:[email hidden]... .> I would have thought it obvious that :
    .> .> 1. Nature is unpredictable .> 2. Speed kills .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not
    be ridden faster than their .limited .> stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little
    ability to stop


    under

    Quoted message said:

    .> off-road conditions. .> 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply


    that

    Quoted message said:

    .the .> same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her .path. .> .> Mike
    .> .> .> To: [email hidden], bbtc


    <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    .> From: Joel Green <[email hidden]> .> List-Unsubscribe:
    "]<[email hidden]> .> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .>
    Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald
    website. .> .> .> Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is
    in serious condition at Harborview after .Sunday .> mishap .> The Bellingham Herald .> A
    Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center after he


    broke

    Quoted message said:

    .his .> neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> Daniel Graham has some
    brain damage and is not expected to live, said .Bryant .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of the
    Graham family. .> Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for his .wife .>
    Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in


    serious

    Quoted message said:

    .> condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> Graham was riding with two friends downhill on Bob's trail,
    a winding .chute on .> the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. .> He fell after
    completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. .> One friend administered CPR, while another ran down
    the hill to a


    nearby

    Quoted message said:

    .house .> to call 911, Davis said. .> Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is
    perhaps the


    most

    Quoted message said:

    .popular .> mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain .bikers .> every
    year. .> Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the sport hit .Bellingham .> in
    the 1980s. .> .> Joel Green .> .> Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> === .> I am working
    on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I
    spent the previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) .> .>
    home.pacbell.netmjvande .

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  11. Mike Romain <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever seen posting on any
    newsgroup!

    Yes that was noted and documented years ago.

    Quoted message said:


    You take pleasure out of people having accidents and use their misfortune to support your totally
    wrong 'environmental' stand.

    The man has no qualms about getting Sierra Club members fired for not being radical enough. Do you
    really think a little thing like using someone's death is below him.

    Quoted message said:

    You got the boot from the Sierra Club for that too!

    Get your facts straight, he just got banned from leadership positions, and can never publicly state
    that his views represent the Sierra Clubs views.

    Quoted message said:

    What kind of credibility do you think you have?

    He thinks he has plenty of credibility. Other than that there is only one other person who takes his
    [censored] seriously and she is almost equally whacked in the head. The Sierra Club leadership has washed
    their hands of him because he goes way beyond their point of view. This is why he has recently been
    critical of them. That and the fact that they smacked him down pretty hard.

    -- The Ogre ogrehut.netogrehut.net

  12. On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:26:21 -0400, Mike Romain <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever .seen posting on any
    newsgroup! . .You take pleasure out of people having accidents and use their .misfortune to support
    your totally wrong 'environmental' stand.

    Why should I be happy, just because an environmental rapist got killed by his own axe? You would be
    better off trying to PREVENT this from occurring, instead of trying to sweep it under the rug! At
    least I am trying to prevent it from re-occurring, by banning mountain biking and trail-building. If
    you had any sense, you would AGREE with me!

    .Mike Vandeman wrote: .> .> I would have thought it obvious that : .> .> 1. Nature is unpredictable
    .> 2. Speed kills .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their limited .>
    stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under .> off-road conditions. .>
    4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that the .> same danger the
    rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her path. .> .> Mike .> .> To:
    [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> .> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> .> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> .>
    Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .> Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> The
    following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website. .> .> .> Mountain biker in coma after
    fall on Galbraith .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition at Harborview after Sunday
    .> mishap .> The Bellingham Herald .> A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center
    after he broke his .> neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> Daniel Graham
    has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said Bryant .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of
    the Graham family. .> Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for his wife
    .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious .> condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on .> the west side of the mountain biking area
    Sunday. .> He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. .> One friend administered CPR,
    while another ran down the hill to a nearby house .> to call 911, Davis said. .> Galbraith Mountain,
    located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular .> mountain biking spot in Whatcom
    County, used by hundreds of mountain bikers .> every year. .> Mountain bikers have been active on
    the mountain since the sport hit Bellingham .> in the 1980s. .> .> Joel Green .> .> Web Site:
    mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is
    off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting
    auto dependence and road construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande

    ===
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    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

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  13. On 5 Oct 2003 00:56:13 -0700, [email hidden] (The Ogre) wrote:

    .Mike Romain <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>... .>
    Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain people I have ever .> seen posting on any
    newsgroup! . .Yes that was noted and documented years ago. .> .> You take pleasure out of people
    having accidents and use their .> misfortune to support your totally wrong 'environmental' stand. .
    .The man has no qualms about getting Sierra Club members fired for not .being radical enough. Do you
    really think a little thing like using .someone's death is below him. . .> You got the boot from the
    Sierra Club for that too! . .Get your facts straight, he just got banned from leadership .positions,
    and can never publicly state that his views represent the .Sierra Clubs views.

    BS. They missed their own deadline, & had to drop the complaint.

    .> What kind of credibility do you think you have? . .He thinks he has plenty of credibility. Other
    than that there is only .one other person who takes his [censored] seriously and she is almost .equally
    whacked in the head. The Sierra Club leadership has washed .their hands of him because he goes way
    beyond their point of view. .This is why he has recently been critical of them. That and the fact
    .that they smacked him down pretty hard.

    BS. Get your facts straight. Oops, I forgot: you are a mountain biker. "Fact" is not in your
    vocabulary.

    .-- The Ogre .ogrehut.netogrehut.net

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  14. On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 00:36:08 -0400, "Perdy Tired" <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike, . .He has incorrectly assumed your were an employee of Sympatico/Bell, without .knowledge
    that the [email hidden] addresses are used by all subscribers of Sympatico's ISP .services. .
    .PS... Got no time for huggin' trees, gotta run over a few with my bike! .;-)

    Break a leg! ๐Ÿ™‚

    .Perdy. . . ."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ."]news:[email hidden]... .> On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:26:21 -0400, Mike
    Romain <[email hidden]> .wrote: .> .> .Mike, you must be one of the most warped in the brain
    people I have ever .> .seen posting on any newsgroup! .> . .> .You take pleasure out of people
    having accidents and use their .> .misfortune to support your totally wrong 'environmental' stand.
    .> . .> .Man, I feel sorry for you. .> . .> .You work for one of the 'worst' companies .> .> Which
    company is that? Obviously, you have no idea whom I work for. .> .> that are actively raping our .>
    .last old growth forests up here in Canada as we speak, for your own .> .phone books, and have tried
    to get others booted from voluntary .> .positions and from 'their' jobs for posting 'real' info
    instead of bull .> .[censored] to the newsgroups. .> .> (Like YOUR BS?) ... while they were supposed to be
    working. .> .> .You got the boot from the Sierra Club for that too! .> .> BS. .> .> .I mean just
    where do you get off? .> . .> .What kind of credibility do you think you have? .> .> The best. I
    stick to truth, unlike you. .> .> .Does 'your' boss know you post insane drivel to the internet
    using your .> .work address? .> .> What is my work address, dumdum? .> .> .Are you representing
    pacbell.net here? .> . .> .Your header implies that. .> .> Where does it say that? .> .> .Maybe
    'they' should be asked if you are their 'official' spokes person, .> .eh. .> .> You obviously have a
    few screws loose. .> .> .Hmmmm.... .> . .> .Mike .> .86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose
    to tail in '00 .> .88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's .> . .> .Mike Vandeman wrote: .> .> .> .> I would have
    thought it obvious that : .> .> .> .> 1. Nature is unpredictable .> .> 2. Speed kills .> .> 3.
    Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their .limited .> .> stopping distance
    allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop .under .> .> off-road conditions. .> .> 4.
    Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply .that the .> .> same danger the
    rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her .path. .> .> .> .> Mike .> .> .> .> To:
    [email hidden], bbtc .<[email hidden]> .> .> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> .> .> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> .>
    .> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .> .> Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> .>
    .> The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website. .> .> .> .> .> .> Mountain biker
    in coma after fall on Galbraith .> .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition at
    Harborview after .Sunday .> .> mishap .> .> The Bellingham Herald .> .> A Bellingham man is in a
    coma at Harborview Medical Center after he .broke his .> .> neck in a fall from his mountain bike on
    Galbraith Mountain. .> .> Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said
    .Bryant .> .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham family. .> .> Friends are starting a fund
    at Washington Mutual to raise money for his .wife .> .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on
    Saturday. .> .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in Burlington, was listed in .serious .> .>
    condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> .> Graham was riding with two friends downhill on Bob's trail, a
    winding .chute on .> .> the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. .> .> He fell after
    completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. .> .> One friend administered CPR, while another ran
    down the hill to a .nearby house .> .> to call 911, Davis said. .> .> Galbraith Mountain, located
    just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the .most popular .> .> mountain biking spot in Whatcom County,
    used by hundreds of mountain .bikers .> .> every year. .> .> Mountain bikers have been active on the
    mountain since the sport hit .Bellingham .> .> in the 1980s. .> .> .> .> Joel Green .> .> .> .> Web
    Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> .> .> === .> .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat
    that is off-limits to .> .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> .>
    years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) .> .> .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande
    .> .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to .> humans ("pure
    habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting auto dependence and road
    construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande .

    ===
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    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

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  15. . ."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    ."]news:[email hidden]... .> On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:33:40 -0400, "MLL"
    <[email hidden]> wrote: .> .> .Mike, .> .You are what is commonly referred to as an [censored]. The
    guy is dying, his .> .family is in anguish, and his friends are trying to do some good for his .>
    .family. You butt in and spew more of your self-serving [censored]. SHAME ON .YOU!!! .> .> Mountain bikers
    don't like anyone to tell the TRUTH about their sick .sport, .> which is responsible for his
    accident. .> .> ."Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message .>
    ."]news:[email hidden]... .> .> I would have thought it obvious that : .>
    .> .> .> 1. Nature is unpredictable .> .> 2. Speed kills .> .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must
    not be ridden faster than their .> .limited .> .> stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very
    little ability to stop .under .> .> off-road conditions. .> .> 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough,
    but the laws of physics imply .that .> .the .> .> same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone
    or anything in his/her .> .path. .> .> .> .> Mike .> .> .> .> .> .> To:
    [email hidden], bbtc .<[email hidden]> .> .> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> .> .> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> .>
    .> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .> .> Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> .>
    .> The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website. .> .> .> .> .> .> Mountain biker
    in coma after fall on Galbraith .> .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition at
    Harborview after .> .Sunday .> .> mishap .> .> The Bellingham Herald .> .> A Bellingham man is in a
    coma at Harborview Medical Center after he .broke .> .his .> .> neck in a fall from his mountain
    bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> .> Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to live,
    said .> .Bryant .> .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham family. .> .> Friends are starting
    a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for his .> .wife .> .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned
    10 on Saturday. .> .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in Burlington, was listed in .serious .>
    .> condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> .> Graham was riding with two friends downhill on Bob's
    trail, a winding .> .chute on .> .> the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. .> .> He fell
    after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. .> .> One friend administered CPR, while another
    ran down the hill to a .nearby .> .house .> .> to call 911, Davis said. .> .> Galbraith Mountain,
    located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the .most .> .popular .> .> mountain biking spot in
    Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain .> .bikers .> .> every year. .> .> Mountain bikers have
    been active on the mountain since the sport hit .> .Bellingham .> .> in the 1980s. .> .> .> .> Joel
    Green .> .> .> .> Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> .> .> === .> .> I am working on
    creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to .> .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I
    spent the previous 8 .> .> years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) .> .> .> .>
    home.pacbell.netmjvande .> . .> .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is
    off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting
    auto dependence and road construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande .

    What's that?

    You would be better off trying to PREVENT this from occurring, instead of trying to sweep it under
    the rug! At least I am trying to prevent it from re-occurring, by banning mountain biking and
    trail-building. If you had any sense, you would AGREE with me!
    ===
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    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

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  16. "Mike Vandeman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 18:26:21 -0400, Mike Romain

    Why should I be happy, just because an environmental rapist got killed


    by his

    Quoted message said:

    own axe? You would be better off trying to PREVENT this from


    occurring, instead

    Quoted message said:

    of trying to sweep it under the rug!

    Cool!!! When I take off on my mountain bike tomorrow and tear through some grasses off the trail, I
    will be extra careful. Every Monday I call it my Mike V. memorial ride.

    Tear it up dudes!!!!!

    At least I am trying to prevent it from

    Quoted message said:

    re-occurring, by banning mountain biking and trail-building. If you


    had any

    Quoted message said:

    sense, you would AGREE with me!

    .Mike

  17. Mike Vandeman said:

    I would have thought it obvious that :

    1. Nature is unpredictable

    Yup

    Quoted message said:

    2. Speed kills

    Don't move then.

    Quoted message said:

    3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be ridden faster than their


    limited

    Quoted message said:

    stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to stop under off-road conditions.

    Didn't know that, next time I'm breaking hard in the dirt I'll keep in mind that I'm not
    actually stopping.

    Quoted message said:

    4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the laws of physics imply that


    the

    Quoted message said:

    same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in his/her


    path.

    I didn't see where there was something in his path. Read that he jumped then crashed, I didn't see
    where he hit something, the ground is hard enough to mess you up.

    Quoted message said:


    To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> From: Joel Green
    <[email hidden]> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]> Date:
    Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sad news from Bellingham...

    The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.

    Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition
    at Harborview after


    Sunday

    Quoted message said:

    mishap The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center after
    he broke


    his

    Quoted message said:

    neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. Daniel Graham has some brain damage
    and is not expected to live, said


    Bryant

    Quoted message said:

    Davis, a friend and neighbor of the Graham family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington
    Mutual to raise money for his


    wife

    Quoted message said:

    Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding


    chute on

    Quoted message said:

    the west side of the mountain biking area Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing
    a helmet. One friend administered CPR, while another ran down the hill to a nearby


    house

    Quoted message said:

    to call 911, Davis said. Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most


    popular

    Quoted message said:

    mountain biking spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain


    bikers

    Quoted message said:

    every year. Mountain bikers have been active on the mountain since the sport hit


    Bellingham

    Quoted message said:

    in the 1980s.

    Joel Green

    Web Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com

    ===
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  18. Trying to make political capital out of events like these will get you nowhere.

    But then, painting the limp phallus of your ego with the team colours and then running around
    dangling it in people's faces has always been where you're at.

    If you were a comedian, you'd be Tom Green. Nuff said.

    Andy Chequer

  19. Quoted message said:

    The following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website.

    Mountain biker in coma after fall on Galbraith Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition
    at Harborview after Sunday mishap The Bellingham Herald A Bellingham man is in a coma at
    Harborview Medical Center after he broke his neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith
    Mountain. Daniel Graham has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said Bryant Davis, a
    friend and neighbor of the Graham family. Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to
    raise money for his wife Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. Graham, a manager at
    Federal Express in Burlington, was listed in serious condition Tuesday at Harborview. Graham was
    riding with two friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding chute on the west side of the mountain
    biking area Sunday. He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. One friend
    administered CPR, while another ran down the hill to a nearby house to call 911, Davis said.
    Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular mountain biking
    spot in Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain bikers every year. Mountain bikers have been
    active on the mountain since the sport hit Bellingham in the 1980s.

    From Googling: The Bellingham Herald ... Daniel Graham died Wednesday, according to a hospital
    spokeswoman. Galbraith Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most popular
    mountain ... news.bellinghamherald.com/stories/ 20030914/LocalState/155797.shtml - 30k

    --Karen M.

  20. On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 09:32:24 -0700, Mark Wolfe <[email hidden]> wrote:

    .Mike Vandeman wrote: . .> I would have thought it obvious that : .> .> 1. Nature is unpredictable .
    .Yup . .> 2. Speed kills . .Don't move then. . . .> 3. Bicycles, like ALL vehicles, must not be
    ridden faster than their .limited .> stopping distance allows. Bicycles have very little ability to
    stop under .> off-road conditions. . .Didn't know that, next time I'm breaking hard in the dirt I'll
    keep in mind .that I'm not actually stopping. . .> 4. Endangering oneself is bad enough, but the
    laws of physics imply that .the .> same danger the rider faces is wreaked on anyone or anything in
    his/her .path. . .I didn't see where there was something in his path. Read that he jumped .then
    crashed, I didn't see where he hit something, the ground is hard .enough to mess you up.

    The point is that he COULD have hit someone or something.

    . .> .> To: [email hidden], bbtc <[email hidden]> .> From: Joel
    Green <[email hidden]> .> List-Unsubscribe: "]<[email hidden]>
    .> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 11:27:46 -0700 (PDT) .> Subject: Sad news from Bellingham... .> .> The
    following was reprinted from the Bellingham Herald website. .> .> .> Mountain biker in coma after
    fall on Galbraith .> Daniel Graham of Bellingham is in serious condition at Harborview after .Sunday
    .> mishap .> The Bellingham Herald .> A Bellingham man is in a coma at Harborview Medical Center
    after he broke .his .> neck in a fall from his mountain bike on Galbraith Mountain. .> Daniel Graham
    has some brain damage and is not expected to live, said .Bryant .> Davis, a friend and neighbor of
    the Graham family. .> Friends are starting a fund at Washington Mutual to raise money for his .wife
    .> Scarlet, and son Quinn, who turned 10 on Saturday. .> Graham, a manager at Federal Express in
    Burlington, was listed in serious .> condition Tuesday at Harborview. .> Graham was riding with two
    friends downhill on Bob's trail, a winding .chute on .> the west side of the mountain biking area
    Sunday. .> He fell after completing a jump. He was wearing a helmet. .> One friend administered CPR,
    while another ran down the hill to a nearby .house .> to call 911, Davis said. .> Galbraith
    Mountain, located just east of Bellingham, is perhaps the most .popular .> mountain biking spot in
    Whatcom County, used by hundreds of mountain .bikers .> every year. .> Mountain bikers have been
    active on the mountain since the sport hit .Bellingham .> in the 1980s. .> .> Joel Green .> .> Web
    Site: mountainmojo.commountainmojo.com .> .> === .> I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is
    off-limits to .> humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 .> years fighting
    auto dependence and road construction.) .> .> home.pacbell.netmjvande

    ===
    I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"๐Ÿ˜‰. Want to
    help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

    home.pacbell.netmjvande

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