Posted by WA-Hal on December 07, 2009 at 17:07:39 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: O/T Snowmobile Riding posted by John B. on December 07, 2009 at 04:03:34:
I would not go snowmobiling unless there is plenty of snow in the area, at least where there are not established snowmobile trails. With just a little snow, there can be hazards that you cannot see until you are on top of them.
One Christmas Eve when I was in college, I went over to a friend's house. There was about 5" of snow, and a bunch of his relatives were running around on a couple of snowmobiles they had. Dan asked me if I wanted a ride, and of course I said yes. Everything was fine for a while, driving around an open field that was about 80 acres or so. We were only going about 20-25 mph, when suddenly the machine stopped short and catapulted Dan and I through the air. I counted 4 head over heels revolutions before I landed in a heap in front of the sled. My ankle really hurt, but I could stand up. Dan also had a hurt ankle, but was not too bad off. We realized that we had hit a sprinkler pipe at an angle, and the skis had got caught under it...the machine was a real mess, with most of the fiberglass broken up, the skis bent and the windshield gone. But we got it to start and limped it back to the buildings. Man was his cousin, the owner, mad! That sprinkler pipe was the only one in the field, and for unknown reasons it had not been stacked with the others. I always wondered if we damaged the pipe too, but the owner never said anything to Dan's family.
We got into the house and I took off my boot and realized it was full of blood, from a 4" cut down my shin. The ankle also appeared to be sprained. Dan was cut even worse than I was, so we spent most of the rest of the night in the ER. I think I got 14 stitches and spent the rest of my Christmas vacation on crutches from the sprain. We felt darn lucky that we were not injured worse than we were--no helmets or other protective gear.
I have run snowmobiles since then, but only under conditions where I know the ground I am going over and when there is enough snow to cover potential obstacles and also enough to give some padding if an accident does occur.
A couple of years ago, one of my neighbors hit a barb wire fence on his snowmobile. The top wire hit him at neck level and did a bunch of damage. He almost bled to death that night and was off work for months. Scary scars now.
This happened on his own property...snowmobiles are, or can be dangerous. Good luck!
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