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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: ebewley on March 17, 2006, 07:51:18 AM
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California BLM -
Staying on designated routes in remote public land areas of the California
Desert became an important lesson for an OHV recreationist and his
passenger who fell down a vertical mineshaft last weekend in eastern Imperial
County (luckily, a broken arm was the only injury). Traveling off-road in a
designated "limited use" area (where travel is restricted to identified safe
routes), the two men spent Sunday afternoon and night -- 20 hours total --down
the abandoned mineshaft before being rescued.
BLM arranged to have the vehicle extracted. An investigation is underway.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/news/newsbytes/xtra-06/222-xtra_minesafety.htm
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:o :o :o
I have cruised that area, and I know some
of those shafts are steep and deep.
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Seats look a little stained ;D
Glad there OK.
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:o :o I wonder if he is going to buy a full-size truck now? Good to see that they came out with little injuries.
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That's pretty amazing. I wonder how far they fell.
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they are from here, Santa Rosa,CA. They fell about 25feet. :o
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Glad they are OK. Man, that is a slightly unnerving sight seeing that zuk's rear coming out of that shaft.
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Do you think it's still drivable?
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Aside from the bent cab, it looked plenty driveable. Id say it did pretty good for a 25 ft fall.