I Fell-Twice!

[Stumper]

No not out of a tree but I fell down twice-once walking across a parking lot (stuck my heel in a little chuck hole and tried to fold and recover to spare my ankle.-50% didn't sprain the ankle but wound up on the ground). Went back to the job and tangled a heel in the brush and fell over again! I usually can at least manage to stand up. I guess windy days can be a blessing-35mph winds kept me from climbing today.

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Sometimes it seems i'm more co-ordinated in the air than on the ground. Especially if i'm looking up, thinking about being in the air.

Or something like that.
:alien:

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Weebels wobble but they don't fall down.

 

[underwor]

The only time we fall in the Dakotas is when the wind stops suddenly. Usually about once per year.

Only bone breaks have been on the ground, none in 35 years of climbing.

Bob

 

[seanlarkin]

I sprained my ankle Wednesday night. Of course, I was playing hockey. I skating at full speed, tried to cut around the net, lost my edge and slammed into the boards. DOH!

 

[Greg]

I think people that are very succeptable to sea sickness (vertigo) would have a hard time as a climber. Windy days and skinny trees that sway a lot make me walk like I'm drunk if i've been up there a while.
Any one ever seen a climber puking while aloft? That would be hard to live down.
Greg

 

[johncinco]

You know why it is so windy in So Dakota? Because wyoming sucks and nebraska blows! Oh that was my favorite joke for years! I lived in Rapid city for about 5 years. Home of horizontal snow fall. I have walked over 7' fences with 2' of barb wire on top, and never known they were there. Missile silos with alarms going off, I would radio back and say they were secure, because no one could ever find them.

I bought my girlfriend a brand new helmet last friday. Our first stop she was walking out, missed the step and went down like a ton o' bricks. (well her whole 135 lbs anyway). Now the helmet looks like it has been hanging off the side of the bike for years, twisted ankle, and big blue welt on her hip. Scared the cripes out of me for sure. A couple years ago I had a client retire. About two weeks later he went in to check on the place, slipped, and broke his next. Now he is paralysed from the neck down. What a way to go.

If I cam correct, this is my 200th Post! Cheers, JB

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

20 mph winds is a calm day here beside the lake. It's when it is 40-50 that I get skeerd.

 

[Burnham]

Greg, your post really hit home for me...I have just recently recovered from a prolonged period of vertigo. Never suffered from it at all before, didn't get seasick in some pretty rough offshore fishing, always loved the tree-top motion. Almost 6 months ago I woke up to a spinning room. Dr. said it's most likely caused by viral infection of my inner ear, and that it probably would get better...which was good news 'cause there is no effective treatment. Tree climbing became almost intolerable. Fortunately I don't climb much in winter. After about 2 months it stopped, to my unbounded relief...but started again 2 weeks later. I've been "stable" for a month or so now, and I sure hope it stays that way. I wouldn't wish that malady on my worst enemy.

 

[treeman82]

Burnham, my father had an ear infection so bad a couple years ago that he had to go in for surgery. From what I understand, they scraped out the infected tissue or something and replaced it with bone? I dunno... all I remember is that I was scared he wasn't going to make it, because he had blood running from his ear, and a bunch of other stuff.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I have a buddy whose wife needs to take medication for an inner ear problem that is chronic.

She jokes that she needs the meds to be able to stand and walk straight.

 

[Burnham]

My doctor calls my case relatively minor...which means if I kept my head up and fairly level I was fine. I could walk and drive and do most daily stuff, but to look up a bole from near the base, or get into all those wierd positions that we all find ourselves in a tree, or crawl under the truck to change the oil...boy-o-boy, like lying on the bed after way to much alcohol; spin, spin, spin. I didn't like that feeling when I was young and dumb, and I didn't like it even more when I could'nt do anything about it this past half year. Very grateful it seems to have passed. Truth be told, it is amazing what a person can get used to...I did lots of things things later in the course of the condition that I knew were going to make me feel woozy, so long as I was in a position where I couldn't fall down.

 

[treeman82]

I know that my father has to wear special ear plugs when he takes a shower, and really isn't supposed to go swimming. All because of the ear infection. Just some stuff to keep in mind.