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Thats the trail heading to the right over the ridge.  Road on the  left goes to border road.  Standing on AltaIMG_4339 (1) - Copy.jpg

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8 minutes ago, Guest Guestt said:

Do you mean no injuries but more likely exposure to the elements?

It was ungodly hot this past weekend... Could'a been a heat stroke... so sad.... 

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5 minutes ago, Guest Guest56 said:

Was the bike near him ? Or has it been located at all?

Right next to him. Helmet was placed on the handle bars 

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Guest Guestt
9 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

First hand information. Not giving any more specifics on location because there doesn’t need to be any more traffic up there. First impression on site was a heart attack or heat stroke 

Did he still have gas in his tank and water on him?

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6 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

Right next to him. Helmet was placed on the handle bars 

Was it in a nasty area ? Or was it rideable ? Could he have been trying to walk his bike out ? He have any gear ? 

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15 minutes ago, Guest Guestt said:

Did he still have gas in his tank and water on him?

Only looked at the bike for damage, didn’t take a look at the tank, I did notice that there wasn’t any water containers laying around with him. 
The trail cuts left and right. I’ve done both on an atv. The left side is more difficult than the right. He wasn’t in a section where he’s likely to crash, and the scene showed no signs of one 

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49 minutes ago, Guest Guest H said:

Where did you find that information?

8 news 

 

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446 Alta Rd.

Is the Address where the Rescue where set up. And I drove via Otay track trail back to the Camp ground yesterday. And yes there found him close to the south west end of the mountain. from where the Police helicopter last circled today.

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1 hour ago, Guest Guest56 said:

Was the bike near him ? Or has it been located at all?

Yes ridden out

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Guest Guest K
33 minutes ago, tvscum said:

Yes ridden out

Did it have fuel?

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2 minutes ago, Guest Guest K said:

Did it have fuel?

They showed it on the news being rode out. 

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8 minutes ago, Guest Guest K said:

Did it have fuel?

Even if it didn’t, he was a 10 minute walk to the truck trail in an area with cell service 

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8 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

Even if it didn’t, he was a 10 minute walk to the truck trail in an area with cell service 

Yeah that’s strange. Wonder what the outcome will be 

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10 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

Even if it didn’t, he was a 10 minute walk to the truck trail in an area with cell service 

That's true. I wonder why he went right to the single tracks at the fork. Or was he coming up the single track to the truck trail? 

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17 minutes ago, Guest Guest said:

They showed it on the news being rode out. 

Devastating news. So sorry for his family. 

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14 minutes ago, Guest Guest K said:

That's true. I wonder why he went right to the single tracks at the fork. Or was he coming up the single track to the truck trail? 

It’s all scoot trails, not single track. The trail he was on follows the ridgeline to the bottom. Once you’re at the bottom, you have a bunch of easy options to take you out to Otay Mesa and back home 

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In my opinion, out of respect, perhaps we should stop speculating what happened,  details will come out later.

As mentioned above, it doesn't appear that he crashed, his helmet was on handlebars and bike was fine.

 

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That sucks, my condolences to the family and friends. 🙏🏻

7 minutes ago, KTMrad said:

In my opinion, out of respect, perhaps we should stop speculating what happened,  details will come out later.

As mentioned above, it doesn't appear that he crashed, his helmet was on handlebars and bike was fine.

 

+1👆

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Well... in my experience, when the thread is closed, only insiders end up knowing what happened. This event has been so public, I think we should all be able to understand what happened and how the search ended.

Questions I still have:

  • Was the bike parked? Upright? Upright and parked would imply some level of fitness when he stopped, as opposed to a crash. Since someone said the helmet was on the handle bars, that implies upright parking... but it wasn't said specifically.
  • Was the bike on the trail? Or the side of the trail? Or away from the trail but visible from the trail?
  • Was it parked in the shade, or in another place that limited visibility from above (helicopters).
  • Did he have any water with him? A pack with stuff?

 

 

 

 

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I'm sure details will come out later, as well as the autopsy results. 

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3 hours ago, crfxer said:

Thats the trail heading to the right over the ridge.  Road on the  left goes to border road.  Standing on AltaIMG_4339 (1) - Copy.jpg

Looks like you're standing on Otay TT near the "BLM gate" sign. 

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