To stop or not to stop???

[KFD070]

If he's ridin an Apex he better be trying to build up some "Help Out" points, as much as those pigs weigh!
A couple of weeks ago The wife and I stopped to help out another couple. The woman had lost control of her sled and put it over about a 40 ft. embankment. Upside down, on some logs and up against a tree. It took her husband and I plus 2 other guys who stopped, almost 90 minutes to get the sled out. We were exhausted and sweat soaked but in all reality we had fun with the challenge. The couple was grateful and that evening there was an e-mail invite from the couple to take my wife and I out for dinner to say thanks. KARMA, KARMA, KARMA!!!!!!!
Anyone who drives by an incident without stopping to offer assistance shouldn't be allowed to own a sled!

 

[duke1n]

If he's ridin an Apex

I think that's the key right there. If it was a feather weight SkiDoo then of course I might stop. But a YamiTank? Hell no! I would never put my back through and ordeal like that I mean come on. It would have to be Sorry bout your luck, if I see your truck is still in the lot when I come back the next weekend, I'll alert the authorities.

 

[Adrenaline Revolution]

I would stop IF the rider was there with only one other person or I felt they people were not capable of pulling the sled out.

I'd also feel real bad as I had to ride away after I asked if eveyone was alright but I am blessed with a partially fused back and 4 more bulged discs so I'm good for maybe 3 to 4 stucks in a day and I'm heading for the trailer.
I will help in an emergency but just simply helping to be social will end MY day sooner than I'd like.

I don't think this is wrong for me to think this way though.
People get stuck, it's part of the sport. So is digging out.

Again, emergency's are different.

 

[snowmobiler]

"Anyone who drives by an incident without stopping to offer assistance shouldn't be allowed to own a sled!"

well sure if the accident is in plain sight or sitter is waving people down.but if the one wanting help does nothing and expects people to have ESP then they shouldnt complainwe need more info on this one.

 

[Lt Rascal]

To me things have changed over the years. I have been riding for 25 plus years.

I was raised with the rules:
NEVER ride alone.
Stay together as a group.
Always stop and offer assistance. (you may be next)
Tell someone at home were you are headed and time you will be home.

Now days there are ALOT more people riding. Which is fine but most just don't have the courtesy to even slow down as they pass people on the trail let alone stop and offer assistance. I feel most have not been in the position YET that they need help form strangers. But they will sooner or later they will need help and hopefully they will see. It may take you 5 minutes to stop and help. But could save the recipeant hours.

Just my .02

I will continue to always stop and ask. "Are you okay?"

 

[KrazyKen]

I guess I'm just fortunate to share the hills with some pretty good people. I for one always stop and ask if they need help if there is any sign of trouble. Last weekend my wife seized a piston and was stopped in the trail, we had a group of about 5-6 there at the time. I had my head under the hood with my bore light looking at an ugly cylinder wall when two guys rode up to ask if things were alright. i responded that it didn't look good but we'd be ok. He even asked if we needed to borrow a tow strap, keep in mind I have never seen this guy before. That's the kind of people I like to see out there, and that's why I also offer help when ever needed. You never know when you're that guy.

 

[09m8162]

you never know who is over the hill till you get there. might be your best friend who went riding w/ other group or could be total stranger. If your on a sled you need to atleast check if everyone is OK, you wouldnt want someone else ridin by. I stopped to help some people one day and now 5-6 years later I see one of those guys in sled films all the time.

 

[phatty]

Couple weeks ago i was riding in colorado. There were 9 of us in the group and i was bringin up the back.

We came to a large meadow with a group of 6 sleds parked on the edge. My entire group flew by. I stopped and asked if everything was ok, and they said yep thanks. So i took off. 2500 feet later across the meadow i completely destroyed my belt. Wrapped cords around everything. My tools were not with me due to having my seat replaced the day before and the shop kept all my tools (which were mailed back to me the next week)

So i was pretty much hosed, my group was long gone, and i was too far to walk back to the group through waste deep snow. So i sat there with my hood up standing on my sled waving at the group. They just smiled and waved back. It was 15 minutes before i got my group on the radio to come back and help and i had walked half way back to the group i stopped to check on.

bastages... I stopped to make sure they were ok which seperated me from my group, and i was clearly in distress waving at them to come help and they just sat there... that IMO is BS!

 

[Aldrich]

I never get stuck when i ride, but i always stop and help the less fortunate skilled riders ( like duke ) get out of there spode like situations.

 

[duke1n]

That was you?????

Couple weeks ago i was riding in colorado. There were 9 of us in the group and i was bringin up the back.

We came to a large meadow with a group of 6 sleds parked on the edge. My entire group flew by. I stopped and asked if everything was ok, and they said yep thanks. So i took off. 2500 feet later across the meadow i completely destroyed my belt. Wrapped cords around everything. My tools were not with me due to having my seat replaced the day before and the shop kept all my tools (which were mailed back to me the next week)

So i was pretty much hosed, my group was long gone, and i was too far to walk back to the group through waste deep snow. So i sat there with my hood up standing on my sled waving at the group. They just smiled and waved back. It was 15 minutes before i got my group on the radio to come back and help and i had walked half way back to the group i stopped to check on.

bastages... I stopped to make sure they were ok which seperated me from my group, and i was clearly in distress waving at them to come help and they just sat there... that IMO is BS!

 

[sodfarmer]

So over the weekend the boys and i where out tear'n it up as usual. On the ride down the hill after a long day of powder and digging my friend lost control of his sled and took a deader into a 10" alder off the side of the trail. Crunched hood,belly pan broken trailing arm etc... So asside from some bruising he'll be ok. So here's my beef The sled is sitting vertical up against the tree 6 feet down in a creek bed, im standing on the trail, my friend down in the creek. Some jerk off comes blazing up on his Apex slows down opens his modular faced helmet as if to ask "need help" but said nothing then speeds off. Followed by his wife or boyfriend (did'nt get a good look) WHO DOESNT STOP? **** i stop if there's people justed parked on the trail to ask if all is good. After several attempts we managed to get sled sled out and down the hill. So to the guy who didnt stop or even ask if anyone was hurt...carma's a motherfu#%er






Ok rant over

The guy had a NFMH. What else would you expect?

 

[rockdog2112]

Stop, take a picture, laugh loud and then help..... You ALWAYS stop and help other people in the wild.

Always stop, always laugh and take pics, always help no matter what. It will be your turn one day. It was mine. Thanks again to the two different parties that stopped and helped me dig my sled out of the creek bed above Rob Roy in January. Karma

 

[badapple]

Its pretty obvious to me as a snowmobiler. When your 10 miles deep in the wood's or 5,000ft up a mountain or wherever you ride... YOU F&*K'N STOP PERIOD! Good karma to all who posted

 

[afrank3594]

I don't stop for everyone, if there is a group of 20 guys tossing beer cans on the snow your on your own . Other than that I at least slow down to yell or give a thumbs up or thumbs down . I really check towards the end of the day, nobody wants to spend the night on the hill .
As far as digging , Ill help anyone dig or tug a sled out as long as the owner is helping , If not Im charging the normal shop rate and I only take cash

 

[m_beeson]

I don't stop for everyone who is off the trail. There are a lot of groups scattered off the side of the trail, and very capable of getting things done.

But, having said that; I help people out who need help. I've helped a couple of people out who were not in my group, and sent them on their way. That's just the way it is.

Usually the group who is having problems, pretty much has it handled, but once in a while you can see, that there are not enough people, or they don't have a grasp on the situation, and you just have to get the job done. Then you can get on with your life...

I have gotten help from other groups when we didn't have sleds that would pull another sled in deeeeep snow. It was greatly apreciated.

This guy in the NMFH was just a self centered pr*ck.