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Reeotch
Trad climber
4 Corners Area
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How many bones have you broken?
Would that be my own, or someone elses???
;>)
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Hendo1
Trad climber
Toronto
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It only happened once, but it happened big.
On June 23, 2007, I was hit on top of the head by a falling rock, knocked out and then went arse over teakettle down a talus slope, ending up in a face plant.
Fractures from top to bottom:
 bone over the eyebrow (frontal?)
orbital floor (eggshell bone under the eyeball)
the face bone (maxilla?)
burst fracture of the C7
hairline fractures in all the other C vertebrae
crushed T5
hairline fractures in all the other T vertebrae
four ribs
sternum
scapula
The other non-fracture stuff: concussion, subdural hematoma, pneumothorax (that's a punctured lung), vitreous detachment in both eyes, tongue nearly bitten through, lip nearly bitten through, short-term nerve damage in face, permanent nerve damage in face, short-term loss of taste, teeth permanently out of alignment, worsened vision in left eye, nose hacked, and probably other things that don't come to mind. Some minor memory impairment and sleep problems. And because of the crushing of vertebrae I'm two inches shorter.
I wouldn't wish any of this on my worst enemy. It took three years to fully recover physically and five years mentally.
Here's an x-ray -- spot the crushed T5. The C7 looks much the same.
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