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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Nov 23, 2013 - 04:03pm PT
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Those guys are amazing, Werner. I have so much respect for them. They said they would have given it the CHOP 10 years ago. I'm happy Humpty Dumpty didn't do it back then. Cheers, my friend!!!
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Big Breasted Woman
Trad climber
The Brown Crack
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Nov 23, 2013 - 04:26pm PT
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Wow, Ammon! Can't believe how freakin' good your leg/ankle looks! Amazing! The docs sure did a fantastic job putting that mess of a puzzle back together again! They must have given you a shot of Kryptonite the way you're healing so quickly! Keep up the good work!!!
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'Pass the Pitons' Pete
Big Wall climber
like Ontario, Canada, eh?
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Nov 23, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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Holy crap, looks great!
Man, I can't believe it. Glad you are so lucky, mate!
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chez
Social climber
chicago ill
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Nov 23, 2013 - 05:26pm PT
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Gotta love modern surgeons, looks great!
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ec
climber
ca
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Nov 24, 2013 - 12:43pm PT
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Ammon, best for a speedy recovery!
The 'full disclosure' has kept this thread real, man. Amazing!
 ec
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Nov 24, 2013 - 05:12pm PT
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I was so ruined with pain that if I didn't take Oxy for a month after my last surgery, I could only white knuckle it and shake and seeth. Then it got a touch easier and I quite when I ran out and was over it in a day. Sure helps when you need it, though.
JL
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BASE104
Social climber
An Oil Field
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Nov 24, 2013 - 06:09pm PT
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You will have a good scar. I don't know if you have ever met Mark Hewitt, but he compounded both femurs from a line over from a building. His legs looked like they had been bitten by a great white shark.
While he was healing up, he thought up the line release mod. That has saved quite a few legs since.
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T2
climber
Cardiff by the sea
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Nov 24, 2013 - 08:54pm PT
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Werner said it best!
Ammon hats off and much respect to your surgeons. Looks like they did their part, now it's up to you to even make them look better with your rehab and physical therapy.
Nothing but the best vibes your way brother!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Nov 24, 2013 - 09:20pm PT
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hey there say, ammon....
wow... and wow, again...
what a wonderful good heal... they did amazing work...
feels to good to see such a success for someone...
oh my...
thanks for sharing and may this adventure, be used to help others, too,
as to encouragement along their hard ways, if need be...
very happy for you!!!!
god bless!!
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Gene
climber
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Ammmon,
How's the recovery coming along?
Best,
g
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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How's the recovery coming along?
Hi Gene, my recovery is going very well, thank you.
I can put full weight on my leg, although I only tried once because it still needs time for the screws to bind with the bone. I was supposed to be at the doctors today to get the staples out. But, we had to postpone it until Tuesday because of the weather.
I'll post a pic when I get the staples out.
Cheers!
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Bad Climber
climber
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Mr. Pirate: You are looking great! Although the pic kinda makes yer leg look like a manikin's!
Carry on.
BAd
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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So glad to see that thing is mending Ammon. So since you made this thing public with showing that vid and this thread, can I ask a question?
Were you ever thinking you might die...for even just a moment....or were you in robot survival mode, like "I got this...I got this...just keep it cool and do the job that has to be done...."
Or did you mentally and emotionally start to process that you might bleed out and die right there. And what was that like? Were you ready for it? Were you scared? Were you peaceful? I love talking about this stuff with my patients who have had similar experiences. No big if you don't want to share here, but many of us don't live through such events to share with others what it was like. Thanks man.
Scott
(by the way...you gotta admit that a wooden peg would have been kinda cool)
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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Were you ever thinking you might die...for even just a moment....or were you in robot survival mode, like "I got this...I got this...just keep it cool and do the job that has to be done...."
I was in complete robot survival mode on the ledge and didn't let any negative thoughts enter by mind. All of the experience of many, many days/hours on super scary aid leads kicked in full force. I knew what I had to do and systematically went to work. After I applied the tourniquet and elevated my leg, I started working on getting my rig off, because I knew they would just cut it off when the rescue paramedics got to me. When I ran out of things to do, I started filming.
When I was in the helicopter I started feeling like I was leaving this world. That was the scariest part for me. I thought the heli was still sitting in Moab and I was VERY concerned that we weren't going to make it to the hospital in time before I died. The flight nurse told me we were almost there, I craned my neck and saw the city lights and realized we were setting down on top of the hospital. I was completely out of it by this time with the pain meds but remembered being very calm and knowing that I was going to survive and just about in good hands with the docs.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Did that fellow take out that hanging flake with his nuts? What bad luck. The rest of that wall looks fairly flat and without major features.
EDIT: ...BASE jumper was injured in a separate accident on Sunday, Nov. 24, according to a news release from the Grand County Sheriff’s Office. Thayer Healey, 33, of Newark, Ohio, was seriously injured during a BASE jump at Wall Street on state Route 313.
Healey was the third of three people who had jumped at the area that morning, sheriff’s officials said. When he made his jump at about 12:30 p.m., he experienced a problem that caused him to strike the cliff wall, the news release stated.
Healey fell and tumbled 150 to 200 feet before landing at the base of the cliff near the roadway, sheriff’s officials said. He was transported by ambulance to Moab Regional Hospital with serious injuries.
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mongrel
Trad climber
Truckee, CA
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Sure looks like he did! Ouch! unless they're case hardened steel ones (see: Pirate). It looks like a classic case of why, when moving through the environment whether on skis, a mountain bike, on foot, or in the air, you do NOT want to stare at something bad to hit. You want to look where you want to go, not at that onrushing tree. From the footage, it looked like this guy was staring at that flake for hundreds of feet - it's right in the middle of the image - and sure enough, crunch. Obviously pretty soft for rock, but still, that'll leave a mark.
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Very cool Ammon. Thanks for the reply. I assumed you must have been in full on wartime "automated survival" mode. Thanks for sharing your journey with the tribe. I hope that sandstone jumper is doing ok. That was terrible to watch.
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thebravecowboy
Social climber
Colorado Plateau
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Damn! Good work on being proactive and actively participating in your own rescue. You are the definition of hard.
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donald perry
Trad climber
kearny, NJ
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Let me know if you need anything Ammon.
We will do our best to help you!
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