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Mike Vandeman
May 12, 2012, 12:01:44 PM5/12/12
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Evoludion in action!
Mike
http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/218384/dead-mountain-biker-was-experienced-and-prepared-police/
May 9, 2012Updated: May 9, 2012 | 8:05 pm
Dead mountain biker was experienced and prepared: police
By Kate WebbMetro Vancouver
[]Metro/Courtesy T-H via Flickr A mountain biker died Monday after
jumping over three metres off a wooden ladder bridge at Cypress
Mountain, similar to this one, going over his handle bars and hitting
a tree.
New details have emerged about the accident that killed a 43-year-old
mountain biker at Cypress Mountain Monday.
West Vancouver Police say the Vancouver man was an experienced
mountain biker who was well familiar with the terrain, riding a bike
with full suspension, and wearing a full helmet, goggles, body armour
and gloves.
He was riding with two friends when he attempted a jump in steep
terrain on a trail called Coiler. The jump consists of a wooden ladder
bridge that sends the rider over a log to a landing point nearly two
metres down and three metres away from the takeoff point.
After he landed he flew over his handlebars and hit a tree. He died at
the scene, despite the best efforts of his friends to save him.
It happened near the West Lake Access Road, around the 10-km mark on
Cypress Bowl Road.
Police are calling it “an unfortunate and tragic accident involving a
very experienced and prepared rider.”
Mike
http://metronews.ca/news/vancouver/218384/dead-mountain-biker-was-experienced-and-prepared-police/
May 9, 2012Updated: May 9, 2012 | 8:05 pm
Dead mountain biker was experienced and prepared: police
By Kate WebbMetro Vancouver
[]Metro/Courtesy T-H via Flickr A mountain biker died Monday after
jumping over three metres off a wooden ladder bridge at Cypress
Mountain, similar to this one, going over his handle bars and hitting
a tree.
New details have emerged about the accident that killed a 43-year-old
mountain biker at Cypress Mountain Monday.
West Vancouver Police say the Vancouver man was an experienced
mountain biker who was well familiar with the terrain, riding a bike
with full suspension, and wearing a full helmet, goggles, body armour
and gloves.
He was riding with two friends when he attempted a jump in steep
terrain on a trail called Coiler. The jump consists of a wooden ladder
bridge that sends the rider over a log to a landing point nearly two
metres down and three metres away from the takeoff point.
After he landed he flew over his handlebars and hit a tree. He died at
the scene, despite the best efforts of his friends to save him.
It happened near the West Lake Access Road, around the 10-km mark on
Cypress Bowl Road.
Police are calling it “an unfortunate and tragic accident involving a
very experienced and prepared rider.”
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