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