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Annie Seel - Tomb Raider
Another Incredible Dakar story (also incredibly lucky.)
"At km 131 the track split around some ruins, and joined again after. To avoid dust I cut from right track over to the left, across a small rise. Behind the rise a 5m deep tomb opened, 2×3 wide. I rode too slow to jump and too fast to stop. Put the breakes on, slided bike to the left and abandoned ship. Instinctively I managed to jump to the left edge while bike tumbled down with the engine still running. I am lucky not to go down there cause the walls were impossible to climb.”
Bike & helmet on tomb bottomAfter getting back on her feet, a little shaken, Annie realized the bad situation. She could neither go down to lift the bike up nor get to the emergency alarm. It wasn’t possible even with help from the others – no way! She stopped some riders so they could call the HQ for help."
Read the rest of the story on her blog
"At km 131 the track split around some ruins, and joined again after. To avoid dust I cut from right track over to the left, across a small rise. Behind the rise a 5m deep tomb opened, 2×3 wide. I rode too slow to jump and too fast to stop. Put the breakes on, slided bike to the left and abandoned ship. Instinctively I managed to jump to the left edge while bike tumbled down with the engine still running. I am lucky not to go down there cause the walls were impossible to climb.”
Bike & helmet on tomb bottomAfter getting back on her feet, a little shaken, Annie realized the bad situation. She could neither go down to lift the bike up nor get to the emergency alarm. It wasn’t possible even with help from the others – no way! She stopped some riders so they could call the HQ for help."
Read the rest of the story on her blog
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Permalink Reply by MerlotMax on
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Boy, talk about luck. That will scare the $*&! out of ya. Had a few similar experiences riding in Nevada with some of the air shafts dug out for the many mines. Never got that close & personal, thankfully.
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Permalink Reply by Sherri Fryer on
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She sure was one lucky lady .
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Permalink Reply by Slider316 on
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maybe you could stand the bike on end and try to reach the top, but aside from that, she'd might still be in there....ouch
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Permalink Reply by timothy price on
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have seen this a lot in calif dessert usually there a dead body down with bike
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Permalink Reply by From3to7 on
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Do we buy it? From the picture, it looks like part of the helmet is actually just under the front wheel. Negates the possibility of the helmet being thrown in after the bike. That helmet is also pretty damn clean compared to the dirt on the bike. How did that helmet get down there? Nice story/anectdote. but not sure I'm buying it right now........Sucks being a cynic.
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Permalink Reply by Will Higman on
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Annie is the real deal there is no way she would fabricate the story!
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Like I said, it sucks to be a cynic. Figure she could have thrown her helmet down there after being so pissed off about it. X-Files, I want to believe.......
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Permalink Reply by Bruno on
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The helmet is just against the wheel, not under it. The sun shield is over the wheel.
This story was mentioned on Eurosport a couple days ago, she was helped out of this mess by the organizers helicopter.
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crazy lucky, wow ........
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