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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 22, 2009 - 01:17pm PT
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hey there jan, say, check your email, if you did not get an email from me, plaeasee, send me one... :)
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Mighty Hiker
Social climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Oct 22, 2009 - 01:18pm PT
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Pat, good luck! Sorry for the thread drift with Ron.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 22, 2009 - 01:20pm PT
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Yeah, just trying to have a little fun.
Look forward to seeing you dancing.
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Doug Robinson
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Oct 22, 2009 - 03:53pm PT
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WOW, Pat.
Haven't even read the whole thread. Just back online and skipped to the end to make sure you're OK.
Now to go back and read how this all played out...
Heal up man!
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jstan
climber
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Oct 22, 2009 - 04:03pm PT
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Pat's surviving this thead this long suggests the broken leg will present no problem.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 22, 2009 - 05:02pm PT
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You guys tickle my funny bone.
The idea of me dancing, with two left feet,
well actually... I'm not too bad,
but it makes me remember a Halloween
dance in Yosemite one year (early '70s) to which Higgins
and I were invited, and we both
were quite bizarre looking, as we
attempted the dance of the day, the Twist.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Oct 22, 2009 - 05:43pm PT
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I thought the twist, Chubby Checker and all, was about 10 years before that, but you and Higgens dancing together was rather forward thinking.
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 22, 2009 - 06:44pm PT
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"The Twist" was '60, followed by such memorable classics as "Let's Twist Again" in '61, "Slow Twistin'" in '62, and "Twist it Up" in '63. Just when you thought it was safe to uncoil, out comes "The Twist (Yo, Twist)" in '88.
There was the ever-popular "Let's Do the Freddie" in 1965, occasionally and most unfortunately confused with Let's Do Freddie, but Pat and Tom were just a bit beyond the breaking wave of current fashion if they were twistin' the Camp 4 night away in 1970 or so. Given that it used to be a matter of some pride for climbers to be resolutely out of fashion, I'd say that dancin' a ten year-old dance was about as au courant as they ever aspired to be.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 22, 2009 - 07:10pm PT
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Ok, maybe it was the Watusi or something,
but we didn't know quite how to do that,
and it ended up looking like the Twist.
But then again, people did the Twist for about
ten years after it became the in thing. I do
remember it was something very much like the Twist,
if not exactly. And Higgins and I weren't dancing
with each other, rather with my girl friend at the
time, a Yosemite employee, and any other girl
at the dance. Sometimes Higgins took over with
my girl friend, and they were better than she and I...
Jeeeze, how did we get on this subject,
from a broken femur?
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 22, 2009 - 07:11pm PT
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The dance took place somewhere at the Lodge,
in some kind of gym-looking room. Rich, I think
you got it very right. Thanks.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Oct 22, 2009 - 07:21pm PT
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I'm sure there are people doing the twist right now as we stare at our screens. But when was the last time any of youse did the double bump?
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Oct 22, 2009 - 07:59pm PT
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A leg swollen up twice normal size and a root canal in the same day. Some people are tough!
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Oct 22, 2009 - 08:42pm PT
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wait--
pat broke his femur dancing the twist with higgins's girlfriend?
seriously, get better and really relieved to hear it's not something likely to be a major longterm issue.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 23, 2009 - 01:32pm PT
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Update. I just returned from the ultra sound,
and the tech said she saw no signs of a clot,
although the doctor has to read the ultra sound,
and he then will report to my doctor, and of course
I'll be the last to know. But if the tech knows
anything, I should be ok. But this leg is so sore it
really is a major effort to take one step. I had to
get in the car about five times yesterday, and five times
had to get out, each one about 5.15 I would estimate.
But the worst part is that when I lie down the pain doesn't
go away, so I haven't slept for over a week. I've learned
how to do that, from past situations, but it's kind of
getting to me this time for some reason. Don't think
I've ever been in the dumps quite to this degree. And
last night my daughter was up all night with some flu,
and I was limping over in agony to help her, and so forth.
Makes one wonder what they're doing wrong... or if it's
just the luck of the draw...
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JEleazarian
Trad climber
Fresno CA
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Oct 23, 2009 - 03:23pm PT
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Good to hear, Pat. The danger of clots can come much later, though. My wife broke her leg almost 9 weeks ago. Yesterday at 3:30 a.m., she awoke having difficulty breathing and in great pain in her chest. It turned out that she had 3 different pulmonary embolisms (plus a touch of pneumonia). The doctors said that the risk of clots was greatest when she started moving her leg, which she did about a week ago.
I hope this warning is unnecessary for you. In any case I'm relieved to hear you are getting medical care.
John
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Dick Erb
climber
June Lake, CA
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Oct 23, 2009 - 04:15pm PT
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Pat, it is good that you're massively powerful thigh muscles saved your femur. An ordinary weakling would have been crushed.
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 23, 2009 - 08:10pm PT
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Believe me, Dick, my legs are not massively powerful.
They have always been my weakest feature and the reason
I was never a mountaineer. Every climber I have ever
known has stronger legs than I.
I am lucky the main force of the injury was the outside
of my thigh (femur), as those particular arteries are very small
and usually don't result in a clot into the bigger main arteries,
as I have been told by two separate medicale people, the doctor
and the ultra sound tech. But that area is especially sensitive
for some reason, and hence the awful pain. I am really drained
from a week of this junk.
One good thing, though, my film is about finished. I get to
see a draft of it in a day or so, and if it's anything like
what I thought I edited it will be the best thing I've done.
I am grateful to everyone who so far has contributed to this
labor of love.
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Curt
Boulder climber
Gilbert, AZ
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Oct 24, 2009 - 02:21am PT
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Hey Pat,
Congrats on the film and on your recovery. In spite of your unfortunate episode, I'm still looking forward to a tour of this mysterious decomposing Dakota sandstone area.
Curt
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 24, 2009 - 08:23am PT
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hey there pat, say, congrats on the labor-of-love, your film!
god bless... :)
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Patrick Oliver
Boulder climber
Fruita, Colorado
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 24, 2009 - 11:58am PT
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I'm am going to try to upload a copy of it
this morning, to review before final steps.
Thank you Curt, and you will always be welcome,
but maybe we should use top ropes on these routes,
since even the strongest looking Dakota has
the possibility, as it seems, it will disintegrate
in hand. This little area I found has a few
thousand possibilities...
This soreness isn't going away anytime soon,
it seems. Woke up this morning (yes, did sleep some),
but as sore as the first day practically.
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