I basically got caught out riding my bike whilst guiding. An easy trail, probably the last of the day as it was about to rain real hard. We were all quite tired and I came into the section at a normal pace, 80% speed, jumped some rocks and landed. I think I hooked my back wheel up on a square rock that sent me over the bars. I remember unclipping and being in control (i was upright) and thinking 'I've got this. I'll land on my feet and roll out'.
I did but underestimated the speed I was going. The moment before impact seemed to pause and then speed up as elbow and shoulder hit the ground with a force the body couldn't take. The pain and sickness that followed were nasty. The sickness I felt informed me that it was not good. Luckily I was near the road and a phone call away from a lift to the hospital.
One hour later I was in pain relief central, a few hundred x-rays confirmed my shoulder was out and I had small fracture on the arm bone. This meant I needed to be transferred to a bigger hospital to go under anasthetic for the relocation. The Swiss doctors werte great and certainly not shy with the relieving injections.
I was home that night.
The prognosis is 4-6 weeks immobilisation and the extensive physio. I won't be back on the bike for some time. Oh well, it was only a matter of time till something happened.
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