Chuck sent me a little note regarding a fall-down last weekend. His wife Dorcia suffered a broken wrist.
Result:
Result:
More words...Hiya Todd!
I'm fine, Dorcia will be. If I had my California armored knuckle gloves I wouldn't have a scratch. Ate a hole in my elkskin ropers at one knuckle during the slide. <shrug>
I really thought out there would be where I'd have the most chance of crashing. Not poking around on an old V700.
Unless plans change, we won't be back out until Christmas or thereabouts. Tell everyone hey for me.
Cheers!
Chuck
Dorcia says thanks for the outpouring of sympathy, both here and PMs. It *really does* make her feel better. Oh, and thanks from me, too.
The doc at the hand clinic in Indy gave us the :huh: at what had been done medically. Looked at the X-ray for about one nanosecond and said, "not good." He's waiting for the swelling to go down, and he'll operate next Tuesday. I'm sure she'll be OK. For those who asked about her back, no problem. Thankfully.
Needless to say, I feel *really* bad about getting her hurt..it broke my heart to have her laying on the ground beside me crying.
What happened? Dunno. We were starting into a turn, everything felt normal, and suddenly we low sided and were sliding on the frame. Nicky couldn't have saved that one, I think. My first thought was WTF?? Back when I was in my 20s I rode dirt bikes exclusively, and I know how to crash. I've done the low side, the high side, been picked off by a tree limb.. Shocked and the infamous "flying W" countless times.
At any rate, she forgot to ball her hands and cross her arms over her chest to keep them from flailing around, and that's probably where the broken wrist came from.
All our gear is trashed. It did it's job. If we had been wearing the gay pirate suit I *wouldn't* be typing this.. just sayin.. Thanks again.