On Apr 28, 12:40=A0am, Mike Vandeman <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:03:21 -0700 (PDT), Siskuwihane
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> <Siskuwiha...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >On Apr 27, 3:22=A0am, Tom Sherman <sunsetss0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >wrote:
> >> Mike Vandeman blathered:
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> >> > On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:08:55 +0100, "Ronnie Guthrie"
> >> > <ronnieguthrie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> >> "Mike Vandeman" <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> >>news:cic614h4e7n0ibl7fei8ui9gsdkbj6hc2e@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >>> On Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:09:25 +0100, "Ronnie Guthrie"
> >> >>> <ronnieguthrie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> >>>> "Mike Vandeman" <mjva...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> >> >>>>news:7ee51413vncfdam3hols3g2io31hk3qka6@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >>>>> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:06:43 -0700 (PDT), Bruce Jensen
> >> >>>>> <bpnjen...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> >>>>>> On Apr 24, 9:53 pm, Tom Sherman
<sunsetss0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >>>>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>>>> Mike Vandeman blathered:
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> >> >>>>>>>> Evolution at work:
> >>
>>>>>>>>http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/04/21/news/Bolivia-US-Touri=
st-Dea...
> >> >>>>>>>> LA PAZ, Bolivia: A U.S. tourist has been killed after losing
c=
ontrol
> >> >>>>>>>> of his mountain bike and plunging off a cliff while biking
dow=
n
> >> >>>>>>>> Bolivia's treacherous "Highway of Death," rescue officials
sai=
d
> >> >>>>>>>> Monday.
> >> >>>>>>>> Firefighter Ramiro Torres told The Associated Press that
Kenne=
th
> >> >>>>>>>> Mitchell died Saturday afternoon after falling about 230
feet =
(70
> >> >>>>>>>> meters).
> >> >>>>>>>> Officials at the U.S. Embassy in La Paz confirmed the
56-year-=
old
> >> >>>>>>>> Mitchell's death but declined to release his hometown.
> >> >>>>>>>> Mitchell was riding with one of several tourist agencies
that =
offer
> >> >>>>>>>> guided trips down the mountain road, which is known for its
> >> >>>>>>>> breathtaking views, hairpin turns and steep drops.
> >> >>>>>>>> Bus accidents killed hundreds of Bolivians a year there
until =
a new,
> >> >>>>>>>> paved highway was opened in 2007.
> >> >>>>>>> Dude, the guy was cycling on a ROAD. That is NOT mountain
bikin=
g.
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> >> >>>>>> Exactly. =A0I'm with you on the small-trail riding, Mike, but
> >> >>>>>> c'mon...this is a motor vehicle roadway. =A0Motor vehicles
plung=
e to
> >> >>>>>> their deaths here too.
> >> >>>>> So you think riding a mountain bike on a mountain road has
nothin=
g to
> >> >>>>> do with mountain biking? You are weird.
> >> >>>> So what damage to the environment was he doing by riding a bike
(m=
ountain
> >> >>>> bike or whatever) on a road designed for motor vehicles?
> >> >>> Obviously, he rode off-road. DUH!
> >> >> I think not. =A0Check your facts first Mr Vandeman. =A0He was
riding=
on a "road"
> >> >> (http://tinyurl.com/2l84y6)
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> >> > You guys are INCREDIBLY stupid! How do you think he ended up
off-road=
?
> >> > He rode off-road! DUH!
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> >> No dude, the deceased was out of control once he left the road.
Whether=
> >> or not he remained in physical contact with the bicycle after going
ove=
r
> >> the cliff, he was not riding the bicycle at that point. Furthermore,
th=
e
> >> deceased was not intending to leave the road unless he was planning
to
> >> kill himself.
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> >> What happened is not riding off road. DUH!
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> >The =A0re****t I read said
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> >"On Monday, Kenneth Mitchell, 56, of Fullerton, California, died when
> >he tumbled from his bicycle and fell over a cliff along the highway."
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> >That would make him a hiker since he wasn't on his bike at the time of
> >going over the cliff.
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> This post makes you a moron, because you weren't in possession of a
> brain when you wrote it.
No, you using the work "boke" TWICE makes you the moron, moron.
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> Clearly, he was riding his bike, because (1) he's a mountain biker,
> and that's what they do, and (2) if he had been hiking, he wouldn't
> have fallen off, because he would have had more secure footing.
>
> >Another cyclist was killed (same article) on the paved section on
> >Thursday, so much for the health benefits of road biking.
>
> I've never claimed any health benefits for road biking.
No one said you did, dummy. Quit thinking it's all about you, you
aging attention whore.
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