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ouch!!! 15-Aug-2009 At 7:53:56 PM climbingnirvana

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Well this is as funny as it was both painful and lucky!!
A few weeks ago some friends and i decided to hit the grampians and do sword in the stone. this is in
an area that we had not previously visited. as usual we were all of different views as to what way
would be the fastest to the base of the crag. Eventually one of us decided to scrub bash his way up
from the track after throughly cracking the shits.We followed. A fair way up there was a decent sized
boulder that looked too big to be unstable (about the size of two of those plastic water filled barricades
that you see around construction sites and at festivals).
I grabbed the top of it to pull over onto it and as if in slow motion the sucker started to roll on to me!
Turning away from it i bolting downhill over loose crap everywhere like a mountain goat on speed i
picked up quite a bit of momentum. The boulder chasing me for about 6-8m before it hit something and
split into two smaller chunks that went either side of me. I had realised this but was going so quick
over such bad terrain that i couldnt stop.
Then my right foot got stuck in between some small bolders and i was launched about 2-3m off the
ground vertically and flew across about 5-6m horizontally according to the guys.
Cant quite remember the next bit but i hit back first then hip then head in a cartwheel style wipeout.
From all later accounts it looked like a pretty bad fall.
This was about a month ago and although the bruises have healed but the back remains a very
painful daily companion (being a bricklayer dont help with the whole healing yer back part!!).
After numerous visits to all the relevant medical establishments they cant find anything wrong with the
spine!! Grrrrrrrr!! There's nothing wrong with the noggin that wasnt that way befor my little spill and the
hip is 100% better. Dont know how to up load photos yet so cant show the damage.
Its amazing how you can let your guard down for a second and end up twisted up amongst the
boulders with a concussion thanking god that you wernt crushed to death.
Take care out there, and if there is one stay on the beaten track.