3 of us started out in Morrison & headed up to Mosquito Pass via Fairplay. We stopped for a bathroom break & there were 5 or 6 hardtail chopper guys getting ready too head out to OK. There were some heavy duty rain clouds to the south & west. They were not going to have fun. Also talked with a couple on a VFR that decided to go back to Denver because of the rain & possible snow. Yes we have had snow in the high country already. We decided to go see if we could do Mosquito pass from the east to the west. Everything was fine until we got to the bottom of the steep rough part. We stopped to watch a couple of Moose before heading up. We all decided to give it a try & headed up. As usual, the pictures don't show how steep or rocky or loose it really was. The bikes were bouncing all over the place going up. This section is about 1/4 to maybe 1/3 of mile long (guessing) As seen in the pictures, lots of rocks. My buddy Kelly was almost to the end of the rough section, got bounced off a rock into some other rocks & then fell over past center. We might have it on video. No pictures. The 3 of us got the bike back upright right. We then started pushing the bike back into the road & Kelly screamed out in pain. Come to find out, he blew his knee out. The only bike damage we saw was the lh mirror & the springs came off the kickstand.
We were debating on how to Kelly back down the hill. He thought he would crawl, but he couldn't even do that. While we were pondering the situation, it started raining & a couple in a 2 seat 900 Razor Showed up. Chris & Amy were the angels of the day ::012:: They took Kelly back down to the bottom of the rough section & waited for Phil & I to get our bikes back down. I thought it was much worse going down than going up. The rain & all of the loose rocks didn't help. The Razor driver Chris couldn't believe we rode the bikes up that hill.
Chris took both Phil & I back up in the Razor to Kelly's bike so Phil could ride it back down. My first time in a Razor. It made me a believer in those quads. Once we got the bike down to the lower staging area Kelly wanted to see if he could ride. That was not a good idea. We decide that Chris would ride Kelly's bike down to where they parked their car & see how Kelly felt at that time. Kelly decided that it would be best if he just rode in the car back down to Fairplay & find the EMT's there. The EMT's wanted to take him to Frisco, which was the closest medical facility. Kelly decided to just camp out in a motel (another angel) until his sister was able to pick him up in about 2 hours. So we kept Kelly company for a couple of more hours. Kelly's brother in law drove his truck up so we loaded his bike & took it home.
The medical facility in Denver had to transfer him to the main hospital where he had surgery. He will be off the bike for several weeks. Thankfully no torn tendons or ligaments.