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11-25-05, 04:52 AM
It happened when I was returning home yesterday through the forest on my MTB. I had my spike tyres and wide rims. I was feeling generally pleased with the overall set up and how it was easily handling the snow and ice on the trail when I noticed a big tractor thing in the middle of some trees up ahead.
Ok no problem it wasn't moving much so I carried on along the path. Then to my horror I noticed that one of the huge trees next to the tractor thing started to topple in what looked to be my direction :eek: . It was hard to tell in the dark but the shadow of the falling tree loomed over me on the bike trail :eek: . Needless to say I floored it (as much as possible in the snow) and got out of there as fast as I could. I could almost feel the tree crashing through my body though and was wondering what it would be like to be dead :eek: .
Luckily (or obviously I wouldn't be writing this) the tree did not seem to fall into my part of the trail and I escaped without any terminal injuries. But for a few moments there I really though that was it.
So for those of you cycling through the forest watch out for falling trees.
Ok no problem it wasn't moving much so I carried on along the path. Then to my horror I noticed that one of the huge trees next to the tractor thing started to topple in what looked to be my direction :eek: . It was hard to tell in the dark but the shadow of the falling tree loomed over me on the bike trail :eek: . Needless to say I floored it (as much as possible in the snow) and got out of there as fast as I could. I could almost feel the tree crashing through my body though and was wondering what it would be like to be dead :eek: .
Luckily (or obviously I wouldn't be writing this) the tree did not seem to fall into my part of the trail and I escaped without any terminal injuries. But for a few moments there I really though that was it.
So for those of you cycling through the forest watch out for falling trees.