WABDR and Overland Rally

[ANDYD]

So............ how was the WBDR Pass?

Good trail to run? Eventful? No one went off the edge! Photos?

[Dave_F]

Ask and ye shall receive :)

[Bill E.]

Photos of the Rover-landers run down the WABDR trail to the Overland Rally are now posted in the web gallery. The trip was great, highly recommended. Not hardcore but very scenic, a good trail for those just looking to get off the beaten path but without risk of body damage or the need for heavy recovery gear. If you're new to the off-road game and want to wet your appetite for using your Land-Rover in the dirt, this is the run for you.

[David V]

I am just now able to sit at a desk and type due to some broken ribs and a detached clavicle (collar bone). The ribs should heal; the clavicle is going to float for the rest of my time unless it bothers me with interference when the Dr. says he’ll whack off a bit of the end to increase clearances. Plus I am significantly embarrassed by the fall-out resulting from my injuries……

I was taking my granddaughter on a 4x4’ing holiday in Washington state with some fellow Rover Landers and made a stupid mistake which resulted in me hurting myself enough that the trip had to be abandoned. The stupid mistake was drinking too much wine at dinner the first night on the trail and falling off the ladder up to the bunk in the back of my Bedford. Lots of “would’a” could’a should’as come to mind but the “No fool like an old fool” sticks with me. Had I missed the crates set out below the tailgate I might of got away with a bruising but no such luck this time. Not that I am complaining I could have punctured a lung dropping the distance I fell.

The purpose of this email is to thank the folks who rallied around this drunken old sot and got me down off the mountain, over the border into Canada and to a hospital. It took the combined efforts of several dedicated “Rover Landers” to achieve this.

My heartfelt thanks go to:

Bill Eastwood
April & Bernie Buttner
Stuart & Kristin Schoenefuhs
Stuart Scantlebury
and Dave Fraser

These folks delayed their trip long enough to get me medical help, drive my truck back to Canada and see my Granddaughter taken care of until I got out of hospital. I am humbled by their selflessness and touched by their total lack of pity for me or my injuries…….

Thank you; I owe you all big time.

David

[davran]

David,

I feel for you. Last weekend I was with my boys at the bicycle dirt jump park we go to most weekends and I broke four ribs coming down hard and poorly from a table-top jump. Why's a forty-four-year-old doing this? Well, it was damn fun until now. My broken ribs are below the left shoulder blade.

I don't know how you handled a ride back across the border; my ten minute ambulance ride to the hospital was untolerable hell.

Rent a hospital style bed; it's saving me. The Disco2 seats were the only comforable thing before the bed arrived!

Convalesce well,

[ANDYD]

Hi Dave,

Good to hear your feeling better, nasty fall by the sounds of it!

I guess its time to get a tail gate lift on that old Bedford of yours :wink:

Cheers, Andy

[Bill E.]

Stuart Scantlebury's photos have been added to the gallery album for the WABDR trip. Stuart's photos contain additional material from some of the Overland Rally runs and many photos of the local flora and fauna. Stuart also makes an effort to label photos, thanks Stuart.
Bill