Mtn. biker hurt in Mission Trails park

Evolution in action....

Mike


http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/new...on_trail.html:

Mtn. biker hurt in Mission Trails park
Firefighters were called to Mission Trails Regional Park this morning
where a man riding a mountain bike was injured.

The mountain biker was on a trail about three to five miles from one
of the entrances to the sprawling park when he fell just after 11
a.m., a dispatcher with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

The fire department's helicopter, Copter 1, was called to fly the man
to an awaiting ambulance, said the dispatcher, who did not have
further details on the extent of the man's injuries.
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On Aug 9, 2:13*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Evolution in action....

This news must have hit Mike pretty hard.

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/N...Y&pageId=3.2.1

Metro Chef Dies In Colorado Hiking Accident

Last Edited: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT


A young but well known Kansas City chef has died while hiking in the
mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado.

Ryan Torpey, 31, didn't return from a hike on Wednesday. Search and
Rescue had been searching for him ever since and found his body on
Thursday.

Torpey was vacationing with family in Colorado for his sister's
wedding. The coroner said it appears Torpey died in a fall. Friends
and co-workers were shocked to hear the news.

Torpey grew up in the metro and is a Park Hill graduate. He started
out in Kansas City at Le Fou Frog. He was just out of culinary
school, Cordon Bleu in Oregon.

"You could see he was brilliant," Barbara Rafael, co-owner of Le Fou
Frog, said.

Rafael said Torpey was well liked and the girls called him Brad Pitt.
But she said he especially made an impression on her husband, Le Fou
Frog's chef.

"My husband liked him and that's a big deal because there's a lot of
people in this industry and when you see shining stars you thank your
stars they came to you and we were really lucky to have him working at
the Frog," Rafael said.

Torpey recently got his big break as executive chef of the Swizzle on
71st and Wornall. It recently closed despite rave reviews that called
Torpey, "the best chef you've never heard of, a real talent."

"We heard great things that his menu was fabulous and he was just a
really a talented kid and it's really sad," Rafael said.

Swizzle's owner still currently owns the Gaf on Wornall and he had
just learned of Torpey's death Thursday afternoon and was not prepared
to talk about it yet.

"It's shocking and very very sad and I'm sorry for his family and his
friends and it's a great loss to the Kansas City restaurant industry,"
Rafael said.

The trail where Torpey died is a difficult one, rated for experienced
to advanced climbers. But his family told rescue crews that Torpey had
climbed it before and was a skilled hiker.

Tess Koppelman, FOX 4 News

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 04:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane
wrote:

On Aug 9, 2:13*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Evolution in action....

This news must have hit Mike pretty hard.

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/N...Y&pageId=3.2.1

Metro Chef Dies In Colorado Hiking Accident

Last Edited: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT


A young but well known Kansas City chef has died while hiking in the
mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado.

Ryan Torpey, 31, didn't return from a hike on Wednesday. Search and
Rescue had been searching for him ever since and found his body on
Thursday.

Torpey was vacationing with family in Colorado for his sister's
wedding. The coroner said it appears Torpey died in a fall. Friends
and co-workers were shocked to hear the news.

Torpey grew up in the metro and is a Park Hill graduate. He started
out in Kansas City at Le Fou Frog. He was just out of culinary
school, Cordon Bleu in Oregon.

"You could see he was brilliant," Barbara Rafael, co-owner of Le Fou
Frog, said.

Rafael said Torpey was well liked and the girls called him Brad Pitt.
But she said he especially made an impression on her husband, Le Fou
Frog's chef.

"My husband liked him and that's a big deal because there's a lot of
people in this industry and when you see shining stars you thank your
stars they came to you and we were really lucky to have him working at
the Frog," Rafael said.

Torpey recently got his big break as executive chef of the Swizzle on
71st and Wornall. It recently closed despite rave reviews that called
Torpey, "the best chef you've never heard of, a real talent."

"We heard great things that his menu was fabulous and he was just a
really a talented kid and it's really sad," Rafael said.

Swizzle's owner still currently owns the Gaf on Wornall and he had
just learned of Torpey's death Thursday afternoon and was not prepared
to talk about it yet.

"It's shocking and very very sad and I'm sorry for his family and his
friends and it's a great loss to the Kansas City restaurant industry,"
Rafael said.

The trail where Torpey died is a difficult one, rated for experienced
to advanced climbers. But his family told rescue crews that Torpey had
climbed it before and was a skilled hiker.

Tess Koppelman, FOX 4 News

The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...

The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
--


But, the FACT that you look for stories about bike accidents doesn't make
enviro-whackos look like idiots? That's another in a long list of double
standards that you seem to enjoy.

"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...

"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...

The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
--


But, the FACT that you look for stories about bike accidents doesn't make
enviro-whackos look like idiots? That's another in a long list of double
standards that you seem to enjoy.


Face it, the idiot spends his whole life trying to dog MTB'ers. Not that it
has any real effect, save entertaining us! I refuse to block him for that
reason alone. He is hilarious in a village idiot kind of way.

Ist-e Mundus, Furia bundus wrote:
"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
--

But, the FACT that you look for stories about bike accidents doesn't make
enviro-whackos look like idiots? That's another in a long list of double
standards that you seem to enjoy.


Face it, the idiot spends his whole life trying to dog MTB'ers. Not that it
has any real effect, save entertaining us! I refuse to block him for that
reason alone. He is hilarious in a village idiot kind of way.

I'm a hiker. The rules MV pontificates would keep him from ever visiting
the places he says he's trying to preserve.

On Aug 9, 12:27*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 04:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane





wrote:
On Aug 9, 2:13*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Evolution in action....

This news must have hit Mike pretty hard.

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/N...d=7161984&vers....

Metro Chef Dies In Colorado Hiking Accident

Last Edited: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT

A young but well known Kansas City chef has died while hiking in the
mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado.

Ryan Torpey, 31, didn't return from a hike on Wednesday. Search and
Rescue had been searching for him ever since and found his body on
Thursday.

Torpey was vacationing with family in Colorado for his sister's
wedding. *The coroner said it appears Torpey died in a fall. *Friends
and co-workers were shocked to hear the news.

Torpey grew up in the metro and is a Park Hill graduate. *He started
out in Kansas City at Le Fou Frog. *He was just out of culinary
school, Cordon Bleu in Oregon.

"You could see he was brilliant," Barbara Rafael, co-owner of Le Fou
Frog, said.

Rafael said Torpey was well liked and the girls called him Brad Pitt.
But she said he especially made an impression on her husband, Le Fou
Frog's chef.

"My husband liked him and that's a big deal because there's a lot of
people in this industry and when you see shining stars you thank your
stars they came to you and we were really lucky to have him working at
the Frog," Rafael said.

Torpey recently got his big break as executive chef of the Swizzle on
71st and Wornall. *It recently closed despite rave reviews that called
Torpey, "the best chef you've never heard of, a real talent."

"We heard great things that his menu was fabulous and he was just a
really a talented kid and it's really sad," Rafael said.

Swizzle's owner still currently owns the Gaf on Wornall and he had
just learned of Torpey's death Thursday afternoon and was not prepared
to talk about it yet.

"It's shocking and very very sad and I'm sorry for his family and his
friends and it's a great loss to the Kansas City restaurant industry,"
Rafael said.

The trail where Torpey died is a difficult one, rated for experienced
to advanced climbers. But his family told rescue crews that Torpey had
climbed it before and was a skilled hiker.

Tess Koppelman, FOX 4 News

The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.

Waste time? It took about 1/10 of a second to Google 'rescue hiker',
loser.

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 09:42:46 -0700, "Jeff Strickland"
wrote:


"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
.. .

The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
--


But, the FACT that you look for stories about bike accidents

I don't look for them. They come to me with no effort whatsoever. I
don't spend even one second looking for them.

doesn't make
enviro-whackos look like idiots? That's another in a long list of double
standards that you seem to enjoy.
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:04:17 -0500, PatOConnell
wrote:

Ist-e Mundus, Furia bundus wrote:
"Jeff Strickland" wrote in message
...
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.
--

But, the FACT that you look for stories about bike accidents doesn't make
enviro-whackos look like idiots? That's another in a long list of double
standards that you seem to enjoy.


Face it, the idiot spends his whole life trying to dog MTB'ers. Not that it
has any real effect, save entertaining us! I refuse to block him for that
reason alone. He is hilarious in a village idiot kind of way.

I'm a hiker. The rules MV pontificates would keep him from ever visiting
the places he says he's trying to preserve.

So? What is your point?
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande

On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 11:18:10 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane
wrote:

On Aug 9, 12:27*pm, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On Sat, 9 Aug 2008 04:55:53 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane





wrote:
On Aug 9, 2:13*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
Evolution in action....

This news must have hit Mike pretty hard.

http://www.myfoxkc.com/myfox/pages/N...d=7161984&vers...

Metro Chef Dies In Colorado Hiking Accident

Last Edited: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT
Created: Thursday, 07 Aug 2008, 9:02 PM CDT

A young but well known Kansas City chef has died while hiking in the
mountains near Breckenridge, Colorado.

Ryan Torpey, 31, didn't return from a hike on Wednesday. Search and
Rescue had been searching for him ever since and found his body on
Thursday.

Torpey was vacationing with family in Colorado for his sister's
wedding. *The coroner said it appears Torpey died in a fall. *Friends
and co-workers were shocked to hear the news.

Torpey grew up in the metro and is a Park Hill graduate. *He started
out in Kansas City at Le Fou Frog. *He was just out of culinary
school, Cordon Bleu in Oregon.

"You could see he was brilliant," Barbara Rafael, co-owner of Le Fou
Frog, said.

Rafael said Torpey was well liked and the girls called him Brad Pitt.
But she said he especially made an impression on her husband, Le Fou
Frog's chef.

"My husband liked him and that's a big deal because there's a lot of
people in this industry and when you see shining stars you thank your
stars they came to you and we were really lucky to have him working at
the Frog," Rafael said.

Torpey recently got his big break as executive chef of the Swizzle on
71st and Wornall. *It recently closed despite rave reviews that called
Torpey, "the best chef you've never heard of, a real talent."

"We heard great things that his menu was fabulous and he was just a
really a talented kid and it's really sad," Rafael said.

Swizzle's owner still currently owns the Gaf on Wornall and he had
just learned of Torpey's death Thursday afternoon and was not prepared
to talk about it yet.

"It's shocking and very very sad and I'm sorry for his family and his
friends and it's a great loss to the Kansas City restaurant industry,"
Rafael said.

The trail where Torpey died is a difficult one, rated for experienced
to advanced climbers. But his family told rescue crews that Torpey had
climbed it before and was a skilled hiker.

Tess Koppelman, FOX 4 News

The fact that you waste time LOOKING for stuff like this shows what
idiots mountain bikers (and mountain biker apologists) are.

Waste time? It took about 1/10 of a second to Google 'rescue hiker',
loser.

You obviously spend A LOT of time researching me. (That's time well
spent, of course. Keep it up! )
--
I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to
humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8
years fighting auto dependence and road construction.)

Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of!

http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande