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ANOTHER Dead Mountain Biker!
So much for the alleged "health benefits" of mountain biking....
Mike http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ench-Alps.html Holiday Briton, 60, dies after 300ft fall from bike track in French Alps A sixty-year-old British man has fallen more than 300 feet to his death while mountain biking in the French Alps on a camping holiday with nine friends. By Alexandra Williams in Chamonix Published: 12:36PM BST 01 Aug 2009 The fall occured near Chamonix-Mt-Blanc, one of the world's most popular mountaineering areas Photo: GETTY/AFP The body of the man, from Brighton, was discovered on Friday afternoon by police in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc. He hired a bike on Friday morning and went for a ride alone along the Balcon Nord track, a popular mountain biking and walking trail. Hikers discovered his bike impaled on a tree just below the track and alerted police. A search by helicopter located the man’s body 330 feet below the track. A spokesman for the Mountain Police in Chamonix said: “We do not know why the man fell. We are waiting for the results of a post mortem. “The man hit several trees and fell a considerable distance – 100 metres. It is very steep in this section. “We believe he was on his own. He was on holiday with friends but he was the only one who went biking that day. There are no witnesses to his fall. “The Balcon Nord is a popular route and technically it is not too difficult.” |
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ANOTHER Dead Mountain Biker!
How, exactly, is dead mountain-bikers an environmental issue? I mean, how many of them could there be? |
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ANOTHER Dead Mountain Biker!
Claudius Denk wrote:
How, exactly, is dead mountain-bikers an environmental issue? I mean, how many of them could there be? Well, there are lots of dead /hikers/ littering the countryside: http://www.google.com/search?q=dead+...rlz=1I7SUNA_en |
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ANOTHER Dead Mountain Biker!
"Claudius Denk" wrote in message ... How, exactly, is dead mountain-bikers an environmental issue? I mean, how many of them could there be? - My take on the subject is that it is an environmental issue before the mountain biker goes dead. I hike in an areas where mountain biking is not allowed. However, this year I had my first "encounter" with a MB asshole. He was going downhill very fast on a no-bike trail, and almost ran over the two of us hiking downhill. While helping him get his bike back on the trail, I made a rather polite observation that I didn't think mountain biking was allowed on the trail. His answer was that it isn't allowed....but no harm done because he was only him...not a group. Most likely, the trail will very soon have environmental impact. |
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ANOTHER Dead Mountain Biker!
On Aug 2, 9:53*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
So much for the alleged "health benefits" of mountain biking.... Mike http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl.../5955043/Holid... You draw this conclusion based on a sample size of ONE? No wonder you're so near and dear to Bill Sornson: birds of a feather..... |
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