So mtnbrider and I rode Mt. Wilson today, which was a blast. We were on the one of the last trails when I had a flat. So we move over to the side of the trail and start to fix it. In a minute or two a couple of other riders come by. We had seen them earlier so they stopped to say hello and make sure we didn't need any help.
We were fine and just about done so they started to leave. The first guy walks his bike past us and the second guy slowly rides past us. As he gets next to me he stops to say something when he stepped back a bit to far and the edge of the cliff gives way! The dude starts falling backwards. I reached out to grab him but he was too far gone. He tumbled over and over down a rock face about 40 feet before landing on dirt and bushes where he slid another 10 feet or so finally being stopped by a tree.
I swear I thought the dude was dead. Turns out that he hit his head pretty good (He did have a helmet on! ) and cut up his knees and possibly dislocated his shoulder. mtnbrider and the other rider put their helmets back on and climbed down to rescue (big props to mtnbrider for immediatly heading down to help rescue the dude!). I stayed up top to pull them and the bike up the last part, not to mention that you always leave someone up top in case the rescuers end up needing to be rescued themselves. They got him and his bike back up to the trail safely and without anyone else getting hurt.
We rode with them the rest of the way out to make sure they got out safe.
I have never seen anyone ragdoll like that. I swear I thought I would be calling Altadena mountain rescue to come get the body. He got very lucky.
What a day!
We were fine and just about done so they started to leave. The first guy walks his bike past us and the second guy slowly rides past us. As he gets next to me he stops to say something when he stepped back a bit to far and the edge of the cliff gives way! The dude starts falling backwards. I reached out to grab him but he was too far gone. He tumbled over and over down a rock face about 40 feet before landing on dirt and bushes where he slid another 10 feet or so finally being stopped by a tree.
I swear I thought the dude was dead. Turns out that he hit his head pretty good (He did have a helmet on! ) and cut up his knees and possibly dislocated his shoulder. mtnbrider and the other rider put their helmets back on and climbed down to rescue (big props to mtnbrider for immediatly heading down to help rescue the dude!). I stayed up top to pull them and the bike up the last part, not to mention that you always leave someone up top in case the rescuers end up needing to be rescued themselves. They got him and his bike back up to the trail safely and without anyone else getting hurt.
We rode with them the rest of the way out to make sure they got out safe.
I have never seen anyone ragdoll like that. I swear I thought I would be calling Altadena mountain rescue to come get the body. He got very lucky.
What a day!
