Well I skied today. I've had the urge the past few weeks because my leg feels great, but I just didn't want to risk it. Today I just decided to go for it. The first run scared the shit outta me. Everytime I turned right I really tensed up. By the second run I felt fine. I don't want to risk it much more since I'm planning on moving to whistler in june for the summer and I really don't want to ruin those plans.
On the chair...pretty nervous
Looking at the sick line I just skied
Trying to find the best route down the 2nd pitch
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04-06-2006, 01:42 PM #1
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I skied! (<3months after breaking femur)
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04-06-2006, 01:51 PM #2
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Nice!!!!!
Last year I was totally ready to ski at the end of April after my ACL Recon in January. I didn’t have the balls for it though.
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04-06-2006, 01:53 PM #3
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Remarkable recovery, Art!
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04-06-2006, 04:59 PM #4
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RAD!!!!!!!
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04-06-2006, 05:05 PM #5
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Caw Caw Caw!
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04-06-2006, 05:06 PM #6
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is that some kind of record?
nice work.
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04-06-2006, 05:07 PM #7
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Way to go! I'd expect no less from my latex salesman!
(needed stoke)Gave up on the bottle, give me the lobotomy.
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04-06-2006, 05:08 PM #8
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That groomer beats the Lazy Boy anyday. Glad to hear that leg is feeling good. The nice thing about femurs is that there isn't much complication with a joint, like ankles or knees. Take it easy man!
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04-06-2006, 05:13 PM #9
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STOKE!!!
Now be careful!
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04-06-2006, 06:51 PM #10
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Congrats! I can clearly remember my apprehension on my 1st day back on skis last Nov after 8 months of rehab!
Calmer than you dude
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04-07-2006, 09:01 AM #11
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Nice work Art! That's awesome to hear.
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04-07-2006, 09:03 AM #12
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Great news Art!!!
It's nice to see something positive posted on this board.Last edited by robokill1981; 04-07-2006 at 09:07 AM.
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04-07-2006, 09:06 AM #13
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congrats... stoked for you.
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04-07-2006, 09:27 AM #14
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Major Props!!!
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04-07-2006, 09:30 AM #15
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Good work on the recovery. I remember when you first posted about your broken leg and I told you about my buddy who skied the backcountry one year and a week after his accident. Here's a pic of my friend getting 5500 vert after 8 miles of skinning. He broke both femurs, one compound, in an avalanche and was in a wheel chair for four months. Swingnar gettin' after it.
Keep up the hard work . Have fun in Whistler.
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04-07-2006, 09:31 AM #16
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FKNA, man!!!!Days on snow 06-07: 3
Days behind a boat summer 2006: 24
"Coming here and asking whether you need wider skis is like turning up at the Neverland Ranch and asking Michael if he'd like to come to Tampa with the kids" -bad roo.
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04-07-2006, 09:36 AM #17
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That's amazing. I broke my tib/fib in February of last year and am only now 80% at best. Do not get too confident, definitely take it easy out there.
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04-07-2006, 09:39 AM #18
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awesome!
Originally Posted by blurred
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04-07-2006, 10:23 AM #19
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Agreed! Great news! Originally Posted by robokill1981
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04-07-2006, 11:17 AM #20
i mean...
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thats fantastic!
and a chance to put out there something i've realized in recent times:
we are all of us here so, so far above the average, both physically and emotionally/mentally when it comes to our bodies, that standard 'expected recovery' times given by doctors almost always turn out to be massively overestimated.
i broke my pelvis, shoulder, etc. in september, and was told it would be 6 months before i was doing much of anything. just like Art, i was skiing in 3 months, and have put in about 60 days since then.
the drive we all have to not just get back to normal, but to be stronger than ever, seems to make almost any injury change from a life-altering event to a minor setback so quickly that we confuse our friends families doctors and selves.
so positive vibes for anyone currently injured - it's gonna come back so much faster than you think.
congrats Art!Range after range of mountains.
Year after year after year.
I am still in love.
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