This story is horrible.
Saw that. It’ll take awhile to recover esp. at his age but he and his rescuers will have a story to tell. IF he makes it.
This kind of brings up another thing to watch for:
Falling
60s is still ‘young-ish’, however, being in an ‘risky’ environment, the danger is compounded.
Recently I’ve been hearing more and more stories of older folk (70s and up) falling and either getting seriously injured - or worse.
I think the ‘mind’ still has you living as a middle-ager, where the body may be acting ‘your age’.
Be careful out there!
Always in the back of my mind when I am backpacking and flyfishing in remote areas. I have never gotten stuck in rocks while WW kayaking (float feet first rather than walk your way to shore). However, I have had my feet gotten wedged in between rocks and boulders while wading for trout. Nothing that I haven’t been able to extricate from. The last 10 years, I have always had a wading staff and an inflatable PFD on as part of my flyfishing gear. Have also given up on using waders in favor of (form fitting) neoprene pants/tights. My gear is kept to a minimal and stored in a sling pack with quick release buckle rather than old flyfishing vest (aka fishing chest anchor).
-sing
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As Raisins sail Falling… Back in 2013 at almost 63 on a hot day I was standing at the boat ramp after a paddle with gear in my hand getting ready to take it up to the car. I then slipped on some slippery stuff fell and broke my left wrist badly. Heat, pain, shock I couldn’t get up. They called 911. It got me to the ER and later the OR. We’ve paddled places sense that would have been longer waits and more difficult since cell phones don’t always work.
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Just a reminder…
Lot of ‘elderly injuries’ in the news recently.
Fashion brand Mango’s billionaire founder, Isak Andic, has died in a hiking accident in Spain, the company said. The 71-year-old slipped and fell from a 150-foot-high cliff Saturday (todays msn news)
McConnell falls and sprains wrist after GOP luncheon
Nancy Pelosi undergoes hip replacement surgery after fall in Luxembourg
Here’s a Christmas present: be extra careful getting around (use that hand rail, even if you think you don’t need it).
The present? Well, if you heed the advise, you will enter the new year without crutches (or worse), ready for the new paddling year.
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