Broken wrists, was [at-l] Still out here!

[janl2 at mindspring.com (Jan Leitschuh)]

> From: "william fitzpatrick" <jestbill@yahoo.com>

>>> In 2003 I met two women hikers with broken wrists.  Is this "normal?"  Do 
> men break their wrists on the AT?

Our '03 compadre, "Just Do It", broke his wrist in multiple places in 
Pennsylvania and was forced into surgery, pins and a 
shoulder-to-fingertip cast.
He went back again from Springer this year and started over, and 
completed the end of September, although he limped onto Katahdin with 
a badly damaged knee the docs wanted him to stay off of.
Sunny, our SORUCK hostess, broke her wrist in NY in '02 and after a 
week off the trail, went on to complete, although how she got up 
Katahdin with one hand I'll never know.
LiteShoe '03

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