ANOTHER Death Caused by Mountain Biking

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...ctid=10513114:

Boy killed in crash loved his bike
5:00AM Thursday May 29, 2008

Doctors told Frazer McKinlay-Storey's family that he had suffered the
worst neck injury they had ever seen. Photo / BOP Times
As teenager Frazer McKinlay-Storey was about to slip into
unconsciousness, he managed to utter four words to his mother: "I love
you, Mum."

Frazer drifted off, on board a helicopter heading to Auckland's
Starship hospital. He didn't wake, and died two days later. He was
just 13.

Last Thursday, about 4.15pm, a mountain-biking accident at the
Tauranga BMX Club track at Sulphur Pt left him with a shattered neck.

The Tauranga Boys College student, who lived in Matua and had a
passion for mountain biking, fell and hit the ground at such an angle
that his neck shattered on impact.

"It wasn't a stunt or a jump ... it was just a berm that he was riding
around and didn't realise there was a drop off on one side," Frazer's
stepfather, Ross Bond, said yesterday. Frazer was to visit his father
in Auckland the next day and was having a last blast around the track.

He was equipped with a brand-new crash helmet, but no protective gear
could have saved him, Mr Bond said.

After the fall, a friend of his ran to get help and dialled 111. St
John Ambulance staff arrived shortly afterwards.

Frazer was conscious for 12 hours after the accident.

"The doctors there were saying it was the worst neck injury they've
seen on anyone because most people who have had that sort of accident
would have been killed outright. So for him to have been conscious for
12 hours was quite something," Mr Bond said.

Frazer's condition deteriorated on Friday _ his mother Charlotte
McKinlay's birthday _ and he was put on a ventilator before being
prepared for the trip to the Starship. He spoke to his mother before
being sedated for the 5pm flight. "The last thing he said was, `I love
you, Mum'. He never woke up," Mr Bond said.

At Starship, an MRI scan showed the severity of his injuries and
Frazer passed away peacefully on Sunday.

The family are devastated. "We're getting through it all, ups and
downs," Mr Bond said.

Frazer's passion for mountain biking was ignited when he bought a bike
at the beginning of the school year, his first at Tauranga Boys
College. It was the first he'd bought out of his own pocket.

"He lived for it. He'd come in and have breakfast wearing his helmet,"
Mr Bond said. "Anywhere he wanted to go ... we had to dismantle his
bike and put it in the car to take it with us."

Mr Bond said Frazer would be remembered as "a complete joker, bubbly,
outgoing and very generous."

"[He was] an absolute gem to be around, wise beyond his years. He was
a really good kid."

Tauranga Boys College Principal Robert Mangan said Frazer had been
making good progress and had just been moved up a class. "Our thoughts
and condolences are with the family in what is a very tragic
accident."

Tauranga BMX Club President Ash Rawson said the next club meeting on
the track would be in Frazer's honour.

Frazer's funeral will be in Auckland at Romaleigh Funeral Home, 31
Oceanview Rd, Northcote at midday tomorrow.

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So much for the health benefits of hiking...

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...s=den&psp=news


Hiker Plunges Off Cliff While Sliding Over Snow
Friends: Teen Fell 100 Feet Into Rocks

POSTED: 6:26 am MDT May 29, 2008
UPDATED: 11:32 am MDT May 29, 2008


SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. -- An 19-year-old man died after he fell about
150 feet while hiking with friends on Wednesday afternoon.

Summit County Rescue Group spokesman Joe Ben Slivka said it happened
on the Mohawk Lakes trail, about 10 miles south of Breckenridge in the
Blue River area.

Spokeswoman Anna DeBattiste said that according to the hiker's two
friends, Michael Henthorne was sliding in the snow, lost control and
fell off a cliff into a scree field.

The hiker's two friends performed CPR, under guidance from Summit
County Dispatch over the phone, but were unsuccessful in reviving the
subject.

A Flight for Life helicopter was involved in locating the subject and
shuttling rescuers into the field. The hiker was pronounced dead upon
arrival of rescuers.

Henthorne was a 2007 graduate of Summit High School.

Siskuwihane wrote:
So much for the health benefits of hiking...

Falling is not hiking. So don't fall; it's not healthy.
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On May 29, 4:04*pm, PatOConnell wrote:
Siskuwihane wrote:
So much for the health benefits of hiking...

Falling is not hiking. So don't fall; it's not healthy.
[crossposts reduced]

`Kind of like riding on a BMX track isn't mountain biking.

Siskuwihane wrote:
On May 29, 4:04 pm, PatOConnell wrote:
Siskuwihane wrote:
So much for the health benefits of hiking...
Falling is not hiking. So don't fall; it's not healthy.
[crossposts reduced]

`Kind of like riding on a BMX track isn't mountain biking.

Exactly.

"PatOConnell" wrote in message
...
Siskuwihane wrote:
So much for the health benefits of hiking...

Falling is not hiking. So don't fall; it's not healthy.
[crossposts reduced]

If you haven't fallen, you haven't hiked.

On May 30, 9:58*am, "the Moderator"
wrote:
"PatOConnell" wrote in message

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Siskuwihane wrote:
So much for the health benefits of hiking...

Falling is not hiking. So don't fall; it's not healthy.
[crossposts reduced]

If you haven't fallen, you haven't hiked.

If you haven't hiked, you haven't lived!

Sad, but rare. About ten people die in hiking accidents in Colorado
each year
out of the hundreds of thousands who go out.
Its said more die in the drive to and from hikes.
Soes someone have the risk factors?

the Moderator wrote:
"PatOConnell" wrote in message
...
Siskuwihane wrote:
So much for the health benefits of hiking...
Falling is not hiking. So don't fall; it's not healthy.
[crossposts reduced]

If you haven't fallen, you haven't hiked.

I'm a caver. Cavers learn not to do unsafe things (like falling),
avoiding injury and rescue (which can be a lot worse in a cave than on
the surface).

rick++ wrote:
Sad, but rare. About ten people die in hiking accidents in Colorado
each year
out of the hundreds of thousands who go out.
Its said more die in the drive to and from hikes.
Soes someone have the risk factors?

Panel 16 Distilled Wisdom. Morbid Backcountry.
The risk factors are there.

"Ways to die involving the backcountry. Nurturing Mother Nature?
Hardly."

"Most frequent: car accident going to or from a backcountry trip.
Alcohol related (frequently)." No statistics, but it's also a common way
to die for cavers and climbers.

About 10 years ago a caver friend of mine guided a group of beginners
through an "easy" cave, got them all out of the just fine, sat down
outside the entrance and died of a heart attack. No rescue needed, just
a body haul by the ambulance crew. He was a long time rescue leader--the
best.