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Old 17th Nov 2014, 06:13
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I went out to Bodega Head today and looked over the site where the CG Dolphin was stuck. As I guessed, no mud whatsoever. No ruts. There were a lot of faint tire tracks in the grass at what I figure was the landing site, but no sign of any digging there. The only evidence of digging was at the path, where they widened it to make a flat spot to take off. It looks to me like the sole issue was the slope, which is probably 10%. They literally picked the steepest place around to land, while there were flat areas within 100 yds/meters, two gravel parking lots and a flat paved road within 1000'/300 meters. I expect better judgment than this. The boy who fell off the cliff was rescued and transported to the hospital by local firefighters (who deal with these incidents on a regular basis). He's still in a coma.
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