Re: [at-l] Falling

["Alice Kauzlarich" <kauzlar@madison.main.nc.us>]

Bifocals and trifocal glasses make you a LOT more prone to tripping!!  Take
my word for it!

 The Highlander
                                                 

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> From: Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>
> To: at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: [at-l] Falling
> Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1998 7:14 PM
> 
> I have gone hundreds of miles without falling; other times, I've fallen 
> and fallen. I took a spectacular spill this Summer going up Mt. 
> Greylock. As I approached the summit, I wrested my leg from the 
> boot-sucking mud and put my foot down on a slanted rock. Instantly, I 
> was airborne; I watched in horror as my boots and poles shot over my 
> head. "This is going to hurt," I thought in a flash. Then, THUD, I 
> landed with my internal between my back and the rock. <Oof!> "Oh, no," I 
> said, "I've broken my @#$% back--and on my first day out." Knowing I was 
> close to the lodge, I decided to wait for rescue. Slowly it occurred to 
> me that nothing hurt. "Well, of course not, silly. You've broken your 
> back." Then I realized I could feel my feet. I got up slowly, conducted 
> a short inventory, and kept on hiking (although I admit I thought about 
> Christopher Reeve once or twice).
> 
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