January 26, 2008
Pavement. It’s part of my balanced diet.
It seems that in-line skates and patches of mud hidden in the shadows at the bottom of a hill do not mix. Pretty much as soon as I saw it, I knew I was in trouble. Once one foot mysteriously jumped off to the side, the trouble escalated to…whatever it is that is after trouble, possibly missing time followed by assessment of injury.
Judging by the evidence of direction of scratches on my wrist guards, skates and pads and where I’m sore, and where the patches of mud are on what I was wearing, I have developed the following scenario.
I hit hands, knees, and toes first, off center towards the left. As those points caught on the pavement, I rolled over left hitting my left elbow and butt, finishing on my back, crushing the water bottle on my backpack, and since the backpack elevates me, hitting the top of my head on the ground.
No significant damage to anything, just a few scrapes and bruises. There are some pretty deep cuts in my knee pads though, which I’m thankful are not in my knees. Apparently I had a small tripod with me as well. Now I have a mono-pod.
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January 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
oh noes!!! poor scott… is matthew ok? :p