I'm reading about careless, thoughtless people on the General Forum, and some well made points have been posted. I thought I'd just publicly thank the guys who helped me recover my vehicle and equipment though.
I was riding with some snow ranger friends up in Montana on Saturday, and although there weren't Bluebird conditions, we had a blast and enjoyed the heck out of a great day of powder scavenging along the Big Sky Trail. In the eleventh hour, I managed to snap my ankle off inside my footwell during an unplanned ejection on a small climb, and it left me without a way to drive my manual 5-speed Dodge home at the end of the self-rescue. My thanks also go out to friends Dale and Adam, snow rangers for the USFS Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center for their selfless assistance and for getting me to West Jellystone to advance my return home. And for their fellowship and cameraderie and good times all day once again! Great ride........ And I had to abandon my rig in West and make the rest up from there. My wife drove up from Victor, ID and got me to the hospital. Thanks Dorothy........
A panicky call at the end of the day (by me) in between spotty cell coverage yielded the typical results people get from my friend, Travis (REVPILOT) - "What do you need and how can I give it to you?"
He had my truck, trailer, sleds and gear parked in my driveway before breakfast time this morning, showed up with two more friends (thank you Andy and Travis) with smiles on their faces and parked my Dodge after going all the way to West Yellowstone and getting it, and driving it here for me. I don't know what I would have done without the help - but he made it a non-issue.
This is the same clown that actually got me into the sport of sledding, one more thing I remain grateful for, as it is one of the most satisfying pastimes I've ever had the privilege to enjoy. REVPILOT is one of the reasons I've always enjoyed it.
Thank You REVPILOT. Every sledder should have and be the kind of friend you are - and I'm not the only one who's been helped out by you. Others have been repaired or towed out of sticky situations by you, and your Brother (OUTLAW) - people who never even gave you their names.
Enough syrupy mushy stuff - I'll repay you someday by teaching you to ride..... hahaha
Stovebolt
Team Ruptured Buzzard
(Currently a little ruptured, but not out of the game.)
I was riding with some snow ranger friends up in Montana on Saturday, and although there weren't Bluebird conditions, we had a blast and enjoyed the heck out of a great day of powder scavenging along the Big Sky Trail. In the eleventh hour, I managed to snap my ankle off inside my footwell during an unplanned ejection on a small climb, and it left me without a way to drive my manual 5-speed Dodge home at the end of the self-rescue. My thanks also go out to friends Dale and Adam, snow rangers for the USFS Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center for their selfless assistance and for getting me to West Jellystone to advance my return home. And for their fellowship and cameraderie and good times all day once again! Great ride........ And I had to abandon my rig in West and make the rest up from there. My wife drove up from Victor, ID and got me to the hospital. Thanks Dorothy........
A panicky call at the end of the day (by me) in between spotty cell coverage yielded the typical results people get from my friend, Travis (REVPILOT) - "What do you need and how can I give it to you?"
He had my truck, trailer, sleds and gear parked in my driveway before breakfast time this morning, showed up with two more friends (thank you Andy and Travis) with smiles on their faces and parked my Dodge after going all the way to West Yellowstone and getting it, and driving it here for me. I don't know what I would have done without the help - but he made it a non-issue.
This is the same clown that actually got me into the sport of sledding, one more thing I remain grateful for, as it is one of the most satisfying pastimes I've ever had the privilege to enjoy. REVPILOT is one of the reasons I've always enjoyed it.
Thank You REVPILOT. Every sledder should have and be the kind of friend you are - and I'm not the only one who's been helped out by you. Others have been repaired or towed out of sticky situations by you, and your Brother (OUTLAW) - people who never even gave you their names.
Enough syrupy mushy stuff - I'll repay you someday by teaching you to ride..... hahaha
Stovebolt
Team Ruptured Buzzard
(Currently a little ruptured, but not out of the game.)
