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pkh
Since 27 Feb 2005
6549 Posts
Couve / Hood
Honored Founder
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 Thu Oct 22, 09 2:09 pm Shout out to Mark B |
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Hey our good friend and CGKA president Mark Barnes took a bad fall paragliding Tuesday. He broke his shoulder pretty bad and has been in the hospital since then. He had surgery on the shoulder and is on the mend now and looking forward to going home tomorrow (Friday.)
Get better soon Mark!
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pdxmonkeyboy
Since 16 May 2006
6081 Posts
forever labled as the
retired kiter & motorhead Unicorn Master
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:11 pm |
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yeah I saw that. Was it really broke in three places?
In honor of our fallen comrade I will not make fun of Naish kites until he has fully recovered.
Get well soon Mark!!!
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Pepi
Since 16 Jun 2006
1832 Posts
Pure Stoke Sports
Shop Owner
CGKA Member
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Moto
Since 03 Sep 2006
2698 Posts
Still a gojo pimp!
Moto Mouth
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:18 pm |
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Dude, that just sucks!! Hope you heal up quick (by the way - can I use your kites until you get better  )
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Kataku2k3
Since 14 Aug 2005
3754 Posts
PDX-LA
Videographer
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:20 pm |
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| Feel better, Mark!
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
4330 Posts
Hood River
Hick
CGKA Member
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:21 pm |
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| Damn man, I hope you are going to be full functional!
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Pepi
Since 16 Jun 2006
1832 Posts
Pure Stoke Sports
Shop Owner
CGKA Member
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:27 pm |
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| Forrest wrote: | | Damn man, I hope you are going to be full functional! |
Now don't be giving him any ideas about how he can use this as an excuse during any of our kite sessions next year. "Oh, I probably would have really stuck that handle pass (or fill in the blank "_ _ _ _ _") if I didn't have these screws holding the three broken pieces of my shoulder together!" Pffffhhhhhshaw whatever..... 
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Hood River, OR
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Nick
Since 09 Nov 2007
164 Posts
Hood River
Stoked
CGKA Member
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:41 pm |
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Marky...Mark hope that you are up and running quickly. I was super bummed to hear about the injury.
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Scribble
Since 18 Nov 2005
636 Posts
NoPo
Addicted
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 2:49 pm |
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I heard beer works wonders for shoulders!
Get well soon.
Andy
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blancoh2o
Since 15 Mar 2005
1154 Posts
Oregon
Phishy
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 3:20 pm |
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Mark,
I will come visit you as soon as I can drive.
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Campbell
Since 07 Sep 2008
409 Posts
Camas, WA
Obsessed
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 3:24 pm |
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Really sorry to hear about that Mark!
For those of you who don't know, Mark's a great ambassador for the local scene. I got to meet and kite with him only on two occasions, but he couldn't have been more gracious or helpful.
Get better soon man...
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
4316 Posts
Camas
Site Lackey
CGKA Member
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 4:25 pm |
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Hey Mark! Way sorry to hear this.  Hope you heal up fast man. I'll bring over some rum. (It goes well with narcotic pain relievers... )
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Kraemer
Since 24 Apr 2006
1736 Posts
Sky Pilot
Unicorn Captain
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 6:15 pm |
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| Bummer Mark. Hope you didn't get "Dr. Nick". Heal up--gotta get back on the horse.
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genek
Since 21 Jul 2006
2165 Posts
East Po
KGB
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| Thu Oct 22, 09 10:45 pm |
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Wow, really sorry to hear that Mark. Hopefully you'll have some badass bionic powers now. Did they put in any motors in there? Perhaps you can control your arm with your iPhone. Heal up quick!
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registered
Since 12 Jul 2005
1319 Posts
tsunami
Sandbagger
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| Fri Oct 23, 09 5:46 am |
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Hope you are back to normal bionic kiter health soon.
All the limping GOOD soarers at the launches is what detered me from continueing the training.
There are a bit more consequences the more you challenge gravity....thats the fun part. 
Sorry to hear of these types of set backs.
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Bettyboarder
Since 18 Mar 2005
1823 Posts
PDX/ White Salmon
XTreme Poster
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| Fri Oct 23, 09 6:46 am |
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Enjoy the hot nurses....heal up quick Markie Boy
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blowhard
Since 26 Dec 2005
2027 Posts
Windward
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| Fri Oct 23, 09 7:05 am |
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ouch ,sorry to hear it ,
get well soon.
My expierence in soaring is somewhat the same,
having spent 15 years in Gliders,owning a 47-1 racing Sailplane for 10 years.
Ending up with several pals on crutches for life
and a couple dead ones, the appeal of defeating gravity was not so appealing.
Only when I thought about it
but hard to resist
such an awesome sport!
Soaring is the sport of aviation ,
statisticly the safest thing in aviation.
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