Wouldn't have seen this one coming:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a9e_1474618472
I ride solo regularly. I carry a 100' rope in my pack but it wouldn't have helped me in this case.
Very rare to find open pit shafts in the US anymore, thankfully!
I ride in an old phosphate mine in Florida there are a few deep pits and trenches but nothing on that level thankfully.
Scary stuff - amazing the bloke and his bike weren't more damaged!
Bit worrying that it happened on an organised trail ride.........
Brian
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