On Wednesday, August 28, 2013 3:26:46 PM UTC-7, Mike Vandeman wrote:
So much for the alleged "healthfulness" of mountain biking.



Mike





http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbc...ategory=NEWS01



Mountain biker dies on trail



Published: August 18. 2013 4:00AM PST



A 62-year-old man was found dead Saturday on the Lava/Edison mountain bike trail near Little Lava Lake.



According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, friends of the man called 911 to report he had collapsed shortly before 2 p.m. Those riding with the man attempted CPR, but paramedics arriving on the scene pronounced him dead.



The Sheriff’s Office is withholding the man’s name until his family can be notified.

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/view...schutes-County

BEND — The Deschutes County sheriff’s office says 62-year-old Wesley Pierson of Redmond man died on a mountain bike ride.

Deputies responded to a call for help Saturday afternoon from a group of mountain bikers on the Lava-Edison trail near Little Lava Lake. They said a member of their party had collapsed.

Witnesses gave the man CPR and paramedics began advanced life-saving efforts when they arrived. But he could not be revived and was declared dead at the scene.