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Old August 18th 06, 04:36 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
Mike Vandeman
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Default ANOTHER Mountain Biker Dies (at 43!) While Mountain Biking

So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking.

Mike


Girls carry on tradition after dad's untimely death

Luis Ochoa, The Desert Sun
Danae York, 18, of Indio (left) poses for a picture with her
grandfather Douglas Hunt, 68, and her sister Deidre York, 15, also
from Indio. The two teens rode in a national mountain bike competition
last weekend in the Colorado Rockies following the death of their
father, Daniel York.

DARREN YORK
After Darren York's sudden death July 23 while mountain biking in
Mountain Center, family members and friends recalled him as a giving,
honest person who loved the outdoors and was devoted to his family.
York, 43, was the son of Indio pioneers Doug and Linda York. He was
president and owner of Meredith & Simpson Construction Co., an
Indio-based family business noted for building the Mathis Brothers
furniture store on Highway 111 in Indio.
In addition to mountain biking, he was an off-road racer and also
raced cars and trucks. He enjoyed snow and water skiing.He served on
the Indio Planning Commission from 2003 to 2004.

The Story
Local businessman dies while biking
K Kaufmann
The Desert Sun
August 17, 2006 August 17, 2006

Darren York put his daughters Danae and Deidre on their first mountain
bikes back in the 1990s, when the girls were just 11 and 8 years old.

He signed them up for their first races. He taught them how to change
their own tires and study a course to prepare for big bumps.

He also taught them to never give up.

So when York, 43, an Indio resident and former city planning
commission member, died suddenly while mountain biking with friends on
July 23, the decision about whether the two teens would take part in a
national competition last weekend in the Colorado Rockies was never in
doubt.

"He wouldn't want us to quit," said Danae York, 18, who rode to the
national junior mountain biking championship at the event near Aspen.

In addition to the national title, Danae is a member of the U.S.
mountain biking team. She heads to New Zealand today to compete in the
world championships, with Deidre, 15, and grandparents Douglas and
Carol Hunt of Palm Desert along for support.

The Hunts are the parents of the girls' mother, Lorraine York, 43.

"We were going to go even before their dad passed," said Douglas Hunt,
68, himself a senior mountain biking champion in 2003 and 2004. "(Now
it's) more important to be supportive of (the girls), and to represent
our country. Darren was very patriotic. We're a taking a whole
suitcase of little flags."

Racing emotions
The Colorado competition brought up memories and intense emotions for
both girls.

Danae said she was often riding through tears; Deidre was unable to
finish the race.

"Him not being there was hard," said Deidre, who begins her sophomore
year at La Quinta High School in September. "The race started on a
really steep climb. (Riding) through the emotions, I became so weak I
couldn't go on."

Even so, training for the race helped the family deal with Darren's
sudden death.

"It was something to turn sadness into something happy," Danae said.
"It actually helped our healing process."

York's autopsy is still not complete, Lorraine York said. The initial
report states he passed out while riding and was killed by the impact
of his body on the bike as he fell forward. Why he passed out is
unknown, his wife said.

His death was a blow not only to his family but to the valley's biking
community, which had become a second family for the Yorks since
Douglas Hunt started biking in 1998.

His enthusiasm for the sport soon spread to Darren, who in turn made
it a family activity with Lorraine and daughters Deanna, now 20, Danae
and Deidre all pedaling along.

The family started competing in 2001 when Darren decided to enter a
race and signed up Danae to keep him company.

After one race, she was hooked.

"The fun is definitely in the racing and it being a family affair,"
she said. "Mountain biking, it's all on you, you on the bike."

When she returns from New Zealand, Danae will continue racing as a
freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She plans to major
in journalism.

The Colorado team is nonvarsity, which will allow her to turn pro in
2007.

"In endurance sports you don't peak till you're 27 or 28," Danae said.
"(I'm) still growing."

And continuing to draw inspiration from her father.

Following Darren's death, a family friend had a star named in his
honor through a commercial Web site. The naming is unofficial, but the
star - now visible in the Southern Hemisphere - has become yet another
way for the family to keep memories of Darren close.

"We'll be able to see the star (in New Zealand)," Danae said. "Dad's
always there. He's there in everything you do."
===
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Old August 18th 06, 05:12 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
Jason
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Default ANOTHER Mountain Biker Dies (at 43!) While Mountain Biking

Mike Vandeman wrote:
So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking.

Mike


Once again you take the death of someone and pervert it I bet your
mothers really proud. Oh well what comes around goes around and you too
will one day pay.

In any case from what I read he died doing what he loved. We should all
be so lucky to go that way and we should all be so lucky you just go.
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Old August 18th 06, 07:13 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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"Jason" wrote in message
m...
Mike Vandeman wrote:
So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking.

Mike


Once again you take the death of someone and pervert it I bet your mothers
really proud. Oh well what comes around goes around and you too will one
day pay.

In any case from what I read he died doing what he loved. We should all be
so lucky to go that way and we should all be so lucky you just go.


What does Mike love to do? Does anyone think Mike's mother would be proud
of Mike's posts???????????? Does anyone care what he loves to
do???????????????? Will anyone miss Mike????????????? PLEASE Mike answers
these questions!!!!!!!!


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Old August 19th 06, 01:53 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
Mike Vandeman
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Default ANOTHER Mountain Biker Dies (at 43!) While Mountain Biking

On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:12:02 GMT, Jason
wrote:

Mike Vandeman wrote:
So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking.

Mike


Once again you take the death of someone and pervert it I bet your
mothers really proud. Oh well what comes around goes around and you too
will one day pay.

In any case from what I read he died doing what he loved. We should all
be so lucky to go that way and we should all be so lucky you just go.


Then I guess you'll probably die jerking off or picking cigarette
butts out of the trash. I'm sure we'll all be happy for you.
===
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
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Old August 19th 06, 03:20 AM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
jason
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Default ANOTHER Mountain Biker Dies (at 43!) While Mountain Biking

Mike Vandeman wrote:
Then I guess you'll probably die jerking off or picking cigarette
butts out of the trash. I'm sure we'll all be happy for you.


So you give up that quickly now? That cell phone really has burned away
your one working brain cell hasn't it.

So just how proud are your parents of your bigoted hate filled life anyhow?
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Old August 19th 06, 03:58 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
JP
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"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message ...
On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:12:02 GMT, Jason
wrote:



Then I guess you'll probably die jerking off or picking cigarette
butts out of the trash. I'm sure we'll all be happy for you.
===


Ooohh. Brainless response. Mediocre at the schoolyard.
Not worthy of the group to which you post your most impressive research.
Not up to your usual scientific-wannabe ponderous pedantic vocabulary.

Bite me? Screw you? Is this the level to which you've sunk?

Take a week off to get yourself focused, then come back.
We'll be here.
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Old August 19th 06, 07:42 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
Jeff Strickland
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Mike,
You ****ing idiot! You milked this story already.

Why can't you get on your stationary bike and die? The environment would
undoubtedly be better off ...





"Mike Vandeman" wrote in message
...
So much for the alleged health benefits of mountain biking.

Mike


Girls carry on tradition after dad's untimely death

Luis Ochoa, The Desert Sun
Danae York, 18, of Indio (left) poses for a picture with her
grandfather Douglas Hunt, 68, and her sister Deidre York, 15, also
from Indio. The two teens rode in a national mountain bike competition
last weekend in the Colorado Rockies following the death of their
father, Daniel York.

DARREN YORK
After Darren York's sudden death July 23 while mountain biking in
Mountain Center, family members and friends recalled him as a giving,
honest person who loved the outdoors and was devoted to his family.
York, 43, was the son of Indio pioneers Doug and Linda York. He was
president and owner of Meredith & Simpson Construction Co., an
Indio-based family business noted for building the Mathis Brothers
furniture store on Highway 111 in Indio.
In addition to mountain biking, he was an off-road racer and also
raced cars and trucks. He enjoyed snow and water skiing.He served on
the Indio Planning Commission from 2003 to 2004.

The Story
Local businessman dies while biking
K Kaufmann
The Desert Sun
August 17, 2006 August 17, 2006

Darren York put his daughters Danae and Deidre on their first mountain
bikes back in the 1990s, when the girls were just 11 and 8 years old.

He signed them up for their first races. He taught them how to change
their own tires and study a course to prepare for big bumps.

He also taught them to never give up.

So when York, 43, an Indio resident and former city planning
commission member, died suddenly while mountain biking with friends on
July 23, the decision about whether the two teens would take part in a
national competition last weekend in the Colorado Rockies was never in
doubt.

"He wouldn't want us to quit," said Danae York, 18, who rode to the
national junior mountain biking championship at the event near Aspen.

In addition to the national title, Danae is a member of the U.S.
mountain biking team. She heads to New Zealand today to compete in the
world championships, with Deidre, 15, and grandparents Douglas and
Carol Hunt of Palm Desert along for support.

The Hunts are the parents of the girls' mother, Lorraine York, 43.

"We were going to go even before their dad passed," said Douglas Hunt,
68, himself a senior mountain biking champion in 2003 and 2004. "(Now
it's) more important to be supportive of (the girls), and to represent
our country. Darren was very patriotic. We're a taking a whole
suitcase of little flags."

Racing emotions
The Colorado competition brought up memories and intense emotions for
both girls.

Danae said she was often riding through tears; Deidre was unable to
finish the race.

"Him not being there was hard," said Deidre, who begins her sophomore
year at La Quinta High School in September. "The race started on a
really steep climb. (Riding) through the emotions, I became so weak I
couldn't go on."

Even so, training for the race helped the family deal with Darren's
sudden death.

"It was something to turn sadness into something happy," Danae said.
"It actually helped our healing process."

York's autopsy is still not complete, Lorraine York said. The initial
report states he passed out while riding and was killed by the impact
of his body on the bike as he fell forward. Why he passed out is
unknown, his wife said.

His death was a blow not only to his family but to the valley's biking
community, which had become a second family for the Yorks since
Douglas Hunt started biking in 1998.

His enthusiasm for the sport soon spread to Darren, who in turn made
it a family activity with Lorraine and daughters Deanna, now 20, Danae
and Deidre all pedaling along.

The family started competing in 2001 when Darren decided to enter a
race and signed up Danae to keep him company.

After one race, she was hooked.

"The fun is definitely in the racing and it being a family affair,"
she said. "Mountain biking, it's all on you, you on the bike."

When she returns from New Zealand, Danae will continue racing as a
freshman at the University of Colorado in Boulder. She plans to major
in journalism.

The Colorado team is nonvarsity, which will allow her to turn pro in
2007.

"In endurance sports you don't peak till you're 27 or 28," Danae said.
"(I'm) still growing."

And continuing to draw inspiration from her father.

Following Darren's death, a family friend had a star named in his
honor through a commercial Web site. The naming is unofficial, but the
star - now visible in the Southern Hemisphere - has become yet another
way for the family to keep memories of Darren close.

"We'll be able to see the star (in New Zealand)," Danae said. "Dad's
always there. He's there in everything you do."
===
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


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Old August 20th 06, 06:41 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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And your point..? Besides using the death of a human being in an attempt to
validate your OPINION...?

New information tonight on the eastern Wisconsin man who died while hiking
in British Columbia. He survived about six days in the mountains while
rescuers looked for him.

According to a coroner's report, 36-year-old David Koch of Waukesha County
died of hypothermia. He had been the subject of an intense ten day search
using helicopters, police dogs and infrared devices. Koch was found dead
back on June 7 in a creek bed.
---------------------

Wellington - English hiker R***** A*****, 26, who became lost in the dense
New Zealand bush for a week, fell to his death just 200 metres from a
farmhouse and safety, a newspaper reported on Thursday.

A*****'s body was found lying near the bottom of a waterfall on New
Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula on Wednesday.

Police believe it was the relief of seeing the lights of the farmhouse that
led him to take the fatal step off a cliff face he did not see in the thick
undergrowth that sent him plunging 50 metres to his death, the New Zealand
Herald reported.

An experienced hiker in his home country, A**** became lost on a six-hour
hike in the Kauaeranga Valley, near Thames and up to 100 searchers found no
trace of him until his body was seen with just his feet protruding from the
water a week later.

------------------

CARLSBAD - A hiker died Saturday after getting lost in the snow and four
others were injured, authorities said.

a.. Weather blamed for fatal crash in Oceanside
From today's U-T


b.. County hit by rain, snow, hail


Border Patrol official Richard Kite said agents received a report around
7:30 a.m. that five people were lost out in the snow near Corte Madera in
Pine Valley. He would not comment on the exact cause of death nor identify
the hikers. The Border Patrol agents, trained in search and rescue and
swift-water rescue, found the hikers a few hours later, Kite said. One of
the hikers died and the others were stabilized and taken to area hospitals.


 




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