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Saturday evening we went for a nice sunset cruise and stopped at the top of the dune to watch the sunset. Two RZRs were playing around on Banshee Hill and jumping the hump at the bottom. One of them, a 4 seat turbo RZR 1000, went up Banshee Hill, turned around and made a full throttle run at the jump. It sounded like he maybe realized he was coming in too fast and let off the throttle. He was probably going 60 mph or so when he hit the jump. The RZR launched and bucked the back end badly. I think it landed nose first them rolled about 3-4 times. Their friends plus a few guys that were at Banshee Hill were first on the scene. Dentboy drove down to check on them and he signaled us with his lights that it was bad. We all rushed down to see how they were. There were 3 people in the RZR. An adult male driving, a 10 year old boy in the passenger seat, and another adult male in the back seat. They were all pulled out and laying in the sand when we arrived. The driver was sitting up in pain with a broken collarbone. His son was hurt and complaining of stomach pains. It looked like he hit the passenger grab handle because it was bent. The rear passenger was in bad shape. He was going in and out of consciousness when we first arrived but they managed to keep him awake. His forehead had 2 or 3 big goose eggs and his head was bleeding. He had no feeling in his feet either. He was in the worse shape. Dentboy ran back to camp to get his wife who is a nurse. He and I both called 911. They dispatched an ambulance and the SB Fire Dept plus a helicopter was on it's way. It took forever. I waited at the ranger station for them to arrive. Baker EMS showed up first, but they needed SB Fire Dept to show up with the 4 wheel drive Expedition truck. They finally showed up. I was pretty frustrated how they seemed to have no sense of urgency. They didn't seem to be moving very fast at all. These guys in the accident needed help like now. Just as I thought they were all going to hop in the truck and follow me over to the hill, they started airing down the tires which took another 10+ minutes. We drove over to the accident scene and they got them all loaded up and brought them to the ranger station. We planned on dragging the RZR back to their camp that night but it got really late by the time everything was handled. Once we were back at camp I saw the helicopter land. Sunday morning we went over to check on the RZR. Luckily all their stuff was still there and it wasn't stripped or messed with. Oh and by the way, the RZR was a rental. Dentboy hooked on to it and he managed to drag it back to their camp which was just a few camps down from us by bathroom 6. Jeff, the driver's friend, was the only one in camp and was very grateful for our help. He couldn't even leave camp because he was watching his buddies kids. Some other guys came over and they helped him get it loaded on the trailer. Jeff informed us the boy was ok, the driver had a broken collarbone and was on his way back out to bring the motorhome & RZR home. The other guy wasn't as lucky. He went into surgery for a broken C5 and C6. Everything went well in surgery, but they think he may be paralyzed. He still has no feeling in his legs. I think he said no feeling or movement from the neck down, but I am not too sure. It was a horrible sight to see. Those stock RZR cages are junk. It didn't do a very good job protecting them, but then again that was a very bad crash. The seats didn't even stay secured in the vehicle. They all had helmets on but his friend said the 2 adults didn't have their's strapped and the helmets went flying out of the RZR went they crashed. It was the driver's first time to Dumont and, as mentioned earlier, it was a rental. He should not have hit that jump like that., Everyone I have seen jump that lip at the bottom of Banshee Hill gets bucked really bad. I hate seeing people get hurt or killed out there especially when it can be avoided. I hope they all heal and recover ok. I walked it out and they ended up about 250 feet from where they jumped. Towing it back to camp...

So a couple guys are unfortunately out but I think we'll still have me & Anna (I hope if she doesn't have to work), Lou B & Lindsay B, dentboy & family, Ben, and raspdaoo +1. There are a couple other maybes plus some day trippers on Saturday, but it should be a good group and good weekend. Hit me up if anyone else wants to join us.

Google Earth can tell you as long as you can find the exact peak you climbed. Shouldn't be very difficult I'm sure.

I've got Verizon too and the service is usually great out there. I'm just trying to shop around. I pay a ton for our cell phones.

Looking at new phone carrier plans and taking all things into consideration. How is AT&T phone/text/ data coverage out at Dumont? I've heard it's not great or spotty at best.

It's looking like it's warming up a bit so we'll see some mid 80's temps during the day. That just means multiple morning runs and maybe even some night cruises. During the bright hours of the day I'll be under my awning.

Great pics and report! Looks like some fun adventures. I never thought of doing a Death Valley loop ride from Dumont on the bike. Might have to plan that next season. Good job on that hike! Wow. Nice view. Thanks for sharing, man.

Hey Jason, we'll be in our regular spot B7 on the grid map. You guys are welcome to park with us.

How the hell can you go to sleep when you first arrive at the dunes? No matter how tired I am when I pull up, this always seems to be me....

Don't forget we turn our clocks forward an hour tonight.

No fuel odor here. Even when I had a small fuel leak on the buggy once, I just left the doors open for 10 minutes after unloading and it aired right out.

Sweet. Tribal Whips shower curtain hooks!

Nice!

It's looking like we'll be closing the Dumont season out with one more trip on March 18-20. I thought my season was done as of last trip, but I'm not finished yet. I'm having too much fun out there lately to shut it down just yet. Who knows, we may still do another weekend in April. haha With that said, is anyone else going out that weekend? It's looking like we'll have a good size group of buggies for this one. If your interested in joining us, let me know. Doesn't matter what you drive or ride. If you like to dune hard, let's do it.

Here's video of how the RZR rolled. Pretty crazy.

Glamis actually has a written rule or law about coning off areas and putting stakes in the ground. Dumont should do the same.

So in the end this was purchased to save the government more money or to keep the road maintained more frequently? As I have heard, there is money left over every year as it is.

Took a couple pics on the way back from Dumont last weekend. So far the only K rails or construction are from the gas station on 159/160 and it ends around the first big bend going up the hill. Didn't seem to impede traffic at all but then again the project will be completed early 2017 so we'll see if next season gets affected for those that take the 160 and Mt Potisi.

Fixed. Thanks for the pics and update, Jon. So for those that don't know, could you fill us in on the story behind this contraption and how it will benefit us the duners? Is this to replace the grader or to be used in addition to it?

That's gotta be a great feeling seeing it roll. I know how it was for sanddunesaddict when he was building his SCU to finally get the suspension and wheels on. Good looking car. Can't wait to see it completed and in the sand.

Thanks bud. I wish you and the rest of the crew could have as well. I hope it doesn't get much hotter before the next planned trip.

Couple GoPro shots. PainterJoe caught me boostin & roostin! Garret going big while on a dune run! hell yeah. Luckily Anna just so happen to have the GoPro stick pointed that way when we were messing around grabbing videos.

Sunday morning we went for an awesome dune ride, then explored the blooming desert. I snapped a few pics of Michael, painterjoe's son, hitting the whoops near South Pole. Then we headed through the dunes for one last dune run and checked out the north end that was blooming.