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Sean K. previously said:
Maybe this is an obvious question, but why didn't you just stop him and avoid the mess all together? Maybe it happened too fast, maybe you weren't his spotter, maybe he didn't want a spotter.....
Just wondering.
Sean
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I would have had I been able to...
As I said, I was done with the climb, probably almost 150 yards above him. I much rather would have stopped him rather than lose about two hours of my wheeling time wrenching on someone else's junk waiting on a cut off wheel. Perhaps my chuckling leads some to believe that I was laughing at him hoping for him to break, when actually I was simply chuckling to myself at the whole situation and knowing I was gonna be going to work.
His spotter, who was experienced, was positioned correctly (on the higher ledge), and was not telling him to gun it... I saw the spotter try to wave him off just before the axle broke, but it only took a few quick bounces.
Either way, a spotter does not guarantee you anything, furthermore a spotter is not to blame for what was clearly driver error (bouncing).
I did highlight some ways of "avoiding this mess", but also wanted to encourage others to take responsibility to be able to recover from it. Anyone who wheels will break something, sometime.
