Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84Winter 2014 | IRON BUTT MAGAZINE  RIDING AGAIN AFTER A CRASH By Scott D. Gottschalk A t ,motorcycling remains one of my great passions,even though I nearly lost my life after colliding with a deer. I was riding my  Harley-Davidson Ultra-Classic while attempting a cc Quest (riding coast to coast in less than  hours). The crash left me on the brink of death and seemingly with little hope of ever riding again, but I survived to ride again. My LD riding accomplishments are a source of pride to me and like most of the ,+ IBA members, I started down the rabbit hole following completion of a SaddleSore . Since then, I’ve successfully finished a long list of other IBA certified rides that includes  SSs, seven Bun Burners, two Bun Burner GOLDs, a Three Flags Classic and a SS, all with- out incident. But it was on this ride where I was nearly stopped dead in my tracks — literally. I had begun my cc Quest by obtaining a symbolic sample of seawater from the Atlantic Ocean in Connecticut and then headed out on I-. My goal was to transect the USA and obtain a sample of seawater from the Pacific Ocean in Califor- nia after successfully completing the ride. I wasn’t looking for trouble, but it found me. While crossing Nevada on I- at : a.m., after riding about , miles and with my cruise control locked at  mph, I struck a large mule deer that bolted onto the highway. As a result of the impact, my motorcycle and I careened right towards the sandy shoulder. The Nevada State Highway Patrol accident report indicated that once my bike hit the sand, my attempt to safely maneuver the machine back onto the highway failed.The right front highway peg sliced through a thick desert sage tree trunk, causing my bike and me to flip end over three