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BarryNL
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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.
> 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.