OUCH! (Beer helps the pain!)
Rick --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Went down hard in the rain on Thursday. Started > raining part way > through the ride and lost the front wheel without > warning (isn't that > always the way with low-side crashes -- not that > it's possible to > high-side a bicycle as far as I know...) > > Anyway, no really bad injuries. Chipped the end of > the 5th metacarpal > on my left hand (and bruised virtually every muscle > in the hand). Lotsa > road rash on the left knee. Bruised hip & shoulder. > VERY battered (but > not broken) ribs. 8 stitches on forehead over left > eye. Helmet probably > saved me from serious head injuries. It's in the > trash now. > > So I spent Thursday afternoon in the emergency room > & didn't climb > LaPlata on Friday (weather would have scuttled that > anyway.) > > Back in the Burgh now and doing quite well. Hope to > be able to resume > running in a few days and biking as soon as my > hand's out of the > splint/cast. > > So you won't hear much from me for a bit: This > one-handed typing sucks! > ;-) > > Knarf: PHONE me for computer help. It'd take me > hours to type stuff out! > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. http://travel.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
