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• Even after Cody Mortensen, 28, of Lucerne Valley, California, was told that he would "probably die," he insisted on biking across Regent's Slide, a massive landslide near Big Sur.
The Mercury News reported that Mortensen talked with a construction worker who said the road was not passable, but the biker "said he was going to try anyways."
Sure enough, Mortensen fell more than 100 feet toward the ocean, abandoned his bicycle and climbed down toward the beach, where he was rescued by Bettencourt and Big Sur Fire.
He had hit his head and seemed confused, witnesses said, and his arm was cut.
Mortensen faces charges of wanton disregard to obey a person directing traffic and failing to obey traffic signs. [Mercury News, 8/13/2024]