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ANOTHER Mountain Biker Dies in "Accident" at Lake Tahoe

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Mike Vandeman

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Jul 17, 2011, 8:04:40 PM7/17/11
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Of course, it's not an accident. This kind of thing is totally
predictable. Mountain biking is INHERENTLY dangerous. Anyone who
engages in it is a FOOL.

Mike


http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/07/16/state/n173600D54.DTL

Mountain biker dies in accident at Lake Tahoe

Associated PressJuly 16, 2011 05:36 PMCopyright Associated Press. All
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rewritten or redistributed.

Saturday, July 16, 2011
(07-16) 17:36 PDT Carson City, Nev. (AP) --

A mountain biker from Las Vegas has been killed in an accident in the
mountains above Lake Tahoe's northeast shore.

The Nevada Appeal of Carson City reports 50-year-old Daniel Otter was
descending a trail from Marlette Lake with a group of friends Friday
when he lost control and cartwheeled over the bicycle.

Sheriff's deputies say Otter was traveling at about 20 mph at the
time, and hit the ground with "severe force."

He died instantly in the 3:30 p.m. accident.

Trails in the mountains around Marlette Lake are popular with mountain
bikers.


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"\"T°m Sherm@n >

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Jul 17, 2011, 8:53:46 PM7/17/11
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On 7/17/2011 7:04 PM, Mike Vandeman wrote:
> Of course, it's not an accident. This kind of thing is totally
> predictable. Mountain biking is INHERENTLY dangerous. Anyone who
> engages in it is a FOOL.

Six (6) foolish hikers killed on mountain:
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/26/six-bodies-found-french-alps_n_884796.html>.

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

Edward Dolan

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Jul 17, 2011, 9:05:09 PM7/17/11
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""T°m Sherm@n"" <""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI$southslope.net"> wrote in message
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> On 7/17/2011 7:04 PM, Mike Vandeman wrote:
>> Of course, it's not an accident. This kind of thing is totally
>> predictable. Mountain biking is INHERENTLY dangerous. Anyone who
>> engages in it is a FOOL.
>
> Six (6) foolish hikers killed on mountain:
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/26/six-bodies-found-french-alps_n_884796.html>.

This was NOT a hiking mishap, but a mountain climbing mishap. The two are
NOT the same. Hiking (trekking) is safe, mountain climbing is risky as hell!

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


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