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Mike Vandeman
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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 protected], bbtc <[email protected]> From: Joel Green
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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
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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.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande
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 protected], bbtc <[email protected]> From: Joel Green
<[email protected]> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> 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
===
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.)
http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande