[at-l] RE: Broken Wrists

[m_factor at hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Actually, more to the point, Jim is probably a great advertisement for 
knowing wilderness first aid.  In the class I took, after teaching us how to 
use all the stuff in a monstrous first aid kit, we spent considerable time 
learning how to improvise with what was available in our packs and 
environment.  I came away from that course much more confident I could deal 
with certain situations but carrying a smaller first aid kit.

Mara
Stitches, AT99

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>From: Mark Hudson <hudsom@us.ibm.com>
>To: "Jim and/or Ginny Owen" <spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>
>CC: at-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: [at-l] RE: Broken Wrists
>Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:04:02 -0500
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>I was going to mention that Jim is probably a great advertisement for
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>skeeter wrote:
> > >>> In 2003 I met two women hikers with broken wrists.  Is this 
>"normal?"
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> >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...
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>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.
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>A lot tougher than the wrist was the toe I broke coming off Fuller Ridge on
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>the PCT.   More denial.  Finally admitted it was broken when a doctor told
>me so in Northern California (1500 miles later).  <G>
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>But the broken ribs in Colorado and the phlebitis in Montana are hardly
>worth mentioning.  <VBG>
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>Yeah - men DO break various body parts, but some of us aren't bright enough
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>to even admit it unless those body parts start falling off.  <G>
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>Walk softly,
>Jim
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