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10/6/2017 9:28am
I'm sure some of you know Paul Eddy, he's been in the industry for a long time as a racer and as a rep for Motonation (Sidi/AGV). He crashed while riding in Mexico this past weekend, the following is from someone else that posted about him........
****update**** We found out he was mapping unmapped trails when he ran into barbed wire across the trail..... This tells me it was a booby trap similar to those set up to watch Baja racers crash. I'm trying not to dwell on that because it does nothing but make me hate, and no one needs that shit right now.... moving on. When he hit the barbed wire, it appears he FOBd and the bike landed on him, breaking his back (bike or fall)... when he was found, he was paralyzed. He couldn't remove the bike from on top of himself. He was able to remove his helmet and he layed in that Mexico desert heat with a bike on him Saturday afternoon into Sunday (20 hours) with serious burns from the bike and the sun. No one was looking for him because no one knew he was out there. Some random person happened to take that same route of trails and found him there. He was awake when they found him and we believe he passed from what ever was jostled during his movement from the ground to the ambulance (i.e. blood clots, internal bleeds) that's not certain though.
****update**** We found out he was mapping unmapped trails when he ran into barbed wire across the trail..... This tells me it was a booby trap similar to those set up to watch Baja racers crash. I'm trying not to dwell on that because it does nothing but make me hate, and no one needs that shit right now.... moving on. When he hit the barbed wire, it appears he FOBd and the bike landed on him, breaking his back (bike or fall)... when he was found, he was paralyzed. He couldn't remove the bike from on top of himself. He was able to remove his helmet and he layed in that Mexico desert heat with a bike on him Saturday afternoon into Sunday (20 hours) with serious burns from the bike and the sun. No one was looking for him because no one knew he was out there. Some random person happened to take that same route of trails and found him there. He was awake when they found him and we believe he passed from what ever was jostled during his movement from the ground to the ambulance (i.e. blood clots, internal bleeds) that's not certain though.
Things not to do:
1) Ride unmarked trails alone in Mexico....check
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Rest In Peace, Baja brother!
I'm not one to pass judgement about riding alone in Baja- I do the same thing.
I do carry a DeLorme satellite tracker with a protocol in place for 3 separate parties to monitor my travel.
Rest in peace, Pablo.
Paul was one of the most conscientious and conservative riders I've ever ridden with. If there was ever a person capable enough to ride alone in Baja, it was Paul. Things like this just don't happen to guys like Paul and yet, it happened and that's a really tough pill to swallow. The circumstances are just too shitty to comprehend. My sincere condolences to Paul's family and to his Baja comrades.
There are other matters to attend to, but that sounds a lot like murder, at least negligent homicide. In the middle of nowhere, there can't be too many locals. Cartel territory? I don't know if justice can be had in Mexico, and that won't bring him back.
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