Ouch

[dagibbs]

I went climbing both Tuesday evening for about 3 hours then again last night. So, by the end of the evening last night I was getting kind of tired. I went to demonstrate something on a bouldering route that I've done lots of times, completely lost a hand grip, and fell. This was on an upside-down stair kind of section, so I landed almost flat on my back (impact points were, in order, tailbone, shoulders, head) from about 5 ft up. Now, a 5ft drop onto my feet is easy to take, but a 5 ft drop onto my back is quite a jolt. My neck support muscles are quite tight/tender right now, and I am being very careful in how I move my head/neck. Hopefully this won't interfere with my hiking & cottage plans for the weekend.

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[dagibbs.livejournal.com]

I've had breakfall training really help me at other times, like when taking a tumble on the soccer field -- had teammates and opponents wonder how I took such a high-speed sudden fall without hurting myself. It is wonderful stuff. (I took some Judo as a kid.)

It sounds like I may want to make sure I have some Advil around for the flight to Germany on Sunday, and "just in case" for the hiking Friday & Saturday.

Yeah, just lie flat and moan is not good. I don't think I'm banged up quite that badly, though.