Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Darn it, Another Accident

Well, I got hurt badly on July 2, 2010.  Now, less than three years later, on 12/23/2012, I broke my leg skiing in Hokkaido (that would be in Japan) on Niseko mountain.

Getting around on crutches is a LOT of work....


I'm getting a lot of good nap time in.  I'll be returning to the U.S. in the beginning of March and I'm determined to finally ride the Greenbrier Rail/Trail, it will be part of my rehab program.

For the enquiring minds, I have a Tibial Plateau Fracture, Type 1, non-displaced.  This is very fortunate, so while these are pretty serious fractures, I got off without surgery/hardware, although I have to wear a cast for somewhat longer.

And no, I wasn't doing anything stupid when I broke my leg. Actually, I think one of the bindings was a little faulty or maybe set to release at too low a tension and gave way when I did a hard cut....

But unlike my last accident, I don't have a police report or anything to help me deflect blame onto someone or something else.

The Japanese ski patrol guys were really great, I was near the top of the mountain, they packed me into a sled and skied me down a long, long way.  They didn't stick to the bunny slopes either, which I found pretty impressive.

Here they are packing me into a leg brace and a sled, could almost be passed off as an Everest rescue...



Happy New Year to all and I hope to be a more active blogger in 2013 than I was in 2012.

4 comments:

Matteo said...

Hey! So sorry to hear about this, but your tone in your post sounds like you're in amazing spirits despite it.

Bill said...

Oh no! Heal up quickly!

Bill said...

Oh no! Heal up quickly!

robatsu said...

Hey, thanks a lot. Today I actually got a shorter, below the knee cast. Things are moving along....