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calcaneal (heel) fracture from climbing fall 1-Oct-2012 At 2:32:51 PM rolsen1

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On 26/09/2012 One Day Hero wrote:
>On 25/09/2012 PThomson wrote:
>>I broke my heel 3 years ago in a "rope soloing c--k up" where I decked
>>from 6m up...................Personally, I'm glad it happened. It was
>a good life lesson in going just
>>that liiiiiitle bit further with safety when I'm rope soloing. And -more
>>importantly- climbing one-footed taught me the value of the perfect foot
>>placement to achieve the required movement........
>
>O.k., this "cancer is a gift" bullshit has gone far enough! You're glad
>you fuched up and broke your heel? What the fuch is the matter with you
>people?
>
>Fuching up and busting your body is dumb and counter productive to the
>goal of getting out and doing cool stuff. Sure, it can happen to anyone,
>but it sounds like it never occurred to you clowns that falling a long
>way onto a hard surface might result in bad times.
>
>?!?!?!

Personally, I'm glad ODH has written every one of his posts and believe that some good can come from every one of them.