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ATV Recovery MissionClinton areaNovember 30/08 Written by Relm Relm posted the following: A group of us went to Clinton on Sunday to ride in the Kelly lake area. What a great ride up unitil the last 30 minutes. Dan rolled his machine off a 1000 ft. cliff, the good news is Dan is OK, his machine is completly lost. Followed by: I would be surprised if we could find it. According to Dan there where pieces flying every which way each time it bounced, we are going up this weekend to see if we can find any. Terry from Pure Power is lending Dan a machine to come with us. Here is his report of the recovery. On Sunday we went out to Clinton to try to find Dan’s machine that he rolled last weekend. There was Terry and Glen from Pure Power, Shane, Chuck, of course Dan, and myself. We left Kamloops around 7:45 in the morning and headed to Clinton to meet Dan, eat, then head out to Kelly Lake. After unloading, we all bundled up and headed out towards the last place we last saw Dan’s quad. Very soon after, we stopped and scaled down a bunch of clothes as it was much warmer than last weekend. As we were heading down the trail, Dan stopped and picked up the cover for the winch release, and figured his quad had passed by this point. We headed down even further and we quickly found his quad nestled in a little crevice very close to the river. We had to hike down the last 200 yards to get to his machine. After contemplating all the different scenarios, Chuck brought out the 12-volt grinder and the decision was made to salvage what we could pack out. We spent the next three hours cutting, unbolting, and packing out what we could at this time. We did have to leave the diffs as time was running out. We strapped the engine to the Kymco that Terry had lent Dan for the ride, and Dan and I headed back to the pickup with the engine, etc. The rest of the guys went up to where Dan went over the edge. By the way, Dan told me he did go over the edge with the machine and down about 25 feet, but was able to grab a small shrub or something to stop himself from falling further (he should buy a lottery ticket). The other riders spotted some of Dan’s personal things that had fallen off his machine, and hiked down to get them. According to my GPS, the machine did tumble close to 1000 feet in total before it came to rest. We all finally made it back to the trucks and loaded up, and you probably thought that was the end of a great day. No, we then noticed the tire on Terry’s trailer was flat. Not a big problem with six quads and tire repair kits! He was up and running in no time. The roads where really socked-in with fog for 20 to 30 kms, and of course with a quad in the back of my pick up and two on my trailer my headlights were pointed straight up. I don’t think that really helped but it was entertaining. We got back to Kamloops around 6:30 and waited for Glen and his group. After a few calls we found out that they where sitting on the side of the highway, missing a tire on his trailer. So they had to do a call out to John to come and get their other tandem trailer, and we all headed back. We loaded their quads onto my trailer, and their trailer onto the tandem, and finally headed for home. Another great weekend! I really am impressed with all the guys that day. I mean, for Terry from Pure Power to lend Dan a machine, get it to Clinton, bring tools and friends to tear this thing apart. Packing out everything is really a testimonial as to what a great bunch of guys they are. I just hope that if I have a major problem they're around. Congrats to all of them. 
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