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Josiemckee
Big Wall climber
Mariposa, CA
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Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 14, 2017 - 03:14pm PT
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We love this woman. She is a true inspiration. Right now she needs our help. She will be undergoing a lengthy recovery which will also be costly. Her insurance is covering a good chunk of the cost of the emergency care, but the rehab process is going need support from the tribe. We want to get this woman out and after it, inspiring others again. Please do what you can. Every little bit counts! Thanks for all the love, prayers and support going out to Quinn. https://www.youcaring.com/quinnbrett-980578
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Loco de Pedra
Mountain climber
Around the World
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Oct 15, 2017 - 12:22pm PT
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bump
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TMayse
climber
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Oct 15, 2017 - 02:53pm PT
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Bump
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guido
Trad climber
Santa Cruz/New Zealand/South Pacific
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Oct 15, 2017 - 07:16pm PT
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bump
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COT
climber
Door Number 3
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Oct 15, 2017 - 07:59pm PT
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bump!
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Anne-Marie Rizzi
climber
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Oct 15, 2017 - 08:12pm PT
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I encourage everyone to donate to Quinn by using denominations of 77. For the seven walls she did in seven days with Josie McKee just last year.
Whether it's $.77 or $7.70 or $77 or even $770 (that would be incredible!), this powerful climber can use your donations; donated in these increments,they could help honor some of her achievements while aiding in her recovery.
Anne-Marie Rizzi
https://www.youcaring.com/quinnbrett-980578
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gruzzy
Social climber
socal
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Oct 15, 2017 - 09:12pm PT
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Speedy recovery to you
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Oct 16, 2017 - 09:29pm PT
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Bump to first page. The site is very simple to operate, simply fill out your credit card info. It is very safe and this is fourth climber I'm donating to, never had a problem. Would be useful if they allowed PayPal, I had the same thought. But taking out the card and punching in the numbers takes less than 2 minutes longer and it is going to a very good person. Quinn is a very nice person and a super accomplished climber. Without exaggerating one of the strongest female trad climbers. A few years back pit up an all free difficult free climb on the South face of Fitz Roy with a few other people.
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ryankelly
Trad climber
Bhumi
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Oct 16, 2017 - 11:47pm PT
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more than receiving, giving creates happiness
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TMayse
climber
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Oct 18, 2017 - 05:21am PT
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Bump
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10b4me
Mountain climber
Retired
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Oct 19, 2017 - 12:41pm PT
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bump, for a worthy cause.
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Leggs
Sport climber
Made in California, living in The Old Pueblo
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Oct 19, 2017 - 06:05pm PT
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bump
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velvet!
Trad climber
La Cochitaville
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Oct 19, 2017 - 06:13pm PT
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Team -
With the surgery now completed (72 hours ago), Quinn has decided to share with you all a bit more about the extent of her injury. When she took that fall on Oct 11th and struck Texas Flake, Quinn suffered a burst fracture of her 12th thoracic vertebra that has left her paralyzed below the fracture (around the belly button). Doctors say that it is highly unlikely that she will regain much function or sensation in her legs.
We know that if anyone can defy the odds, it is Quinn. But she will need all of our help in the coming days, weeks, months and years. Please keep sending the love (and the jokes, they are a hit!)
https://www.youcaring.com/quinnbrett-980578
<3
Libby
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Clint Cummins
Trad climber
SF Bay area, CA
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Oct 19, 2017 - 08:18pm PT
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Thanks, Libby.
Given the prognosis, it sounds like it was a complete cut to the spinal cord (which does not regenerate like peripheral nerves).
That's a tough one, but still possible to live a long and productive life, and even get out for some 4-wheeled speed runs.
I fractured my T12 also, 40 years ago when I took a 40-footer down onto an icy slab.
I was lucky and my spinal cord was only bruised (the sheath/dura was intact).
I was paralyzed from the waist down for about 2 weeks, and then started regaining function as the swelling went down.
There was uncertainty about how much function would come back,
so I tried to prepare mentally for being unable to walk again.
It didn't seem so bad, actually, as I always liked being a programmer, and I still sit a lot to do that to this day.
As it turned out, I got almost all function back and I was pretty lucky.
I can't run across the street, or do ow, but there are plenty of other things to do....
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rgold
Trad climber
Poughkeepsie, NY
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Oct 19, 2017 - 09:30pm PT
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fractured my T12 also, 40 years ago when I took a 40-footer down onto an icy slab.
I was lucky and my spinal cord was only bruised (the sheath/dura was intact).
I was paralyzed from the waist down for about 2 weeks, and then started regaining function as the swelling went down.
There was uncertainty about how much function would come back,
so I tried to prepare mentally for being unable to walk again.
It didn't seem so bad, actually, as I always liked being a programmer, and I still sit a lot to do that to this day.
As it turned out, I got almost all function back and I was pretty lucky.
I can't run across the street, or do ow, but there are plenty of other things to do....
My story, which I think I have recounted somewhere here, is similar to Clint's. I was paralyzed from the waist down by a viral inflammation of the spinal cord, with a long-term prognosis of at least some partial recovery but no promise of any kind of return to my previous activities.
I think that like Clint, I realized my brain was still functional and that maybe I should give it more exercise than it had been getting. The end result was a PhD in mathematics and a modest career as a mathematics professor.
I was exceptionally lucky to beat the odds and have a full recovery after about a year. And I went back to climbing, but never again with the same single-minded devotion, as I had opened the doors to other interests that had become dormant during the climbing years. It is easy for me to say now since I was lucky enough to recover, but experiencing the loss of physical ability was one of the best single things that have happened to me. Activity became the icing on the cake, but not the cake any more. The cake lies deeper, and is something more intrinsic.
This is not an attempt to trivially brighten a very dark time for Quinn. I do remember sitting in a wheel chair in the neurology ward, catheterized and staring at a future I had never imagined and wasn't sure I could navigate. I am sure there will be many challenges ahead, and the sun is not going to shine every day. I fervently hope Quinn can challenge the odds as well, and that no matter what, she can find a path through the inevitable trials to some kind of fulfillment, probably at present unexpected and even unimagined.
All my best to you Quinn.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Oct 19, 2017 - 10:34pm PT
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hey there say, libby... i remember micah retz... and his break, of his neck, after diving... there is a thread here, somewhere...
well, he is still on the go...
so i hope this will encourage her... :
it is a quote from his daughter, but, i kept the PERSONAL part OUT...
it is just 'in general' as anyone would share, about a friend:
(though, IN her full story, she does mention SO MUCH admiration and love for him!)
He use to rock climb,ice climb, scuba dive, sky dive, and pretty much any other extreme sport and even since he's been a quadriplegic he's had such a good positive outlook on life and has been tandem skydiving, surfing, and skiing...
so i know, with all her deep-long-time friends, and her pluck and spunck, that she will find a way to be herself again...
it takes encouragement from others, though, as, the road is a
whole new trail, so different from before...
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Bad Climber
Trad climber
The Lawless Border Regions
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Oct 20, 2017 - 08:20am PT
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Oops. Shoulda bumped this one.
BAd
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skeyes
climber
New England
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Oct 24, 2017 - 09:04am PT
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Hi Quinn, here's a joke for you:
Why did the scarecrow get a promotion?
Because she was out standing in her field.
Let's keep up the good work with supporting Quinn's recovery, folks! https://www.youcaring.com/quinnbrett-980578
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john_gassel
Ice climber
Boston
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Oct 24, 2017 - 01:02pm PT
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Wishing you the best during your recovery, Quinn!
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SC seagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, Moab, A sailboat, or some time zone
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Oct 24, 2017 - 02:00pm PT
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This isn’t me, but it could be (if I practiced more)!
Best wishes for speedy recovery and rehab.
Susan (senior citizen rooting for our youngins).
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Johannsolo
climber
Soul Cal
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Oct 24, 2017 - 02:10pm PT
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Rick A
climber
Boulder, Colorado
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Oct 24, 2017 - 02:55pm PT
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Quinn,
We met at the Access Fund/ACC public lands advocacy event in May in Washington DC. I remember being wowed by your climbing resume of course, but most impressed by your poise and your commitment to make a difference in the policy arena. The photo shows the Colorado contingent after our meeting with Senator Michael Bennett.
We in Colorado are pulling for you and hope you get home as soon as is possible. There are dozens of stories on the site of climbers who were injured and told they would never be able to climb, walk, or [fill in the blank] again. The punch line is always the same: the doctors end up being surprised because they do not understand the determination and grit of climbers which enables them to reach unlikely goals.
I have every confidence that you will defy conventional expectations as well.
Donation made to your recovery fund and I encourage everyone to chip in.
Rick Accomazzo
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alina
Trad climber
CA
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Oct 25, 2017 - 03:23pm PT
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Hey Quinn,
It sounds like we have similar injuries. Two years ago I fell 60 feet and got a burst fracture of my L1 vertebra. I had no sensation or movement after my injury. Function is still slowly returning but I use a wheelchair 95% of the time. I would love to talk about life after SCI. Get in touch if and when you're ready and I can tell you about some of the adaptive sports I'm doing now (surfing, biking, skiing) and about some awesome resources and organizations, like High Fives https://highfivesfoundation.org/ that help athletes injured doing mountain sports. If you want to learn more, I have a blog http://smallrestlesshuman.com/ where I've been keeping track of my recovery post fall.
Good luck with everything. SCI sucks a lot. But there is still a ton of good left in your life and new amazing opportunities and communities to find.
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John M
climber
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Oct 25, 2017 - 03:30pm PT
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I was hoping that you would chime in Alina. I admire your good spirit. How about updating us on your financial situation? Are you getting the help that you need? So as to not take away the effort to help Quinn, how about on your previous thread.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 15, 2017 - 09:12am PT
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hey there say, BUMP... some hand-stand pics are here for quinn...
and a gal chipped in with HER story, for encouragement...
hope quinn can get to see these...
say, also, please...
does anyone have an address now, --she was moved to denver?
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velvet!
Trad climber
La Cochitaville
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Dec 15, 2017 - 10:35am PT
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neebee, I PM'd you!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 15, 2017 - 04:50pm PT
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hey there say, velvet... i will check and see if it came through...
if it did not ... can you get to facebook and send me
AND EMAIL THERE... ?
i know those get through there...
the mail may not work here anymore...
i will go see..
thank you kindly... will let you know if i did not get it...
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welovemath
Social climber
Walnut Creek, Ca
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Dec 22, 2017 - 10:29am PT
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Just a BUMP to let people know that the goal of the YouCaring fund has been raised to $150,000. It costs a lot of $$$ to recover and to re-outfit a home!
...not a climber, just a climber's mom.
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Jan 12, 2018 - 12:08am PT
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hey there say, velvet...
can we please have an update for new address...
you mentioned that after jan 6... we would need a new address, maybe...
:)
how are things going, for quinn...
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