RR: Broken collarbone

"Trekkie Dad" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Welcome to the collarbone club! Hope you heal well and fast. Hope they don't make you pay for the
'copter ride. ;^)

Mike

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Michael Dart said:

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Welcome to the collarbone club! Hope you heal well and fast. Hope they don't make you pay for the
'copter ride. ;^)

Mike

It takes a jeep four to six hours to get out from that site. Some people walk it faster. Going as
quickly as they were able on their mountain bikes, it took Rory and Larry about four hours to get to
the trailhead, and then two hours to drive to the hospital.

There was no one medically competent to diagnose my injuries, and even the flight nurses were taking
no chances once they arrived on the scene.

I was damn lucky there was a suitable landing spot for the copter. Even then the six guys carrying
me had to slog through a stream, since that was the most level path to the landing site.

I think I have a pretty good case.

BTW the bike got off with a few scratches. There is a slight dent observable in my helmet. I'll
probably get it replaced. I got them back today (along with the rest of my gear) from jeepers who
live about 35 miles away from me. The cooperation and thoughtfulness among them was stellar, from
setting up radio relays to providing me a blanket, pillow, food, water, and a steady supply of ice.
One lady stood over me just to keep the sun out of my eyes.

TD

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Oh no! That's horrible to hear. Glad you're not more hurt, but what a drag.

Here's to a quick recovery!

Matt

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 22:24:43 -0400, "Michael Dart" <[email hidden]> scribbled:

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Quoted message said:

I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Welcome to the collarbone club! Hope you heal well and fast. Hope they don't make you pay for the
'copter ride. ;^)

Mike

No kidding, the helicopter adventure could be more painful than the fall. 🙁

Three cheers for the collarbone club. First and only bone I've broken so far. Whole damn tip sheared
right off. Strangest thing. 🙂

-Slash
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Quoted message said:

I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

Hope you heal fast, a question to anyone who has broken their collarbone... what happens if your on
a solo ride, and you break your collarbone 25 KM from civilization? Can you walk/ride?

Had a group ride this week in which a collarbone was broken and makes you think? what would i do if
i was by myself and this happened to me, from previous experiences its just a matter of time.

Dave "remember to charge the cell phone!"

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TD

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Quoted message said:

I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

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Ouch! Heal up quickly, you'll get that trip in sometime! Hope you enjoyed the helicopter ride...

Jon Bond

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so

please

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ignore his minor grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent
helicopter ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that

was

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to have started Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me

plan

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the trip. I'll just have to do it some other time.

TD

Welcome to the collarbone club! Hope you heal well and fast. Hope they don't make you pay for
the 'copter ride. ;^)

Mike

It takes a jeep four to six hours to get out from that site. Some people walk it faster. Going as
quickly as they were able on their mountain bikes, it took Rory and Larry about four hours to get
to the trailhead, and then two hours to drive to the hospital.

There was no one medically competent to diagnose my injuries, and even the flight nurses were
taking no chances once they arrived on the scene.

I was damn lucky there was a suitable landing spot for the copter. Even then the six guys carrying
me had to slog through a stream, since that was the most level path to the landing site.

I think I have a pretty good case.

BTW the bike got off with a few scratches. There is a slight dent observable in my helmet. I'll
probably get it replaced. I got them back today (along with the rest of my gear) from jeepers who
live about 35 miles away from me. The cooperation and thoughtfulness among them was stellar, from
setting up radio relays to providing me a blanket, pillow, food, water, and a steady supply of
ice. One lady stood over me just to keep the sun out of my eyes.

TD

Got to love Jeepers. Hearing anything about Jeeping always gets me sentimental, however having to
sell mine forced me into mountain biking so it had its advantages. Hope you mend quickly.

RH, could've got a jeep in there in 2 hours (a little broken but there)

On Sun, 6 Jul 2003 23:13:26 -0000, "David L" <[email hidden]> scribbled:

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Hope you heal fast, a question to anyone who has broken their collarbone... what happens if your on
a solo ride, and you break your collarbone 25 KM from civilization? Can you walk/ride?

Had a group ride this week in which a collarbone was broken and makes you think? what would i do if
i was by myself and this happened to me, from previous experiences its just a matter of time.

Dave "remember to charge the cell phone!"

When I broke mine, I lucked out. It didn't break the way they normally do, instead the distal end of
it simply sheared clean off and got pushed down about a centimeter and out a few mm. I also lucked
out (or was unlucky...) because I broke mine at the end of a ride, literally a few hundred yards
from home. I just flipped the bike back over (landed perfectly upside down on the saddle & bars,
wheels still spinning slowly) and walked back. Wasn't quite sure if I'd broken something, or simply
bashed the hell out of my shoulder, but xrays confirmed that it was indeed a broken bone, albeit a
strangely broken bone. Took about 3 weeks before I could uncomfortably ride again on paved trails
(going off curbs with both arms on the bars still hurt), and about 6 weeks before I was 80% back in
action. About 3 months before I was 100%.

-Slash
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"Ebert Victorious"

- The Onion

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

Hope you heal fast, a question to anyone who has broken their

collarbone...

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what happens if your on a solo ride, and you break your collarbone 25 KM from civilization? Can
you walk/ride?

Hope it heals fast, Trekkiedad. :-)

I did my AC joint which is where the end of your collarbone is attached to your shoulder. When you
injure that you rip the ligaments. I 'm guessing, but it's probably a similar intensity of pain to a
broken collarbone. I was about 10-15km from the nearest cellphone reception, and when I hit the
ground I thought that I HAD broken my collarbone. I would have tried some strapping from the first
aid kit that I carry but it was useless for this injury. Wouldn't have been able to strap it with
one hand. My shoulder and that side of my torso was basically useless and immobilised due to the
pain anyway. It was very easy to walk, but I wanted to get to help fast and I didn't want to leave
my bike behind so I decided to ride. Walking was probably the more sane option. I moved fast because
I didn't want the shoulder to seize up from the shock. Riding one handed with the injured arm tucked
up under jersey was obviously awkward but not really too much more difficult that you'd imagine. The
bumps hurt though. I got down to the outskirts of town and stopped at the nearest civilisation. That
happened to be one of the local schools. In a bizarre coincidence of timing, I saw my sister-in-law
on the pavement outside. She was picking up her children at 3.00pm. She drove me to the Doctor and I
was referred to A&E.
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Westie -Forget charging the cellphone, have rellies located at prime locations.-

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

Glad to hear your ok......

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Hope you heal fast, a question to anyone who has broken their

collarbone...

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what happens if your on a solo ride, and you break your collarbone 25 KM

<snip> ...maybe it's 'cos I'm an 'old dad' but this is exactly why I'd never consider a solo
ride.... An accident is just that, totally unexpected. It can easily throw you into a situation
where you end up unconscious. Rare, I know, but nevertheless. A broken collarbone is probably one of
the least problematic things you could experience following an accident 25km from civilisation. I
don't want to be responsible for a massive mobilisation of emergency services, trying to locate me,
through my own foolhardiness, when there might be a genuine need for their services elsewhere....

(Different) Dave 'With great age comes great responsibility...' (Spidey or something like that ;-) -
Always take a mate - and I'm not talking condoms here!!

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Sorry to hear that, you should be back to strength pretty quick though. Just make sure you lie
straight at night and don't do what I did - rolled over in the middle of the night....

Steve E.

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Heal up fast dude, and hey - don't do that again ya daft bugger.

Shaun aRe

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Sorry to hear that, you should be back to strength pretty quick though. Just make sure you lie
straight at night and don't do what I did - rolled over in the middle of the night....

Steve E.

<shuddering at the thought>

TD

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so please ignore his minor
grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent helicopter
ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that was to have started
Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me plan the trip. I'll just have to do it some
other time.

TD

Heal up fast dude, and hey - don't do that again ya daft bugger.

Shaun aRe

Hear about the dude who broke his leg in three places?

I told him to stay out of those places!!! ;^)

Mike - always good advice.

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
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Rory sent me the link and said it was in need of proofreading, so

please

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ignore his minor grammatical and spelling errors.

A link near the bottom of the page goes to Rory's account of my crash and subsequent
helicopter ride to the hospital.

Consequently, my wife and I cancelled our trip to the southwest that

was

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to have started Monday. Thanks again to those of you that helped me

plan

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the trip. I'll just have to do it some other time.

TD

Heal up fast dude, and hey - don't do that again ya daft bugger.

Shaun aRe

Hear about the dude who broke his leg in three places?

I told him to stay out of those places!!! ;^)

<Groooaaaaan!> - Ya didn't outa tell that joke.........!

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Mike - always good advice.

Try 47 (guessing) places. Least ways that's how I see it when they have to remove 3 inches of bone
'crumbs' from your thigh muscle after it breaks.

Shaun aRe - chicks dig scars - I have an 18 inch scar - prolly why I'm getting married...........

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I'm not in much shape to type out my own report just yet, but you can read Rory's at:
bmxnonstop.comloon.htmlOpen ↗

BTW the bike got off with a few scratches. There is a slight dent observable in my helmet. I'll
probably get it replaced. I got them back today (along with the rest of my gear) from jeepers who
live about 35 miles away from me. The cooperation and thoughtfulness among them was stellar, from
setting up radio relays to providing me a blanket, pillow, food, water, and a steady supply of
ice. One lady stood over me just to keep the sun out of my eyes.

TD

Welcome to the club. That was quite an adventure. Sorry it had to happen, but you'll heal.

Paladin

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what happens if your on a solo ride, and you break your collarbone 25 KM

<snip>

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...maybe it's 'cos I'm an 'old dad' but this is exactly why I'd never consider a solo ride.... An
accident is just that, totally unexpected. It can easily throw you into a situation where you end
up unconscious. Rare,

I

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know, but nevertheless. A broken collarbone is probably one of the least problematic things you
could experience following an accident 25km from civilisation. I don't want to be responsible for
a massive mobilisation of emergency services, trying to locate me, through my own foolhardiness,

when

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there might be a genuine need for their services elsewhere....

(Different) Dave 'With great age comes great responsibility...' (Spidey or something like that ;-)
- Always take a mate - and I'm not talking condoms here!!

I would agree with you normally, but it's awkward because I have no-one to ride with in my area. 99%
of my rides are solo but not through choice. <sniff>
--
Westie

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 11:47:26 +0100, "spademan o---[\) *" <[email hidden]>
scribbled:

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Sorry to hear that, you should be back to strength pretty quick though. Just make sure you lie
straight at night and don't do what I did - rolled over in the middle of the night....

Steve E.

My shoulder hurts just thinking about that again. ow.

-Slash
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"Ebert Victorious"

- The Onion

"David L" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Hope you heal fast, a question to anyone who has broken their collarbone... what happens if your
on a solo ride, and you break your collarbone 25 KM from civilization? Can you walk/ride?

You should certainly be able to walk, but you'll be in a fair degree of shock. Luckily, the
pain doesn't kick in until later. Riding back across rough terrain is definitely out of the
question though.

The real inconvenience is waiting for it to heal - can take up to three months and there's no
real way to speed it because they can't put you in a cast.

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Had a group ride this week in which a collarbone was broken and makes you think? what would i do
if i was by myself and this happened to me, from previous experiences its just a matter of time.

I was 'lucky', I broke mine almost beside the car park at the end of the ride and some walkers
helped me bring the bike and mount it on the car. It makes you realise just how easy it is to
break a bone, and the collarbone is the 'classic' cycling injury (whether road or mtb). It
certainly made me more cautious when riding.

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Dave "remember to charge the cell phone!"

I _always_ bring a mobile phone with me if I'm walking/mtbing/skiing, no matter how short the
trip or how close to civilisation. The things are so small and light these days that there's no
excuse not to bring one in case of emergency.

Gav