Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Mar 14, 7:29 pm, VtSkier wrote:
Mike Vandeman wrote:
http://www.malverngazette.co.uk/news...iker_airlifted...
Mountain biker airlifted after fall
3:33pm Sunday 14th March 2010
By James Savage »
A MOUNTAIN biker has been airlifted to hospital after falling from his
bike and hitting his head on a tree.
West Midlands Ambulance Service was called to Castlemorton, near
Malvern, shortly after 11.30am on Sunday.
An ambulance, a medical responder and the Midlands Air Ambulance from
Cosford were dispatched to the scene. The fire service was also in
attendance.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said: “On arrival at the
scene crews found a mountain biker who had fallen from his bike and is
believed to have hit his head on a tree branch.
"The man, believed to be in his late 30’s, was treated on scene for a
neck injury. He was given pain relief at the scene and immobilised
using a neck collar and spinal board.
“Due to the location of the incident a specialist team from the fire
service assisted the crew to transfer the patient from the hillside to
the ambulance.
“The ambulance crew conveyed the patient to the Air Ambulance who
airlifted the patient to Worcestershire Royal Hospital for further
assessment and treatment.”
There are parts of this story which are missing.
Namely the parts which support your case for a
mountain biker being a criminal. Where were the
trails? Were they hiking trails which the biker
should not have been on? Where is the 'wilderness'
that the biker is harming? Granted the biker
used services which might have been better used
elsewhere. However, who pays for these services?
Look closely and I suspect that this person is
a taxpayer in the county in which the incident
occurred or is at least a taxpayer somewhere
else that offers similar services. You can't get
away from it. These services are there for just
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Learn to read. Where do I say that this mountain biker is a criminal?
You are a complete idiot. By the way, rescue services are wasted on
people who DELIBERATELY put themselves at risk by practicing an
extreme sport like mountain biking. I hope he was billed for every
cent.

Actually I can read quite well. I was pointing out that
this mountain biker was clearly NOT a criminal and
wondering why you posted the story as it does not
support your program of considering all mountain
bikers criminals. And as for people putting themselves
at risk, you might check out the history of rescues
on the Appalachian Trail of hikers. It is quite a
common occurrence for HIKERS to be airlifted out of
the Mount Washington area for not considering such
mundane things as weather.