It’s Not What You Have with Andy Strapz

Adventure Rider Issue #48

• Checkout
• Fit Out
• 10 Years On with Karen Ramsay
• It’s Not What You Have with Andy Strapz
• Southern Utah
• Motocyc 4 Kids
• Soviet Salang Pass
• Craig Jackson
• Chilly Blue Skies
• Wide Of The Mark
• Black Springs
• High Country Reunion Ride
• Knee Braces
• The Tanami And Beyond. Part 2
• A Sweep’s Tale
• 10 Things To Think About
• FNQ Adventure
• Harley-Davidson Pan America 1250 Special
• It’s what we do

I recently took a call from a bloke requesting a pannier repair. Nothing out of the normal there. We make ’em, you go out and trowel them.

Situation normal. It’s the usual scheme of things at Strapz HQ.

It’s easy to get tangled up in the damage to the equipment, but, maybe due to my past history as an Emergency Nurse, I’m always keen to know the rider is okay, or at least on the mend. This conversation sent shivers up my spine. Ol’ Mate didn’t quite have to chew his leg off to get from under the bike, but did hack a hole in his bag to retrieve his EPIRB and set it off…while pinned under his bike in the Simpson for five hours! The consequences of a trapped limb can be devastating. The build up of pressure kills tissue as the pressure around it increases and it becomes a vicious cycle. The more cells that become damaged the more pressure builds, damaging more cells. That’s assuming there are no burns. Heat will ensure things rapidly head south from an already shitty situation.