Munieer busts leg in Santa Barbara

Thanks John for posting this.

Paul,

Think about the story this will make for your children and
grandchildren.😉 I hope you will see the humor in that. Maybe not now,
but at future rides, it makes a great story.

As John said, you must be a prince of a guy to go down THROUGH POISON
OAK to retrieve a fellow munieer's muni. That takes courage and just
being nice. I believe that what comes around, goes around. That nice
gesture will come back to help you one way or the other. It may even
help during the recovery of the broken leg in some way.

I wish you a speedy and strong recovery. Looking forward to seeing you
back on top! God Bless.

--
teachndad - aka The Munieer

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Man that really sucks. I hope you heal much quicker than four months.

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Ow!!! And after climbing through poison oak! Nobody deserves that. The
poison oak alone would kill me (I always seem to pick it up). From the
description, sounds like a compound fracture. Was he exaggerating? That
would be nasty.

Look on the good side:
- Better to get injured in the last 100 yards than at the turnaround
point.
- Better to get injured in the last 100 yards than the first 100.
- If you get poison oak, you won't be making it worse by riding a lot.
- If you get poison oak inside your cast, you probably won't be
scratching it and making it worse 🙂

Here's to hoping you heal fast and strong, better than new. We'll be
seeing and riding with you next year at MUni Weekend in Santa Barbara!

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johnfoss - Walkin' on the edge

John Foss, the Uni-Cyclone
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JL was definately not exaggerating. He broke both the tibula and
fibula. In his words it was bascially a classic example of beginners
confidence. He was doing great out there, knew the ride was coming to
an end, and was pushing the limits with the equipment he had. The uni
slipped on a slick spot and he folded his leg. The only thing that kept
the bones in was the 661 hard shell shin/knee guards he was wearing. I
couldn't believe how composed he and his wife stayed during the whole
ordeal. I'm not sure how I would have handled seeing my leg like that.
I know paul will be up and riding as soon as he can!

A little irony to the whole ordeal which we laughed about later:

Paul got carried out on a litter but check out what was attached to the
bottom. Thats right, he rode out on one wheel!

[image: http://www.barry.ca/propic2/330700_G.jpg]

matt

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myocardial - I fell into a burning ring of fire.

Matt Wilhelm
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Santa Barbara Unicycle Club
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Paul - very sorry to hear about your muni injury. That must've been an
amazing smash into the rock. I hope it doesn't lessen your overall
enthusiasm for unicycling. I know it's a ways off, but once you're out
of the cast and working on building back up strength, unicycling (not
hardcore Muni though) should be a great activity. When I broke my leg,
it was bicycling that got me back into shape and allowed me to
eventually heal all the way.

Best of wishes beaming at you for a speedy recovery.

---Nathan

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OW! That sounds amazingly painfull, I did the same thing to my arm,
snapped both bones clean through, though I think a leg would be more
painful!
Very sorry to hear that. keep your spirits high and don't be put off
uniycycling!

Here's to a speedy recovery.

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munimanpete - mocacycle

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Paul,

Very sorry to read about this, and best wishes for a full recovery. Take
it slow...don't push to hard on the recover.

I also hope you get up and get "back in the saddle". I think if you did
a search of these fora (now that you have some downtime on your hands),
you'll find that unicycling--compared to other action sports--really
doesn't have a high injury rate. The good news is you may have just
"checked off" your life's allotment of uni injury. It's all golden from
here...

Heal fast,

Tom B

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