Snowmobiler gets the SHAFT !! big time

mezz

mezz

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Holy Hole in One Batman! Another lesson in backcountry riding, know where you are & know the hazards, if not, have a guide to assist you. No such thing as being too safe. He is a very lucky man.-Mezz
 
eagle1

eagle1

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Holy cow, man I can't imagine. Lucky his partner saw him go in, or they may never have found him.
 
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powder_poacher

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this happened just north of the idaho border where i live. a buddy of mine was up there and rode with the group that pulled him out. very lucky. anyone who has ridden "out west" knows the dangers can be great. it's typically a long way to get help and the terrain can make rescues very difficult. we had a death just south of us the other day, avalanche. avalanche danger is very high in some areas.
 
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rjgoniea

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kind of surprised this has not happened in da UP. (I know people have fallen in, but not heard of it happening to a snowmobiler) I know they plugged up a lot of holes, but I don't know if they've found all of them.
 
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Firecatguy

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friend who was up there and helped in the rocovery took this pic....sled looks in good shape

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ZRman31

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thats crazy!

I can not believe these types of accidents don't happen more in the UP. I'm a logger and have covered ALOT of land in my day and i've seen plenty of "suspisous" holes in the ground. Usually 10 to 12 feet deep, but is the "bottom" really the bottom, or is it simply year of brush, leaves, trees and other thing plugging the hole. I don't want to find out!
 
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rsvectordude

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The mine inspectors have the holes either plugged or fenced off pretty good in the Keweenaw and surrounding counties. Believe me alot of locals still try and do enter alot of the abandoned mine shafts but the mine inspectors are pretty pro-active at keeping these sites sealed up and/or fenced off. Every year hordes of Tech students (mining engineering students especially) spend countless hours after researching Tech's archives trying to find ways in.
 
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frnash

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rsvectordude said:
… Every year hordes of Tech students (mining engineering students especially) spend countless hours after researching Tech's archives trying to find ways in.
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Oh you betcha!
In fact I did a bit of 'spelunking' (if you can call it that in a mine shaft) with a couple of other 'toots' while I was at da Tech about 50 years ago — in an old mine right in beautiful uptown Houghton — not 600 yards from Franklin Square! :cool:
(Further details excluded — to protect the foolish!)

It is amazing that there haven't been more hair raising experiences, or worse in all of the local mines over the years!
 
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