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Jonny D
Social climber
Lost Angelez, Kalifornia
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Dec 18, 2006 - 12:31pm PT
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OMG Teresa, glad you're ok! you are so tough.
Jean
(from L.A)
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susan peplow
climber
www.joshuatreevacationhomes.com
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Dec 18, 2006 - 12:53pm PT
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Teresa, first off - that is not a long post. Your first post was well written, concise and funny (although I found myself with tears while reading it). We want to see more posts from you!
Terrible news about your injuries. Glad you are on the mend and that YOSAR proved again how invaluable they are to the community.
Kudos to Tom for having the state of mind to keep you warm and hustle down for help. It's so scary when stuff like that happens and especially bad when it happens to your loved ones.
Hope you heal fast and get out to the crags again soon.
~Susan
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Dec 18, 2006 - 08:11pm PT
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All's well...
Those darn approaches and descents can be scary. The thread is a reminder of how easily things can go wrong, and how lucky we are to have this kind of support. And perhaps a seasonal reminder to donate to YOSAR, or to join or donate to a search & rescue body in your area. As most S&R people are volunteers, and as most climbers with a career of any length will sooner or later need some sort of S&R, it's a darn good cause. (There are other good causes, too, e.g. the Access Fund and local climber organizations.)
My father had a similar experience, in 1966. He was in Vancouver's Mountain Rescue Group, on a search for a lost hiker near the Golden Ears, about 50 km east of the city. They were running grids, he was in a talus field when a rock gave way and precipitated a rockfall. His right leg/knee was badly crushed, he spent months in hospital, and the leg was never the same. Though, as he says, it helps that his search partner was a registered nurse, they had first aid supplies, it was good weather, and there was a helicopter on call. Saved his leg if not his life. (They flew him in a litter, below a Bell 47 helicopter, to hospital - one of the cables gave way, which was rather exciting even on morphine.)
The hiker was never found - thought likely he'd simply decided to vanish, and start over somewhere else. Bastard.
My father did return to mountaineering, hiking and backpacking and snowshoeing through the 1980s, and even climbed Mt. Baker. But has always since had poor circulation in that leg, and no feeling below the knee.
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Dec 18, 2006 - 09:07pm PT
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I'm glad to hear you're on the road to recovery! All my best wishes to you while you work through your rehab process.
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pimp daddy wayne
Trad climber
ice cave
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Dec 18, 2006 - 09:49pm PT
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Yeah, that Jon guy is scetchy. Listening to that crapy techno. He aint worth a sh#t.
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TomLambert
Social climber
Yosemite, CA
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Dec 19, 2006 - 03:24pm PT
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It's fun to see so many folks we know showing up here in virtual land. Anyway, I had to sign up for an account just to respond to this from Susan:
>>We want to see more posts from you!
No, emphatically no! We do not want to see more posts from Theresa. At least not like this one.
>>I found myself with tears while reading it.
The doctor had said that since there was so much damage, she might be paralyzed after moving everything around to stabilize the spine. After surgery went well and we were out of crisis mode, for the next couple of days my eyes watered every time she moved her feet!
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David Nelson
climber
San Francisco
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Dec 20, 2006 - 08:30pm PT
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Another great rescue by YOSAR and I am sure they all appreciate the post as well. Personally, I love hearing from climbers, injured bikers, patients, etc al, that I have helped.
There was a post asking what Friends of YOSAR has actually done. I don't know, am not in that loop, but some of the FOYOSAR have posted here and seem like they are good people and work to raise money for YOSAR. Can anyone with FOYOSAR speak up?
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