I love rallying around in UTVs, and I've seen my fair share of anesthesia and hospital beds because of it. But when I think of what I've gone through, it's like a papercut compared to what happened to a hunting guide in Utah, named Jake Schmitt. Thankfully, his German shorthaired pointer, Buddy, was there to save him—I'm not crying, you are.
While on a trip in the mountains right near RideApart executive editor Jonathon Klein's house earlier this month to scout for mule deer, Schmitt found himself going up a steep incline in his UTV with Buddy alongside him, but thought better of it. Unfortunately, going around would prove to be a huge misjudgment.
Schmitt started reversing to the bottom of the hill and thinks his tires might have hit a stump that he never saw, which sent his UTV rolling. Before the vehicle started to roll, Schmitt tried to get out, but before he could, the vehicle began its descent. The UTV crushed him on its first roll, which resulted in a broken left leg, dislocated right shoulder, broken ribs, broken ankles, and sprained wrists, along with plenty of cuts and bruises.
