Met and hung out with “Mad Mike” a year or two ago. Yep, pretty crazy. A couple of other launches damn near killed him. He was launching in Amboy, CA then and the BLM was pestering him. I always knew that one day he’d auger in.
Sad that he’s gone, would call him an acquaintance rather than a friend. We actually made him an honorary Clamper (ECV), so I have to say that he’s a Brother gone to the Golden Hills.
R.I.P. Brother
Oh, and by the way, he was a candidate for Governor of California. Probably better than the a-hole we have now.