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" flew off the bike, broke his scapula and was going into shock"
A good reason not to allow mountain bike racing.
Mike Subject: Why all the Gravel and work on Ord? From: papa-g I am not the expert on this topic by any means, but this is what I THINK I know: The roads being worked on are not new roads. These roads are used for emergency vehicles to respond to both fire and medical emergencies. If the roads are not improved, Fort Ord is not able to host such things as the Sea Otter or 24 Hours of Adrenaline due to liability...I think. Some roads are in such bad shape that the local Cal Fire/ Salinas Rural will not use them to respond to emergencies. Not pretty seeing the gravel and such being put in, but it will look real good seeing an emergency vehicle coming down one to get to your sorry and broken butt if you do not keep the rubber side down! As we know, in a medical emergency, every minute counts. I want to see Fort Ord be open and stay "wild", too. There is no way to have both at all times. Rangers have to patrol, roads will need to be worked on and folks need to push back to keep OUR lands open and usable for recreation. One way to do this is BE INVOLVED!!! Show up to the MORCA meetings, volunteer your time to do trail work, be active in the FORA/ESCA process and be proactive instead of reactive to the issues. Lots of folks in the club do this and I am thankful to all of you! If you are a lurker, get involved, please. One quick story...before I get back to my paying job...Sea Otter a few years ago when the club volunteered to marshal the XC race: I was at the top of trail 50 where that nasty bit of gravel is. A racer was coming down the ruts on fire road just before the intersection and flew off the bike, broke his scapula and was going into shock. Jim, my hero... ...was doing his BETA duties and calling in emergency services. A helicopter was called in while an emergency vehicle tried to get to the site at the same time. Crazy thing is that it took a good forty minutes or more before someone got to the site! The dirt road from Laguna Seca was bad and the medics took a long time to navigate to the site on the rutted out road...I think that the emergency vehicle, a truck, only had about a mile or so of dirt they drove on, the rest was paved. Thanks for reading my two cents! Gary |
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