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skiclimb
Jan 14, 2009, 12:37 AM
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Perhaps this should go to injuries and accidents but its hopefully going to be a nice gory thread with some interesting stories.
Share the pain people...
Wish I had something to start it out with but I've only had minor injuries that would not have made for intesting pics..:(
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milesenoell
Jan 14, 2009, 12:49 AM
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What is this? It's not really a thread, just a request for a thread....with specific demands that the thread requested include pics.
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skiclimb
Jan 14, 2009, 12:59 AM
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milesenoell wrote: What is this? It's not really a thread, just a request for a thread....with specific demands that the thread requested include pics.
you're smart
it's similar to the popular "stupid mistakes thread" "hot climbing chick thread" and a few others...
maybe it'll just go down in flames however.. we'll see.
(This post was edited by skiclimb on Jan 14, 2009, 1:01 AM)
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milesenoell
Jan 14, 2009, 1:20 AM
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Yeah, I'll agree that there are plenty of useless threads, but reading about mistakes generally gives you a better chance of avoiding a similar injury. Checking out injuries (especially with pics) is usually just a chance to go "oooh, that's gotta suck!" It's like reading one of Majid's posts about a hiker who fell off a cliff... an entertaining bit of shadenfreude but not exactly useful information. At least kick it off with something in the OP.
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tigerlilly
Jan 14, 2009, 1:31 AM
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skiclimb wrote: Wish I had something to start it out with :(
No, you don't. Injuries aren't fun, and I speak from painful experience. Be grateful you have not been injured and try to stay that way, ya' hear?
Kathy
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shrug7
Jan 14, 2009, 2:53 AM
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I'll bite...
My few (notable) dings:
Rappelling over an edge and my foot landed just perfectly in a pocket, with my shin hitting a small rock embedded in the sand stone on the top of the pocket. The bubble of blood that preceded was entertaining. Still have the small "pocket" in my shin.
Scrambling down an access gully.
Quartzite + Wet leaves = Ouch.
Scrapped the bone, feels weird.
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curt
Jan 14, 2009, 3:06 AM
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skiclimb wrote: Perhaps this should go to injuries and accidents but its hopefully going to be a nice gory thread with some interesting stories. Share the pain people...
Do you mean like this?
Curt
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angry
Jan 14, 2009, 3:10 AM
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I was looking at his leg on the mat and thought "that's not broken backwards, what's the problem". Then I scrolled down a little further.
Yet another reason not to boulder.
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climbingtrash
Jan 14, 2009, 3:58 AM
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I've only gotten injured Desert Trail Riding (not mountain biking...there's a big difference )
Did this a couple of years ago...
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curt
Jan 14, 2009, 4:02 AM
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angry wrote: I was looking at his leg on the mat and thought "that's not broken backwards, what's the problem". Then I scrolled down a little further. Yet another reason not to boulder.
Bouldering isn't a problem--falling while bouldering, however, can be. 
Curt
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milesenoell
Jan 14, 2009, 4:23 AM
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curt wrote: Do you mean like this? Curt
damn that is freakshow scary. I'm on the tail end of recovery from an ankle reconstruction myself, but luckily I kept my bones on the inside. Is that you in the pic, Curt?
By the way, nice photo.
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htotsu
Jan 14, 2009, 4:28 AM
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milesenoell wrote: damn that is freakshow scary. I'm on the tail end of recovery from an ankle reconstruction myself, but luckily I kept my bones on the inside. Is that you in the pic, Curt? By the way, nice photo.
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granite_grrl
Jan 14, 2009, 12:19 PM
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tigerlilly wrote: skiclimb wrote: Wish I had something to start it out with :( No, you don't. Injuries aren't fun, and I speak from painful experience. Be grateful you have not been injured and try to stay that way, ya' hear? Kathy
Agreed. Injuries are not fun!!!!
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winglessangel
Jan 14, 2009, 12:53 PM
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granite_grrl wrote: tigerlilly wrote: skiclimb wrote: Wish I had something to start it out with :( No, you don't. Injuries aren't fun, and I speak from painful experience. Be grateful you have not been injured and try to stay that way, ya' hear? Kathy Agreed. Injuries are not fun!!!!
True, not fun, from more them one experience. But in some cases the story behind it can be interesting.
Like when you spend 4 days stuck on an island, with no way to get back to the continent, feeling absurd pain on your nose and NOT knowing is was broken.
I mean, I knew I fell face down, and that caused pain, but actually broken? I didn't expect. Found out only when I got home.
full story: http://www.rockclimbing.com/...rum.cgi?post=1684456
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byran
Jan 14, 2009, 10:06 PM
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I've never had any broken bones or other serious injuries, but I've accumulated my fair share of bruises and flesh wounds.
I picked up this rather impressive raspberry in the Tetons, from sliding down about 80 feet of glacier and landing in a rock gully. It's hard to tell the scale from the picture, but the wound is about the size of a grapefruit (covered 1/4th of the circumference of my upper right thigh)
It hurt the most a couple days later when it started to get all scabbed over. My right ankle was also sliced to the bone from this same incident. I probably should have gotten stitches for it, but instead I let it heal on its own and I now have a large lump of scar tissue that gets reopened from the occasional OW climb.
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