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l
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 Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:37 am |
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Here's the lead story in our local paper today. Doesn't this defy the laws of physics?
Pair survives 450-foot plunge off Hurricane Ridge Road
2006-02-26
by ANDREW BINION
OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK -- Two skiers whose sport utility vehicle plunged 450 feet off Hurricane Ridge Road on Saturday afternoon were returned to the road virtually uninjured.
Jennifer M. Maurer, 22, and Ryan L. Brumbagh, 21, both of Seattle, were transported back to Port Angeles, but not to the hospital, Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said.
Maurer received a Band-Aid for her finger, Maynes said.
The 1993 Jeep Cherokee was not so lucky, and rangers were still unsure how to remove it below where it plunged over the side of the road, which rises into the Olympic Mountains to the popular Hurricane Ridge ski area
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jimmymac
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jimmymac
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Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:11 am |
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| Shacknasty Jim wrote: | | Doesn't this defy the laws of physics? |
Unless the "plunge" was more of a slide-bounce-roll.
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
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Backpacker Joe
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I think it was last year that one young man survived a 800+ foot fall in his cherokee. Hmm, they seem to hold together alright...
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
"If destruction be our lot we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen we must live through all time or die by suicide."
— Abraham Lincoln
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polarbear
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This Komo article gives a detailed description of the XTreme drive.
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jimmymac
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jimmymac
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Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:19 pm |
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"...Rescuers strung a 300-foot rope along the path the vehicle took to guide them, Maurer and Brumbagh up to the road, but the incline did not require rappelling..."
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
"Profound serenity is the product of unfaltering Trust and heightened vulnerability."
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polarbear
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that...and this.... 
| Quote: | | Included in the 450-foot drop were two cliffs, both between 30 and 40 feet high, Maynes said.
She said the vehicle tumbled at least four times on its way down.
"It must have been a terrifying ride," Maynes said. |
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sarbar
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sarbar
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Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:39 pm |
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That bit of road where it happened is a "fun" section. We hit a bad patch of ice before X-Mas going up to H Ridge. Did two winters ago also. It was both times right before where that happened.
Brrrr.......the article gives me the willies!
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Mtn Dog
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Mtn Dog
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:14 pm |
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Airbags and seat belts...it's a beautiful thing! 
Footprints on the sands of time will never be made sitting down.
Footprints on the sands of time will never be made sitting down.
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Tom
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Tom
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Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:42 pm |
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And I'm sure a little luck too, just a little.
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