Keighley rider Chris Akrigg relives horrific plunge

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Keighley rider Chris Akrigg relives horrific plunge

9:05am Monday 23rd May 2011
By Marc Meneaud »

A champion mountain biker who survived a 40ft cliff plunge while
filming his latest video spoke today about the horrific incident and
his slow road to recovery.

Chris Akrigg, of Keighley, spoke out after an accident in which earth
gave way beneath his bike wheels, causing him to fall from Earl Crag,
a large grit stone outcrop near Cowling, Keighley.

The six-times National Bike Trial Champion had been re-visiting his
favourite mountain biking terrain in Yorkshire, when the accident
happened.

The 33-year-old told the Telegraph & Argus: “I was just using the
cliff as a backdrop, because it is a really nice location.

“I was riding on the top ready to do something that was not even that
scary or risky – it just happened that it went badly wrong.

“I was getting up some speed and, when I landed, the grass gave way
and I went off a rather large cliff.”

The fall sparked a large rescue operation which included paramedics
and an 18-strong mountain rescue team.

In a lengthy operation, surgeons at Airedale General Hospital in
Steeton, near Keighley, inserted a metal rod into the top of his
pelvis, with pins holding together the shattered bone in his thigh.

He also suffered tissue damage because of the impact of the fall and
still has his leg in plaster.

On May 24, 10:17*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:


East-West Fire Trail June 1, 2010

On Friday, May 28, 2010 UCPD received a report of an assault with a
deadly weapon which had occurred around 6 weeks earlier. The assault
occurred on a Sunday on the East-West Fire Trail located in the hills
above campus. The victims, two non-affiliated White males, reported
the crime after hearing of similar incidents occurring to bicyclists
on the fire trail. The victims were riding their bicycles westbound on
the trail when they encountered the suspect walking in the opposite
direction. The suspect was holding a handsaw and cut one of the
victims across the chest with the saw. The victims asked the suspect
why he had attacked them. He told them they should not be riding their
bicycles on the trail. The victims positively identified the suspect
from a photograph. UCPD contacted the suspect who admitted to holding
a saw in front of some bicyclists on a trail and contacting one of
them with the saw. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.
One of the victims suffered minor injuries during the assault.
Additional charges may be filed from similar incidences on the fire
trail including one reported in a crime alert on May 6, 2010.

The suspect is described as:

VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age.

"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
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http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u..._cliff _fall/

poor chris, hope he gets better soon...

On May 24, 6:59*pm, Kayak 44 wrote:
On May 24, 10:17*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:

East-West Fire Trail June 1, 2010

On Friday, May 28, 2010 UCPD received a report of an assault with a
deadly weapon which had occurred around 6 weeks earlier. The assault
occurred on a Sunday on the East-West Fire Trail located in the hills
above campus. The victims, two non-affiliated White males, reported
the crime after hearing of similar incidents occurring to bicyclists
on the fire trail. The victims were riding their bicycles westbound on
the trail when they encountered the suspect walking in the opposite
direction. The suspect was holding a handsaw and cut one of the
victims across the chest with the saw. The victims asked the suspect
why he had attacked them. He told them they should not be riding their
bicycles on the trail. The victims positively identified the suspect
from a photograph. UCPD contacted the suspect who admitted to holding
a saw in front of some bicyclists on a trail and contacting one of
them with the saw. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.
One of the victims suffered minor injuries during the assault.
Additional charges may be filed from similar incidences on the fire
trail including one reported in a crime alert on May 6, 2010.

The suspect is described as:

VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age.

Charge was dismissed, of course.

On May 24, 10:46*pm, "ZeeTso" wrote:
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message

...http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u...tain_biker_tel...

poor chris, hope he gets better soon...

Idiot mountain bikers NEVER "get better". Until they die.

On May 25, 10:49*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
On May 24, 6:59*pm, Kayak 44 wrote:





On May 24, 10:17*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:

East-West Fire Trail June 1, 2010

On Friday, May 28, 2010 UCPD received a report of an assault with a
deadly weapon which had occurred around 6 weeks earlier. The assault
occurred on a Sunday on the East-West Fire Trail located in the hills
above campus. The victims, two non-affiliated White males, reported
the crime after hearing of similar incidents occurring to bicyclists
on the fire trail. The victims were riding their bicycles westbound on
the trail when they encountered the suspect walking in the opposite
direction. The suspect was holding a handsaw and cut one of the
victims across the chest with the saw. The victims asked the suspect
why he had attacked them. He told them they should not be riding their
bicycles on the trail. The victims positively identified the suspect
from a photograph. UCPD contacted the suspect who admitted to holding
a saw in front of some bicyclists on a trail and contacting one of
them with the saw. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.
One of the victims suffered minor injuries during the assault.
Additional charges may be filed from similar incidences on the fire
trail including one reported in a crime alert on May 6, 2010.

The suspect is described as:

VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age.

Charge was dismissed, of course.- Hide quoted text -

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Found guilty on three of six charges.

Sentenced to 30 days on the Sherriff’s Work Alternative Program
(S.W.A.P.).

On probation for three years, which includes a “Stay Away” order for
trails in the Claremont Canyon Reserve and the UC Berkeley hiking
trails.


If you see him on the trail, it will be in violation of his parole.
Report him.

On 5/25/2011 7:50 PM, Kayak 44 wrote:
On May 25, 10:49�am, Mike wrote:
On May 24, 6:59�pm, Kayak wrote:





On May 24, 10:17�am, Mike wrote:

East-West Fire Trail June 1, 2010

On Friday, May 28, 2010 UCPD received a report of an assault with a
deadly weapon which had occurred around 6 weeks earlier. The assault
occurred on a Sunday on the East-West Fire Trail located in the hills
above campus. The victims, two non-affiliated White males, reported
the crime after hearing of similar incidents occurring to bicyclists
on the fire trail. The victims were riding their bicycles westbound on
the trail when they encountered the suspect walking in the opposite
direction. The suspect was holding a handsaw and cut one of the
victims across the chest with the saw. The victims asked the suspect
why he had attacked them. He told them they should not be riding their
bicycles on the trail. The victims positively identified the suspect
from a photograph. UCPD contacted the suspect who admitted to holding
a saw in front of some bicyclists on a trail and contacting one of
them with the saw. The suspect was subsequently taken into custody.
One of the victims suffered minor injuries during the assault.
Additional charges may be filed from similar incidences on the fire
trail including one reported in a crime alert on May 6, 2010.

The suspect is described as:

VANDEMAN, Michael J., a White non-affiliated male, 67 years of age.

Charge was dismissed, of course.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Found guilty on three of six charges.

Sentenced to 30 days on the Sherriff�s Work Alternative Program
(S.W.A.P.).

On probation for three years, which includes a �Stay Away� order for
trails in the Claremont Canyon Reserve and the UC Berkeley hiking
trails.


If you see him on the trail, it will be in violation of his parole.
Report him.

Wonder if Mikey's PO follows his Usenet postings?

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

On 5/24/2011 9:17 AM, Convicted Criminal Mike "Handsaw" Vandeman wrote:
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u..._cliff _fall/


Keighley rider Chris Akrigg relives horrific plunge

9:05am Monday 23rd May 2011
By Marc Meneaud �

A champion mountain biker who survived a 40ft cliff plunge while
filming his latest video spoke today about the horrific incident and
his slow road to recovery.

Chris Akrigg, of Keighley, spoke out after an accident in which earth
gave way beneath his bike wheels, causing him to fall from Earl Crag,
a large grit stone outcrop near Cowling, Keighley.[...]

Could have happened just as well to a hiker on the same portion of trail.

--
Tºm Shermªn - 42.435731,-83.985007
I am a vehicular cyclist.

"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
On May 24, 10:46 pm, "ZeeTso" wrote:
"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message

...http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.u...tain_biker_tel...

poor chris, hope he gets better soon...

Idiot mountain bikers NEVER "get better". Until they die.

i see no relation with chris akrigg here.
what are you babbling about?

"Tºm ShermªnT °_°" " wrote in
message ...
[...]
Wonder if Mikey's PO follows his Usenet postings?

I wonder if Tom Sherman knows his ass from a hole in the ground? I suggest
he stick to his ****ing engineering and forget about trying to figure out
what makes humans tick. He hasn't a clue. He never has had and he never will
have.

--
Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota
aka
Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota