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What a weekend. :banghead:

Chadwick, Steveo & I weren't able to get out there till Fri night. We weren't as fortunate as those who were able to make a week out of it, but we were stoked just to make it out.

When I pulled into camp Chad noticed a hissing noise from one of my trailer tires. I picked up a nice big ol' nail in the sidewall. Great! :banghead:

After unloading Steveo was anxious to check out the new car so we went and assasinated a few people at comp. :beer_bang: :think: Man, I love this new car. We were havin a blast messing around that night.

Unfortunatley our first run on Saturday happened to be one of our last runs for the weekend. It was a great group ride with the crew. We had a huge line of cars and a few bikes tearin it up. Then we headed over to comp and hung for a bit. Randog & I messed around for a little bit on and behind comp and then came back. We were all chillen at the base of the hill. Painterjoe & I were bs'ing about the next ride and then he took off up the hill to head back to camp. He turned around at the top of the hill and came back. He informed us all that Chris (grimace) ate chit up at the top in the big ditch/ hole up there. Chris was jammin up comp on the right side in his VW rail and thought he was going to dodge the ditch. He knew it was there, but misjudged how long or wide it went. He lawndarted right into the other side of it coming to a very hard, abrupt stop and spun around landing down in the ditch. He was in lots of pain and couldn't feel his legs or feet. It tore me up to him like that. He was then evacuated safely thanks to all his friends and the BLM/ rescue crews. He was put on the BLM rescue buggy and life-flighted out to UMC trauma.

He went into surgery that night. His L1 ruptured (or burst) and fragments of bone went into his spine. What the doctors told us sounded very bad. LUCKILY everything went very very well in surgery. He has regained feeling & movement in his knees and legs. He still can't feel the tops of his feet, but we all expect that to come eventually. He is in GREAT spirits and should recover 100% after a while.

The rest of the weekend was pretty chill for everyone in camp. Randog split to go to Vegas to be with his bro and everyone else just kinda waited it out to hear the updates. We still managed to have a good night cooking up some good grub and sharing some laughes with each other.

Sunday we just split in the morning since we all had to get back early that day due to many things going on. It was still fun to get out there and be with all our great friends and see everyone, but MAN....I am ready for a quiet, off weekend with hardly anyone or anything going on. I took very few pics, but I have a few decent ones I will post up later.

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What a weekend. :banghead:

Chadwick, Steveo & I weren't able to get out there till Fri night. We weren't as fortunate as those who were able to make a week out of it, but we were stoked just to make it out.

When I pulled into camp Chad noticed a hissing noise from one of my trailer tires. I picked up a nice big ol' nail in the sidewall. Great! :banghead:

After unloading Steveo was anxious to check out the new car so we went and assasinated a few people at comp. :beer_bang: :think: Man, I love this new car. We were havin a blast messing around that night.

Unfortunatley our first run on Saturday happened to be one of our last runs for the weekend. It was a great group ride with the crew. We had a huge line of cars and a few bikes tearin it up. Then we headed over to comp and hung for a bit. Randog & I messed around for a little bit on and behind comp and then came back. We were all chillen at the base of the hill. Painterjoe & I were bs'ing about the next ride and then he took off up the hill to head back to camp. He turned around at the top of the hill and came back. He informed us all that Chris (grimace) ate chit up at the top in the big ditch/ hole up there. Chris was jammin up comp on the right side in his VW rail and thought he was going to dodge the ditch. He knew it was there, but misjudged how long or wide it went. He lawndarted right into the other side of it coming to a very hard, abrupt stop and spun around landing down in the ditch. He was in lots of pain and couldn't feel his legs or feet. It tore me up to him like that. He was then evacuated safely thanks to all his friends and the BLM/ rescue crews. He was put on the BLM rescue buggy and life-flighted out to UMC trauma.

He went into surgery that night. His L1 ruptured (or burst) and fragments of bone went into his spine. What the doctors told us sounded very bad. LUCKILY everything went very very well in surgery. He has regained feeling & movement in his knees and legs. He still can't feel the tops of his feet, but we all expect that to come eventually. He is in GREAT spirits and should recover 100% after a while.

The rest of the weekend was pretty chill for everyone in camp. Randog split to go to Vegas to be with his bro and everyone else just kinda waited it out to hear the updates. We still managed to have a good night cooking up some good grub and sharing some laughes with each other.

Sunday we just split in the morning since we all had to get back early that day due to many things going on. It was still fun to get out there and be with all our great friends and see everyone, but MAN....I am ready for a quiet, off weekend with hardly anyone or anything going on. I took very few pics, but I have a few decent ones I will post up later.

Thanks for the update on Chris. Whitney told us he's already working from his cell phone :booty: . Actually I didn't even see him at the top, I went over, my friend Steve is the one that saw him and dropped off another friend Steve who is a volunteer for the Ski Patrol in Big Bear. He stayed with Chris while the other Steve went back down the hill. When I didn't see Steve follow I got a bad feeling :(. Like you said it tears you apart when you see one of your friends like that. But it's great to hear he's doing well.

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He stayed with Chris while the other Steve went back down the hill. When I didn't see Steve follow I got a bad feeling :(.

oh, that's right :banghead: I thought it was you that came back down. That whole hour or two that day was a big blur with everything that was going on. :banghead: To top it all off I had to go meet the guy who was interested in my car about 30 minutes after Chris was air lifted out. Then someone mentioned and asked if we were going the the meet & greet! :beer_bang: :think:

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oh, that's right :banghead: I thought it was you that came back down. That whole hour or two that day was a big blur with everything that was going on. :booty: To top it all off I had to go meet the guy who was interested in my car about 30 minutes after Chris was air lifted out. Then someone mentioned and asked if we were going the the meet & greet! :banghead::think:

haha Pete didnt you almost miss the holloween meet n greet? :banghead:

Man that sucks about chris, dont know him but iv seen a friend in that situation sure sucks feeling helpless glad he is gonna be ok!! :beer_bang:

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These are the pics I took of the guy we found that had two broken ankles. I think his name was Caleb. I sure hope he is doing ok.... If anyone knows... Please give us an update..

Was he riding a KX450 bike? Its Caleb Christensen from Christensen Bros pipeline...that sucks ill have to go see him

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Thanks for the update on Chris. Whitney told us he's already working from his cell phone :beer_bang: . Actually I didn't even see him at the top, I went over, my friend Steve is the one that saw him and dropped off another friend Steve who is a volunteer for the Ski Patrol in Big Bear. He stayed with Chris while the other Steve went back down the hill. When I didn't see Steve follow I got a bad feeling :(. Like you said it tears you apart when you see one of your friends like that. But it's great to hear he's doing well.

Whenever word of an injured duner gets around, I get a sinking feeling. You know when that chopper is flying in/out, it's not good. No one wants things like this to happen to anyone, but that's why they're called accidents; it's never planned. It's when it happens to someone you know and care about that feeling sinks a lot further down. In a perfect world, there would be no need for that chopper, but the world is far from perfect!!

On the upside, Davey and I went to the hospital to see Chris this evening. For what he's been through and what lies ahead, he's doing remarkably well! This young man has a guardian angel looking over him and we're all very lucky that angel kept up with him on that hill Saturday! :D

:think: to a full recovery Chris!

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Here are some of my pics from the Meet N Greet first...

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And then my camera did something I have never seen before!!! MEMORY CARD IS FULL!!!! :dope::dope:

Since the first qoute didnt work out....sorry pete you can delete it.

The first car the one with the skulls, anyone on here own it? I know its Waynes car i know him from town but i didnt know he is on the site iv told him about tho....just wondering if your on here!

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Let me know what happened to him, please. Thanks

Two shattered ankles 4 screws in each. He said there was some girl asking if she could take pictures lol. He is doing good now, just take time to rehab them. I guess he was doing "la maz" breathing while they were taking the boots off. And he was only there about an hour...bad weekend for a few people.... :dope:

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