Missing Motorcyclist....

Butch

Butch

poseur
Staff member
shit. if we go out and do stuff now we cannot expect much support from the established infrastructure. The community is good. Best of luck to everyone.
 
gixxerjeff

gixxerjeff

Dogs best friend
This is no bueno.
My daughter had a conversation with me about this a few years ago.
She knows I ride Carnegie by myself a lot and one day put her foot down and asked me to adhere to a few simple rules. Her primary request was for me to leave a note on my truck windshield advising the rangers of what trails I plan on riding. This was largely prompted by the Oakland Lion incident.
I hope this rider is found safe and quickly.
 
wilit

wilit

Well-known member
That sucks, hope they find him safe. But this is a good reminder that if you go out into the wilderness by yourself, it's always a good idea to have a SPOT locator.
 
DucatiHoney

DucatiHoney

Administrator
Staff member
Oh my gosh... I felt a little physically ill when I read her message. To be dealing with that on top of this Covid stuff. I hope it ends well for everyone involved. Fingers crossed for the family.
 
badjoojoo

badjoojoo

Well-known member
Street or dirt, this guy is always with me:



No system is perfect, but if you want to mitigate risk then some sort of reliable SOS beacon is a must.
 
U

uski

Member
badjoojoo said:
Street or dirt, this guy is always with me:

(Garmin inReach mini picture)

No system is perfect, but if you want to mitigate risk then some sort of reliable SOS beacon is a must.
Click to expand...

I second this ! And from experience (unfortunately) : keep it in your pocket and not on your bike, because you may be separated in a crash

There is still hope for the rider. In another area where I was living before, they found a motorcycle rider 3 days after the crash in a ditch, alive and well, just with a broken leg. This seems to happen all the time, and the inReach is a solid solution, I can't recommend it enough (I also have a CAT tourniquet and a whistle, all in my left pocket, in addition to the inReach).
 
U

uski

Member
What a tragic ending. I was really hoping for the best.
RIP and thoughts to the family.

I have been following his daughter on Facebook who has been doing all she could to find him and shared regular status updates, I really feel for her.

Thank you to all who participated in the search. As a random rider it feels good to see the community is strong, and had I been closer, I would have participated in the search too, as I did before in similar circumstances.

I hope we will know more about what happened, so that his death can at least teach us something to improve our safety.

RIP.

[EDIT] First signs point to heart attack or heat stroke
https://dualsport-sd.com/forums/ind...otay-area/&page=7&tab=comments#comment-250690
Sherif press release say the cause of the death will be confirmed later.
https://apps.sdsheriff.net/PressRelease/Default.aspx?FileLink=cd2d6ed3-82f0-4538-b854-bd5eff23b146
 
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