I love Mike wrote:

On Monday, June 10, 2013 2:47:17 AM UTC+12, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Sunday, June 9, 2013 2:11:46 AM UTC-7, I love Mike wrote:

On Friday, June 7, 2013 3:02:54 PM UTC+12, Mike Vandeman wrote:

Evolution in action!

Mike

http://www.rotoruadailypost.co.nz/ne...er-72/1895333/

72-year-old injured while mountain biking

Alison King

5th Jun 2013 7:59 AM

A man was taken to hospital after crashing his bike on the Creek
track in Rotorua File

A Rotorua man smashed his chest against a log while mountain biking,
and in hospital asked when he would be allowed to go windsurfing
again.

Ian Horlor, 72, windsurfs every day and is also a member of the
weekly Wise Riding group. The group is for mountain bikers aged over
60 and meets every Tuesday at the Waipa Car Park. Yesterday he was
riding with his daughter, Lisa, who leads the group, and fellow
mountain biker Bryan Eckersley when he crashed on the Creek track.

Miss Horlor has praised the actions of Mountain Bike Rotorua, who
came to her father's aid after she dialled 111.

"I'm usually good in situations like that but I was a complete wombat
because it was my dad," Miss Horlor said.

"I just panicked I guess. They did everything they could, if I didn't
have them I would have felt very much on my own."

After she made her 111 call, a call was then put through to Mountain
Bike Rotorua to get into the forest to stabilise Mr Horlor while the
ambulance was on its way. Tuhua Mutu helped Mr Horlor while Brad
O'Malley guided the ambulance in.

"I work in the forest, my job is to coach and guide and that crew is
always first on the scene," Miss Horlor said.

"They're highly-trained. They were with dad for an hour. At the end
of the day they have a business to run but they dropped everything."


Mr Horlor was taken to Rotorua Hospital and treated for hypothermia
as well as chest injuries.


"He's super, super fit. The first thing he asked was when he can go
windsurfing again. We know he'll get better really fast."

Mr Eckersley said they were only 20 minutes into their ride when his
friend slipped and crashed.

"We were having a good ride," he said.

"We went down onto Creek track and there's a wooden bridge at the
bottom. I don't know if his wheel slipped but he went off the side
and landed with his chest against the log. He's got the skills but
it's just one of those things. It was a bit slippery - you need to
get that bit right."

I don't know what your PR strategy is but it sure isn't intelligent.
Gloating about the injuries suffered to mountain bikers just makes you
look like a nutcase.

You are LYING. Where do you see "gloating"? I just tell the truth.
Mountain bikers HATE that. They have no idea what it means.

Funny you mean the truth. You emails to the Rotorua district council show
complete ignorance. You present no scientific evidence showing mountain
biking is damaging anyone else's recreational experience in the area or
the physical environment itself. Furthermore your emails show complete
ignorance of New Zealand's environmental issues or the way the area is
being managed. Maybe you should do your homework before writing your
emails?

He doesn't need to do research -- he claims to have a P, H, D !!
If so, why isn't he busy writing articles, researching and/or teaching in a
college or university? Or even a high school?
I truly doubt he has a terminal degree of any kind from a university of any
accreditation. And it doesn;t take long to realize he's obviously unable to
have any reasonable discourse of ideas.

MV has been ranting on the internet for close to 2 decades now and has even
been noted and cited in mainstream publications. He probably thinks he's a
hero saving mankind -- certainly a legend in his own mind. I personally feel
bad for this guy as he's likely a bomb waiting to go off. The internet keeps
him from doing that, I hope. As long as he remains behind the keyboard, the
world's a better place, but...

I only hope he doesn't turn his misguided anger into an attack on some poor
woman or child some day, which is a distinct possibility and like all of his
deranged postings, very sad when you think about it. Although he makes
himself a target, I hate to see someone suffer like this as the torture he
endures is painfully obvious.