Ouch. Sounds nasty, but glad your ok. Maybe i';ll just avoid my ride to day then.
:-) Dave(who should really be looking at getting a helmut) Brooks On 7/29/07, 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 > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
