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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: nick949 on October 16, 2015, 07:35:21 AM
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Moto Guzzi Nuovo Falcone - Stuck on the North Road, northern Quebec
As the title implies, some times things just go wrong. I had thought that a spare tube and the right tools would have been enough. It wasn't. But the kindness and generosity of strangers and friends should never be underestimated.
Here's the video: https://youtu.be/y5m0aR6udpI (https://youtu.be/y5m0aR6udpI) (about 10 minutes............ ..)
Nick
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Brilliant ! Norm deserves a plaque .
Norm , the greatest friend ever
Of course , to have that kind of a friend , one must be that kind of a friend :bow:
Dusty
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Great video and story! The sort that gives you a real feeling of what it might have been like.
"Traffic survey"? Now THERE's a job for you on THAT road ... ! What, 10 cars a day? Good thing they were there though.
The fox seemed a bit bold. I thought we were in for a Jack London story there for a minute, holding off the pack until the last second when rescue arrives (or doesn't arrive).
Good for Norm to head up there; and smart man to bring plenty of extra petrol. No "Sheetz" on every corner there, I see ...
I'd like to be able to make a video/photo journal like that. So you've taken your camera home and you upload the videos and pictures to a computer. What then?
Lannis
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Great video and story! The sort that gives you a real feeling of what it might have been like.
"Traffic survey"? Now THERE's a job for you on THAT road ... ! What, 10 cars a day? Good thing they were there though.
The fox seemed a bit bold. I thought we were in for a Jack London story there for a minute, holding off the pack until the last second when rescue arrives (or doesn't arrive).
Good for Norm to head up there; and smart man to bring plenty of extra petrol. No "Sheetz" on every corner there, I see ...
I'd like to be able to make a video/photo journal like that. So you've taken your camera home and you upload the videos and pictures to a computer. What then?
Lannis
Ten cars was their record - its usually three or four max.
The fox had no concern for me and was only a few feet away. Later in the day he was parading around with a freshly caught snake.
We even added my spare can to Norm's tank, but even then, it was touch and go to get back to Chabougamou.
On a couple of occasions we got a good drift going in the car over some washboard. Not too many corners though.
I use 'TrackAx' video editing software, but there are lots of good, cheap and easy (?) programs out there. It's a black hole for time though.
Nick
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Good video.
Satellite mobile phone for Chrismas in the cards?
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Good video.
Satellite mobile phone for Chrismas in the cards?
Plenty of people take a SPOT tracking device (including Daniel here, I think) but I don't go anywhere remote enough to make it necessary.
Nick
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Plenty of people take a SPOT tracking device (including Daniel here, I think) but I don't go anywhere remote enough to make it necessary.
Nick
"but I don't go anywhere remote enough" :huh: :laugh: :huh: :laugh: :huh: :laugh: :huh: :laugh: Anywhere the moose outnumber people seems pretty remote :bow:
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"but I don't go anywhere remote enough" :huh: :laugh: :huh: :laugh: :huh: :laugh: :huh: :laugh: Anywhere the moose outnumber people seems pretty remote :bow:
I think the key word is "necessary". He didn't even have a working cell phone in this case and it didn't delay him a bit ... that's the way I've always rolled!
Lannis
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Attitude is everything!
..but you just raised the bar! :thumb:
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I think the key word is "necessary". He didn't even have a working cell phone in this case and it didn't delay him a bit ... that's the way I've always rolled!
Lannis
True , but someone else had a working cell phone , or Nick might still be out there fighting with a bear over a fish :grin:
Dusty
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True , but someone else had a working cell phone , or Nick might still be out there fighting with a bear over a fish :grin:
Dusty
If there had been no Norm to bale with, I would have found a ride to the First Nations village of Nemaska https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemaska (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemaska) (probably with the bike in the back of someone's pickup) and either bodged a patch to get me going again, or ordered a tire/tube and sat on my thumbs for a couple of days. Or perhaps someone would be heading south...or, ....or. There are always options. I was lucky to have the 'get out of jail free' card with Norm, but it was really just a set back, not a disaster.
The bear can have the fish Dusty. I'll stick to the blueberries.
Incidentally, when I got around to changing the tyre back at home, I found that miraculously it was undamaged, so my situation was no near as dire as I thought at the time. If I'd realised that, I wouldn't have bothered Norm and found some way to patch the tubes. Spruce gum perhaps?
Nick
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Nick , had Norm not come to the rescue , we would not be aware of what a great friend he is .
Yeah , given the choice between fighting a bear or living on berries ... although don't bears also like blueberries :laugh:
Rich pine might make a temporary patch , warmed up and smeared over the hole , just don't get it near an open flame :laugh:
Dusty
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True , but someone else had a working cell phone , or Nick might still be out there fighting with a bear over a fish :grin:
Dusty
Same as the old days. There's ALWAYS something. Pay phones, other people's phones, someone with a radio, an unlocked fire tower, a passing hunter .....
Never failed me yet, from the days when there were no cell phones, to now .....
Lannis