Well the XJ was recovered sucsessfully and our trip had just passed the track the XJ was lost on when a call came over the radio that Michael had rolled and was seriously injured.Greg Moodie, our trip leader shot off back to camp to get help and alert the emergency services and stayed ther till an ambo arrived then escorted them to the crash site.The ambo could,nt climb the trail and had to air down.They assesed Michael and called for the Westpac chopper straight away.It arrived and landed on the camp ground and those parramedics were taken by Jeep to the scene.A second chopper was needed to winch him out cause the first winch was out of service.Iwill say that for something that is not practised ,by 4wd clubs the way the recovery of Michael went and the way it was co-ordinated everything worked out perfectly.Greg Moodie,Emu and a heap of other Jeepers did an xlint job in difficult situation.Thanx to the Cherokee Club for another top event.
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