One more reason that I am soooo afraid of heights (and people who can't spell accident)! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLuuWhK559A Boy....I don't like this. There doesn't seem to be anyway for me to go in and edit the title of my thread. I left the R off the end of "your" and there are no advanced options in editing to correct it, at least none that I can see.
He did not try to save the bike, highly intelligent decision! I fixed it. There are some missing features at present, they may come later. In the mean time just click on the 'House Keeping' button and let us know what you need.
Wow!! Crazy video. It always amazes me how quickly things can go badly. Even riding at what appeared to be not a dangerous pace. Glad he bailed when he did. 7602's of course!
When riding right along the edge of a cliff like that, an extra measure of caution is advised. Unfortunately, a good number of riders, both on dirt and on the street, fail to adhere to this sensible tactic. They're too busy getting a speed rush or competing with their fellow riders.
I did something sort of like that a couple of years ago. Not quite as bad. I tried to save the bike and guide it back towards the trail. Because of this, the bike ended up only going halfway over the edge. that was the good news. The bad news was that I was all by myself in the middle of nowhere when it happened. I couldn't pull the bike back off the edge of the canyon. I had to walk up to the top of the hill where my phone got some reception and then called various numbers till I got a hold of somebody who could ride out and help me pull the bike to safety.
WOW! I've been to places that things like that could happen but i never saw or even heard anyone going over the edge! At least he didn't go over, but did you hear the panic in his voice? What a mess!
oops. Rode a ton of stuff like that at Moab last year. Fun stuff. We did not loose anyone but there was opportunity and it was wet / slick... You ALWAYS want to check what is on the other side... Make sure there is a path for you... If you think you might slide into the HUGE hole on you left stop and hunker down... Ride someone elses bike encase you toss it (Walts) And make sure you do NOT have to much Captain in ya... I need to get back to Moab ASAP. Kelly
Nasty! What a close call. How could his Husky take a tumble like that and only need $80 worth of repairs...you would think some major tweakage would have occurred?!
