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Slip at Eurobin Falls - Mt Buffalo 24-May-2010 At 11:48:25 AM Casper

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Scrambling at top of lower slab, walked across path of water (about 1mm deep), slipped and slid/bounced the 30-40m down to bottom, hit large boulder at bottom sideways. Carried out by SES and choppered out to RMH. Chipped spine, fractured skull, broken ribs, pelvis smashed into 8 bits.

If anyone has ever looked at Eurobin and thought it would make a good slippery dip, well it was for the first few metres, after which I was unconscious and missed out on all the fun.

3 months later still not walking, going to take about a year until I'm back at work. Rehab is pretty awful. Going to make a full recovery apart from nerve and circulation damage to parts of my legs.

Don't know why I tried to cross the stream where I did (steep, smooth rock with water running over it). I'm normally pretty careful on edges...this was pretty dumb.

Be careful when walking on slippery wet rock. duh.