Insult to injury
The AT's got plenty of places where you can really messv yourself up. But many injuries we've heard about come from seemingly innocuos things. One guy, alone in a shelter awoke for a nocturnal pee. He brushed against his hanging pack, startled, fell off the shelter platform and broke his hand. He's ok though. He did 29 miles overnight. Another guy finished the gnarliest climb in PA--only to slip on a pebble and cut his head to the skull. He took some time off, but is now walking southbound. I've had some silly injuries, too. After I switched from heavy climber's rope to cheap, light synthetic line, a tactical miscommunication left me with rope burn on the knuckles. And the one time I lit the stove, I neglected to prime it, instead opening the valve all the way and flicking the Bic. I didn't need that particular patch of leg hair, anyway. - billy goat
3 comments:
Pleased to hear nothing has changed Mr.S. Looks like you've swapped the food/drinks and ink spilages for rope and gas burns instead!
Looking forward to seeing you in London in Spetmeber to hear all about it.
I second Andy's sentiment (about nothing changing)....after all, what would the AT be without some wild gesticulations.
It is strange that so many things could go wrong but it is the smallest simplest things that cause isses and injuries.
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