Members skitzy Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 Seriously! i'll have a couple more pictures to come later, i just got back from the hospital. so the story goes like this: we decided to go camping and hiking saturday afternoon. it had rained earlier that day (this all occurred at 6:30, it rained about 10am that day) so of course we were careful. very careful, but i guess no matter how careful you are, {censored} still happens. so we were walking along the path, enjoying the sights, when i feel my feet start slipping. i guess the rain had loosened the earth a bit, and my foot fell through, and i started falling. my first reaction was to frantically grab for a tree root or whatever i could find. i ended up falling off a cliff and landing on my left leg into a creek. my friends rushed down and kept me still while two others ran down to the road to get cell reception and call 911. i laid in the water for about an hour and a half before rescue teams came and rigged a couple pulleys to lift be out of there. i was then air lifted to the university hospital. so it turns out i was really, really lucky. i only broke my heel and have a lower back compression fracture. if i had landed any further to my side, i'd have either landed on a giant jagged rock or giant log, severly {censored}ing myself up. doctors said there's a 40 percent mortality rate falling from that high, and i got away with a couple broken bones. i'm in a cast for my left ankle and a back brace that i'm going to have to wear for 8 weeks. oh, and tomorrow's my birthday! but all in all, it was a good experience. now i have no excuse to not read and play guitar all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 Blimey Thirty feet is pretty much borderline I bet, so I were lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 how high was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Macdaddy Music Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 wow - glad you're ok man! Best wishes in your recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 how high was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 dag, you is lucky ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 wow. well happy birthday a day early and glad to hear that you were lucky enough to get out of it all in okay shape. Sucks about the cast and everything, but maybe you can get your post count up while you're sitting around for the next several weeks. my only question: why did your friends leave you in the water until the rescuers showed up? Couldn't they drag you out of the creek? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vulcaniza P Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 thats what you get for being active. sit at home, play your guitar and eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RoboPimp Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 probably worried about paralysis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Demian03 Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 glad to hear your ok. on the bright side now you can become a superhero and say "im not supposed to be alive" then kick ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skitzy Posted July 14, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 wow. well happy birthday a day early and glad to hear that you were lucky enough to get out of it all in okay shape. Sucks about the cast and everything, but maybe you can get your post count up while you're sitting around for the next several weeks. my only question: why did your friends leave you in the water until the rescuers showed up? Couldn't they drag you out of the creek? no, they were smart about it and wouldn;t let me move. they seriously thought i was much more injured and broke my back. i was yelling at them to roll me over, and they wouldn't, so i thank them for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Macdaddy Music Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 my only question: why did your friends leave you in the water until the rescuers showed up? Couldn't they drag you out of the creek? I'm taking a wild guess here - potential for severe spinal damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crxsh Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 Glad you're not dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sdresdre Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 should have done a clense. told you crazy ass {censored}. tell ure grankids that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 Close to the edge, down by a river. . . . Sounds like you were VERY lucky. Hope you're back on your feet soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 probably worried about paralysis Sorry, I didn't consider the spinal aspect of it. I'm having a hard time picturing the fall. When he said that he fell on his leg, I figured that wasn't an issue, but the distance of the fall must have been significant enough to be concerned about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NetStar Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 Yeah, you fall on your ankle and the force can shoot up your back....bad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members miggy01 Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 Dude I saw you on the news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 glad to hear your ok. on the bright side now you can become a superhero and say "im not supposed to be alive" then kick ass. he's a man living on borrowed time. Now, he just needs to travel around America righting wrongs and befriending the downtrodden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members b_nehpets Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 florence, y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members miggy01 Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 florence, y'all.Lol, I {censored}ing hate that thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vengeful Ducky Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 glad to hear your ok. on the bright side now you can become a superhero and say "im not supposed to be alive" then kick ass. This = win But seriously your a very lucky man, I nearly fell off a cliff which I can garuntee was higher than 30 feet and i've been terified of hights since. What does it feel like falling like that? I can't even start to imagine what it would feel like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skitzy Posted July 14, 2008 Author Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 This = winBut seriously your a very lucky man, I nearly fell off a cliff which I can garuntee was higher than 30 feet and i've been terified of hights since. What does it feel like falling like that? I can't even start to imagine what it would feel like. to tell you the truth, all i remember was slipping, reaching for something to hold on to, and hitting my head against a rock as i fell. i don't rmember the actual fall, nor do i remember landing. according to my friend, he saw me slip and said it felt like forever until he heard me hit the ground. once i was down there, i woke up on my face not knowing were i saw, how i got there, etc. etc. also, i lost my voice from screaming "{censored}" so loud and often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sdresdre Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 i bet you reevaluate alot of {censored} when something like that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members L_Z_nut Posted July 14, 2008 Members Share Posted July 14, 2008 how high was it? It was sooooo high Snoop Doggy Dog remarked "Damn yo... that was high dog!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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