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Old September 10th 08, 02:23 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
Mike Vandeman
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Default ANOTHER Dead Mountain Biker

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Man finds human skull while hiking

Adam Jensen

Retired South Tahoe Middle School teacher David Berne looks toward a
creek near the spot where he found a human skull last month.
Jonah M. Kessel / Tahoe Daily Tribune

David Berne, a retired South Lake Tahoe teacher and hiking enthusiast,
gets a kiss from his hiking partner Maddox, a 4-year-old boxer.
Jonah M. Kessel / Tahoe Daily Tribune

Just as he does 20 to 30 times a year, retired South Tahoe Middle
School teacher David Berne set out to hike Scout Peak from a dirt road
west of Echo Summit last month.

An avid outdoorsman, Berne is accustomed to finding the remains of
forest creatures on his hikes, but he was not prepared for the
discovery he made Aug. 16.

"I've found bones before, but I knew this was a human one," Berne
said.

While walking near a wooded ravine below the peak's summit, the
63-year-old spotted something he thought was a large mushroom.

But a closer inspection revealed the telltale sutures of a human
skull.

"And I said, 'Oh my, this is a skull,' " Berne said.

"To find something like this, it was really hard to believe that I
would find parts of a human up here," he said. "It was something
almost like out of a thriller novel or something."

Berne marked the skull's location with three stones, a cross made of
twigs and a global-positioning system device.

With the skull showing signs of weathering, Berne packed his discovery
out and called the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, which quickly
collected the skull from Berne's South Lake Tahoe home.

Authorities believe the skull to be that of Andrew Sewell, a
59-year-old Rio Vista man who disappeared from a mountain-bike trip on
Oct. 17, 2004.

In July 2005, search-and-rescue members located belongings of Sewell's
along with nine bones - confirmed by DNA testing to be those of
Sewell.

While the exact circumstances surrounding Sewell's death remain a
mystery, he may have been caught in a snowstorm that hit the Sierras
at the time of the trip.

The cause of Sewell's death is listed as accidental exposure, said El
Dorado County Deputy Coroner Larry Olsen.

Search and rescue scoured the area where the skull was found last week
but did not locate any additional remains, Olsen said.

Sheriff's deputies believe the skull to be that of the lost mountain
biker, because the location where the skull was found is in the
general vicinity of where Sewell's bones were found in 2005.

"We can't say for sure that the skull is that of Mr. Sewell, but it
has been sent to the California Department of Justice lab," Olsen
said.

Through DNA testing at the lab, located in Sacramento, sheriff's
deputies hope to determine the identity of the skull. How long
identification could take isn't known, Olsen said.

The deputy coroner did not criticize Berne's removal of the skull but
made a recommendation to people who may find themselves in a similar
situation. "Ideally, we prefer that people leave it intact and call us
right away so that we can come out to the scene," Olsen said. "I'm not
faulting Mr. Berne; we appreciated him calling."

Sewell was a semi-retired computer Web designer. He often talked about
mountain-bike riding in the Tahoe area, Sewell's son, August, told the
Tribune in 2004. He reportedly was in good spirits the last time he
spoke with family members.
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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 September 11th 08, 10:13 PM posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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On Sep 10, 9:23*am, Mike Vandeman wrote:
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Man finds human skull while hiking

Adam Jensen

Retired South Tahoe Middle School teacher David Berne looks toward a
creek near the spot where he found a human skull last month.
Jonah M. Kessel / Tahoe Daily Tribune

David Berne, a retired South Lake Tahoe teacher and hiking enthusiast,
gets a kiss from his hiking partner Maddox, a 4-year-old boxer.
Jonah M. Kessel / Tahoe Daily Tribune

Just as he does 20 to 30 times a year, retired South Tahoe Middle
School teacher David Berne set out to hike Scout Peak from a dirt road
west of Echo Summit last month.

An avid outdoorsman, Berne is accustomed to finding the remains of
forest creatures on his hikes, but he was not prepared for the
discovery he made Aug. 16.

"I've found bones before, but I knew this was a human one," Berne
said.

While walking near a wooded ravine below the peak's summit, the
63-year-old spotted something he thought was a large mushroom.

But a closer inspection revealed the telltale sutures of a human
skull.

"And I said, 'Oh my, this is a skull,' " Berne said.

"To find something like this, it was really hard to believe that I
would find parts of a human up here," he said. "It was something
almost like out of a thriller novel or something."

Berne marked the skull's location with three stones, a cross made of
twigs and a global-positioning system device.

With the skull showing signs of weathering, Berne packed his discovery
out and called the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, which quickly
collected the skull from Berne's South Lake Tahoe home.

Authorities believe the skull to be that of Andrew Sewell, a
59-year-old Rio Vista man who disappeared from a mountain-bike trip on
Oct. 17, 2004.

In July 2005, search-and-rescue members located belongings of Sewell's
along with nine bones - confirmed by DNA testing to be those of
Sewell.

While the exact circumstances surrounding Sewell's death remain a
mystery, he may have been caught in a snowstorm that hit the Sierras
at the time of the trip.

The cause of Sewell's death is listed as accidental exposure, said El
Dorado County Deputy Coroner Larry Olsen.

Search and rescue scoured the area where the skull was found last week
but did not locate any additional remains, Olsen said.

Sheriff's deputies believe the skull to be that of the lost mountain
biker, because the location where the skull was found is in the
general vicinity of where Sewell's bones were found in 2005.

"We can't say for sure that the skull is that of Mr. Sewell, but it
has been sent to the California Department of Justice lab," Olsen
said.

Through DNA testing at the lab, located in Sacramento, sheriff's
deputies hope to determine the identity of the skull. How long
identification could take isn't known, Olsen said.

The deputy coroner did not criticize Berne's removal of the skull but
made a recommendation to people who may find themselves in a similar
situation. "Ideally, we prefer that people leave it intact and call us
right away so that we can come out to the scene," Olsen said. "I'm not
faulting Mr. Berne; we appreciated him calling."

Sewell was a semi-retired computer Web designer. He often talked about
mountain-bike riding in the Tahoe area, Sewell's son, August, told the
Tribune in 2004. He reportedly was in good spirits the last time he
spoke with family members.
--
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, be careful stealing from your employer as you spend hours
surfing the internet instead of earning your paycheck and being a
productive employee. This could happen to you http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96
/383/15672_games.html

Computer Games Launched The Development of The Brain Pathology, Which
The Boy Was Suffering From, Having Thus Provoked Stroke

A teenager died in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg after 12 hours of
playing computer games. The boy died from stroke after he had spent a
half of his day playing games in a computer club. Doctors were taking
lifesaving efforts for several days, but could not save the boy. The
autopsy showed that the brain of a young gamer was totally
destroyed.
According to the information from the press service of the city's
healthcare administration, the tragedy occurred last week. The boy
stayed in the game club longer than safety regulations allowed. When
the boy returned home, he showed quite inadequate behavior, which made
his mother call an ambulance. The boy was hospitalized, stayed in the
reanimation department for seven weeks and died. Doctors concluded
that computer games launched the development of the brain pathology,
which the boy was suffering from, having thus provoked stroke.
Doctors of the city hospital say that they start receiving information
about computer game addiction developing among teenagers on a regular
basis. According to sociological research, up to 80 percent of
schoolchildren of 12-13 years of age suffer from addiction to
computers in Russia. Children may spend whole days sitting in front of
computers without food, water and rest.
Children's addiction to computer games in Western states gradually
takes the scale of alcohol and drug addiction. Such children are
excessively short-tempered, irascible and emotionally unstable. They
always experience a dire need of playing computer games, although they
realize practical uselessness of such pastime. As a result, computer
addicts suffer from inner contradictions between the real and the
virtual egos.
Doctors say that serious addiction to computer games negatively
affects both physical and intellectual development of children,
causing depressions and psychological disorders.


Just think Mike, if this happened to you your employer would have a
moment of silence for you and you finally would have the attention you
so badly crave. Don't plan having a funeral though, nobody would show
up..........

Mike is a legend is his own mind
For to many years he's been living in a fantasy
 




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