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Took off this morning at 8:20 am. Biked to Lickman Road at
the Trans-Can Hwy. Round trip 160+km. Took about 5 hours.
Uneventful except for a nasty spill about halfway back on the
return leg.
The right side trailer wheel got caught in a rut and whipsawed
my bike's rear end causing the spill. I was going about 30 kph
when I landed face side down on the asphalt and the bike and
trailer landed on top of me. Face down, spread-eagled, my left
foot pinned under the rear wheel and my right foot tangled
between the chain and the chain tensioner, I found myself
unable to move.
Luckily, it was on a busy highway so lots of people stopped
and got out of their cars to help and they got me untangled.
I have some road rash on legs and other parts but nothing
serious. It was a good thing it happened where people were
around. If it had happened in the outback it might have been
fatal because I was absolutely immobilized by the weight of
the bike and trailer.
So, there are no more plans to roam the back country for me.
I'm done. At my age with significantly reduced strength levels
there may come a time when I might get into something that I
couldn't get out of.
Injury Update July 23/21
You can see that the left leg wounds have healed up nicely.
There is a lot of pain in my right shin. I suspect that there are
hairline fractures in my shinbone. If so, then it will take at least
another month to heal.
Further Update:
It has now been almost nine weeks since the spill. Somehow, things
are not quite right. They say that a cat has nine lives. I don't
know how many humans have but I now feel that I have one
less.
Even further update (April 24/22)
It is almost ten months since the fall and my leg is only about
90% healed.
