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From: Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Missing cyclist's body found
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 17:10:34 -0500
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On 2/18/2025 5:05 PM, Zen Cycle wrote:
> On 2/18/2025 3:30 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>> On 2/18/2025 1:08 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>> On Tue Feb 18 11:04:14 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
>>>>> On 2/18/2025 5:20 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
>>>>>> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>>>>>>> No details whatsoever as to what actually happened.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://www.pinkbike.com/news/body-found-during-search-for-matt- 
>>>>>>> opperman-in-spain.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I?d guess misadventure but since he?s not been formally identified 
>>>>>> let
>>>>>> alone cause of death established?
>>>>> A few years ago, we had the first and only fatality in our 265 acre
>>>>> nature preserve's history. The guy was a middle aged mountain biker 
>>>>> and
>>>>> fitness enthusiast, not known to me but known well by some of my
>>>>> friends, mostly through their contact at a local gym.
>>>>>
>>>>> He apparently fell off his mountain bike into a very shallow creek 
>>>>> while
>>>>> crossing a little footbridge on a winter ride. I never heard autopsy
>>>>> findings, but I wonder if his death was some combination of being
>>>>> knocked out and suffering hypothermia.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> He was in Spain Frank, while hypothermia is possible it is unlikely 
>>>> that
>>>> he would be unconscious long enough to become hypothermic. More 
>>>> likely a
>>>> broken neck disconnecting blood flow to the brain.
>>>
>>>
>>> You (and I) do not know the altitude. Or much else for that
>>> matter.
>>>
>> Indeed that area of Spain is hilly and even areas such as Tenerife 
>> which is
>> much further south can get cold at height and does snow occasionally.
>>
>> But broadly may never know as is the way of life or rather death! 
>> Seems to
>> be nothing obvious being reported so anything else is less than 
>> speculation
>> more wild guesses.
>>
>> Roger Merriman
>>
> 
> Cnanadian MTB states he was found "near Peña del Olivar in Siles, 
> Jaén" [Spain]
> https://cyclingmagazine.ca/mtb/missing-uci-mechanic-found-after-22-days/
> 
> 
> Weather Underground claims that area was in the low 30's the morning 
> after he disappeared.
> 
> https://www.wunderground.com/calendar/es/albacete/LEAB/date/2025-1
> 
> If he was dressed for mid 50's the day before (as the almanac shows) he 
> would have been pretty damn cold if he was unable to move from an 
> injury, was dehydrated, etc.
> 

  Also, this page of the Peña del Olivar recreational website gives an 
indication of what can be expected in that region in the winter

https://lasierradesegura.org/rutas-trail-de-montana/

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