Lucky to be alive after an accident in Wyoming. Be careful out there. I almost rode Battle Pass Scenic Byway yesterday but ride Snowy Range Scenic By way instead. Stay alert.


https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/10...H-EU_No.UXPtrV

Two hunters saved a man's life last week near Encampment when they spotted the tip of a cowboy boot being waved from a culvert. It was a motorcyclist who had crashed and was trapped under his bike. "I’m alive to talk about it today because they stopped," he said.

Jason and Ben Koperski didn’t expect to run into anyone while elk hunting near Encampment, Wyoming, last week. But their hunting trip took a sudden turn into a rescue mission after spotting a brown cowboy boot being waved along the side of the road. “Had we not seen the very tip of his boot move, you couldn't see him there,” Jason Koperski told Cowboy State Daily. “Everything comes down to him waving a boot, because it would have been a whole different outcome if he hadn’t.” The boot belonged to Phil Bollinger, who was trapped headfirst in a culvert alongside Wyoming Highway 70 after a motorcycle crash. He could have died there, but everything aligned to ensure he was rescued in time to get the medical care he urgently needed.

On Oct. 16, the Koperskis were on the second day of an elk hunting trip in southern Wyoming near Encampment. After an unsuccessful morning, they were driving along the Battle Pass Scenic Byway in the Sierra Madre Mountains when they spotted a yellow motorcycle in a ditch off the side of the road. “It looked like somebody dumped a bike, probably gotten hurt, and got a ride back into Baggs or Encampment,” Jason Koperski said. “We didn't think anything of it. We’ve owned that cabin for 30 years and have seen bikes broken down or dumped. We’re used to it by now.”

As they approached, the hunters noticed a single brown cowboy boot waving from the ditch, which alerted Jason that someone needed help. When they got to where the boot had snagged their attention, they found Bollinger wedged headfirst into a culvert with one of his legs trapped underneath his motorcycle.

Amazingly lucky rider to have been rescued.

 

Talk about luck. Most folks wouldn't even notice something like that, and even if they did, wouldn't think to stop and check it out.

That bikers guardian angel was watching over him that day for sure.

 

That is one lucky biker.

 

Very lucky guy. Another reason to set your phone so that someone can find your location.

 

That is a "sounding endorsement" for having a riding partner especially when riding in rural, sparsely populated areas!

Phil may can't to consider taking up the nickname "Lucky"!

 

Crazy for sure. Glad they saw him and he is alive.

Another reason I have been carrying one of these for over a year now. We ride alone a lot, long distances and in the NC mountains where there is no cell service sometimes.

In the summer it is hanging from the belt loop on my pants. In the winter, like yesterday’s ride to the BRP it was in my jacket pocket.

https://www.zoleo.com/en-us/promotio...8aAjkZEALw_wcB

 

I always ride with an extra boot.

 

OP, I understand that circumstances can instantly align that remove any chance of an unscathed outcome, I've seen it happen to others, it has happened to me, I've played my particular scene over and over in my head for 24 years, we are human, control is an illusion....I still blame myself for the outcome, the "if only" factor, 42 years on road bikes now, I ride aware of my surroundings, best I can do.

 

Is that supposed to be funny?

You JO

 

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