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Heisenberg
Trad climber
RV, middle of Nowehere
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Nov 14, 2013 - 01:00am PT
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Pete...
Shut up!
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Nov 14, 2013 - 05:54am PT
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Pete...
Shut up!
Thank you.
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 15, 2013 - 02:25am PT
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Looking so good. Great news.
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Nov 15, 2013 - 06:36am PT
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Got sprung from the hospital around 4pm, arrived at home around 11pm...
Home, sweet home!!!
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tinker b
climber
the commonwealth
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Nov 15, 2013 - 08:56am PT
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yeah! you look great! so glad to hear your home. be well,
jo-lynne
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Norwegian
Trad climber
dancin on the tip of god's middle finger
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Nov 15, 2013 - 08:58am PT
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so how long until your next jump?
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Ottawa Doug
Social climber
Ottawa, Canada
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Nov 15, 2013 - 01:36pm PT
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Balancing for the camera on your crutches. Who woulda thunk it two weeks ago?
Actually, we're talking about Ammon, I guess many were thinking this all along. Stay strong, heal fast.
Cheers,
Doug
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Fluoride
Trad climber
West Los Angeles, CA/Joshua Tree
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Nov 15, 2013 - 02:39pm PT
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Awesome Ammon! Love that picture of you. I can't believe it was less than three weeks ago you were sitting there on that ledge with your foot dangling off. You were right, you're a fast healer. Fastest I've ever heard of! Much love, glad it's all done and you're back home.
What's the estimate on when the doctors think you'll be able to climb and BASE again? Or rather when do YOU think you'll be able to climb and BASE? :)
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dirt claud
Social climber
san diego,ca
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Nov 15, 2013 - 03:39pm PT
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Awesome, good news!!
I was just watching an Alva interview on YouTube.
Holy Crap, you look like Tony Alva with dreads. Are you an old skate legend as well? ;-)
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Nov 16, 2013 - 11:40am PT
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Hell yeah, Alva was one of my skate heroes. I'll never forget a skate road trip from Southern Utah to So Cal with my brother, Gabe and a bunch of friends. We went all over and skated in the places we saw in all of our skate vids, back then. We got a chance to skate with some legends including, Alva, Neil Blender, Christian Hosoi, Lance Mountain, etc.
Anyway, I'm not going to rush the healing process. I'm going to just play it by ear and use the pain as measuring device to know how hard I should push it. I've already started PT by rotating my ankle, using a strap to stretch my ankle further, writing the ABC's with my toes, etc.
I predict I'll be toproping in 2-3 months, jumping in 4 and lead climbing in 5-6 months. The doc didn't give me a time frame but I'd guess he would say 9 months... they like that number 9, ha ha.
Edit: Yes Ron, I'm at: 1156 Gramercy Ave. Ogden, UT 84404
Thanks to all who has sent me cards and gifts. Thanks Neebee for the dream catcher... it's working, ha ha. I'll post a pic later.
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rick d
climber
ol pueblo, az
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Nov 16, 2013 - 11:45am PT
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Ammon-
I threw up when the doc took off my graft site dressing on my left thigh. I thought it hurt 1/5 of the fracture (tib-fib)pain which was one month earlier. Your legs are starting to catch up to mine but I was 21 in '86 when I got broke up. You have a couple more years than I did.
heal up brother!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho
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Nov 16, 2013 - 11:53am PT
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Healing is a special process. There comes a time during the heal from a dibilitating injury when you get to say "Holy sh!t! I can do <insert addictive and thrilling outdoor physical activity here> again. This if fukkin awesome!". We've probably all been there at some level.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 17, 2013 - 07:30am PT
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hey there say, ammon... yep, happy dreamcatcher!
as to this:
Anyway, I'm not going to rush the healing process. I'm going to just play it by ear and use the pain as measuring device to know how hard I should push it. I've already started PT by rotating my ankle, using a strap to stretch my ankle further, writing the ABC's with my toes, etc.
great stuff, 'doing the abc's, etc' for co-ordination...
i USE that, too, for dancing, good tool to teach movement...
and yep--listen to your body, you will know... and take it from there...
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Nov 17, 2013 - 12:57pm PT
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Ammon,
Great to hear that your recovery is going so well and that you're looking forward to getting outside pretty soon.
Best wishes for continued speedy healing, but give it the necessary time.
Rick
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Nov 17, 2013 - 01:03pm PT
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Ammon, now that you're healing up I feel I need to address this since it's been on my mind since you posted it. Unfortunately I haven't met you in person, but I hope we have a bit of a rapport from this community, so I just want to give you my two cents.
Just like you can't compare a lap on Nutcracker with K2. You also can't compare BASE jumping exits and the many different ways you can execute a jump.
It's hard to wrap your brain around something you haven't personally experienced. You simply can't say one is more dangerous or risky than the other. I've never jumped anything harder than, say, A2... In my mind. I feel like I've definitely put myself in way more danger with my climbing passion than jumping.
You're absolutely right that all BASE Jumps are different and all climbs are different in terms of risk. A free solo of Half Dome is more dangerous than a bridge jump over water by an experienced jumper with a state of the art rig, and a wingsuit jump 10 feet off the deck is more dangerous than a top rope climb in a gym.
But statistically you CAN say BASE jumping is more dangerous than rock climbing. There's different numbers in different studies and it's hard to compare (do you use participants, participants hours, number of jumps/climbs?) but most analysis bears this out. e.g. http://www.medicine.ox.ac.uk/bandolier/booth/Risk/sports.html
However since you have a greater risk of dying from heart disease or cancer than either, I'm not saying you shouldn't BASE jump, I'm just saying you need to treat each activity and each instance of each activity with the caution it deserves. Even tying into a top rope in the gym demands caution as we have seen. But a 5.11X pitch or A4 deserves more preparation, caution, and a careful plan of action to do it relatively safely.
As I said earlier in this thread, your accident was like so many others I've seen or read about. There was a combination of things that needed to happen to lead to a problem. All accidental, and nothing was really reckless. I just want to state again the importance of taking things one step, or one variable at a time. Try a new/repaired rig from a known relatively safe location. If you are going to jump in close proximity to another jumper, each jumper should probably have jumped the exit before and have the plan and timing worked out to perfection. Slow down and triple check everything in your mind before committing to a jump or climb and think if there's anything you can do to remove a variable or maybe work your way up to something new one step at a time.
You probably know all this already, but having lost some good friends I feel I should reinforce good practices that aren't always followed. I want to see you happily jumping and pushing the limits for a long time to come.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Nov 22, 2013 - 10:11pm PT
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Keep healing up strong
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Nov 23, 2013 - 01:15pm PT
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Thanks guys!!!
Life is good here in Ogden, I'm healing up just fine. Quit the Oxy three days ago, cold turkey. They had me on 60mg of OxyCodone and 40mg of OxyContin, per day. I noticed them getting low so I just quit and have some on standby, just in case.
Think I'm good to go, though. Just being cautious because everyone is telling me how addictive they can be.
Cheers!
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TwistedCrank
climber
Bungwater Hollow, Ida-ho
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Nov 23, 2013 - 01:45pm PT
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Oxy = hillbilly heroin
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Nov 23, 2013 - 03:45pm PT
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Captain's Log:
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WBraun
climber
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Nov 23, 2013 - 03:55pm PT
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Unfuking believable !!!!! Mindblower !!!!!
Frankenstein looks 98% New !!!!
Wow they did ever do such an excellent job putting Humpty Dumpty back together again ....
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