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This past weekend my buddy Tyson and his dad Tim headed up to the Candle lake on their sleds on friday afternoon about 2pm to spend the weekend riding the rally there. They headed up on the same trail they always do and have rode at least a million times.
Tim was leading doing about 40mph on a long straight that ends in a corner and then snakes back along the edge of the lake in some of the thickess bush you have ever seen and the trail is only as wide as the groomer. He came around the corner to find the groomer coming the opposite way and didn't have enough time to stop, but tried to and ended up flipping the sled and getting pinned between the groomer blade and his sled as it slid into the groomer. He broke his femur in three places, broke three ribs one punchering his lung, and smashed his face up pretty good.
He has had a few surgeries and is expected to fully recover.
A few seconds in either direction and the result would have been very different.
Thought I would just mention it to everyone to be safe out there for the rest of this season and for every future season you plan on being part of this great sport.
Tim was leading doing about 40mph on a long straight that ends in a corner and then snakes back along the edge of the lake in some of the thickess bush you have ever seen and the trail is only as wide as the groomer. He came around the corner to find the groomer coming the opposite way and didn't have enough time to stop, but tried to and ended up flipping the sled and getting pinned between the groomer blade and his sled as it slid into the groomer. He broke his femur in three places, broke three ribs one punchering his lung, and smashed his face up pretty good.
He has had a few surgeries and is expected to fully recover.
A few seconds in either direction and the result would have been very different.
Thought I would just mention it to everyone to be safe out there for the rest of this season and for every future season you plan on being part of this great sport.