[at-l] RE: Broken Wrists

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

skeeter wrote:
> >>> In 2003 I met two women hikers with broken wrists.  Is this "normal?"
>Do
> > men break their wrists on the AT?
>
>
>Jim came to the '92 Gathering with a cast on one arm and a bandage on his
>head. I don't remember if that was a broken wrist or where he did it...
>

Yup - the wrist was broken, but I was in denial and wouldn't admit it was 
broken until they x-rayed it after I was back home.  Broke it by doing a 
somersault (complete with full pack) off a wet root on Moody Mt.  Spent a 
day in Andover, then kept walking.  I don't walk on my wrists.

A lot tougher than the wrist was the toe I broke coming off Fuller Ridge on 
the PCT.   More denial.  Finally admitted it was broken when a doctor told 
me so in Northern California (1500 miles later).  <G>

But the broken ribs in Colorado and the phlebitis in Montana are hardly 
worth mentioning.  <VBG>

Yeah - men DO break various body parts, but some of us aren't bright enough 
to even admit it unless those body parts start falling off.  <G>

Walk softly,
Jim