Switchback pass gone wrong

That helmet says it all... Sheww

 

Scary stuff. Glad you walked away and had some good back up there with y you....

Definitely makes me think twice about going it there alone again...

 

Wow, that lid is pretty trashed! Scary to think how much worse this could have been!
Hope you heal up quickly!

 

Please don't snap pix of me when I'm on the ground after a crash. TIA!

 

Pics or it didn't happen!

 

Trust me, it happened...but we were too busy giggling and high-5-ing to take any photos.

https://www.imtbtrails.com/forum/threads/trabuco-to-yaeger-cherry-poppin.3965/#post-44157

 

I would surely take the "no pic" side of that deal if presented the option!

Ya know, I don't mind it, even though it's ugly it's a good reminder of the feeling at the moment, which was a mix of "damn this sucks" and "wow I'm lucky my feet and hands move".

 

You're more zen that I, my friend. Power to you for chanelling positively.

I've got some sweet vid of myself endangering my own spine. I'm sickened by viewing it and would never share it publicly. I've had a few of those low moments, and I get no motivation from reviewing them. But I'm kind of light, so YMMV.

Dave, I'll repeat how fortunate you are with the outcome on this one. That's my takeaway.

Oh, the mammaries! I look forward to the next time we do that ride, D.

 

I understand the feeling. I don't even like to watch Pinkbike's Friday fails...I don't want to laugh at other's misfortune.

 

Just got to looking at the GPS track.... but the feather is broken...

 

Thanks, Ross.

Many or most of those fails are pretty harmless. As you know. Those are funny. But they do put bad ones in there, and I agree with your sentiment.

 

I can't even watch videos of other people's crashes, especially high speed ones. In fact I've never seen the PB fails vids. Not sure I'd want to see a vid of the crash I just had, but usually I'd want to analyze what I did to cause it. The dipped head aftershot just reminds me that yes, I was very fortunate to be sitting there and not laying down further in the canyon.

 

Dang, this made me laugh so hard the mocking birds quit singing momentarily, carry on my feathered friends.

 

Unlike many of my posts, it was intended as an honest request. Believe it or not! Cheers, TQ.

 

I find myself moving to this feeling too. Some of those crashes are really bad and I don’t know if they were ok or not.
Also - life imitates art. I don’t want to be art (Art?)

 

Me either. I won't watch.

 

After five weeks and change, back on the bike today. Great getting out there, pretty tame trails but felt epic. Very thankful I can ride again. No problem with the neck and shoulder pain while riding, but after, when it all stiffens up.... Still, so much better than it was even a couple weeks ago.

 

Yay!
I'm you now, but not nearly as spectacular.

 

Don't know about spectacular but that was by far the hardest crash I've ever had. Sure hope it doesn't take you 5 weeks to get back at it!

 

Broken rib(s) supposed to take 6 weeks. Dunno if that's the diagnosis or not. My home-made x-ray machine is sort of unclear.

 

I still have a little pain when taking deep breaths, but much better than it was that first couple weeks. My x-rays showed no fractures just like your machine Nothing you can do anyway... as long as a rib isn't poking into your lung you should be ok (Holiday Inn last night)

 

I had 3 broken ribs and one dislocated...They took at least a full month to feel any improvement. And when I sat up in bed one morning, and my body pulled the displaced rib back to the spine, the relief was nearly orgasmic.