Crash on Mt. 7 - Two Times the Hurt

shit, I wish I had not watched that full screen.

that was a crazy harsh looking crash. haven't ridden that line yet, but soon

Don't look at the tree, don't look at the tree, don't look at the tree, don't look at the tree… looks at the tree FUUUUUU….!

ugh. I've been out for the last 6 weeks because of a similar situation minus the buddy running me over. He came pretty close though, he said he had a feeling that he should stop and wait for me to ride out. Good thing he followed his instinct.

I hit a similar sized drop on some local trails, smacked into one tree which catapulted me up into a second tree. I was upside down when my shoulder hit the second tree, chipped my collar bone. I fell straight down from that tree which we all estimate was probably 6 foot vertical onto my head. I had put my hand down to break my fall and try and roll out but the tree prevented me from doing so. Ended up impaling my hand on a sharp rock and sprained the major ligaments/tendons in that wrist.

At that point the bike was still tangled in my legs and came down on top of me and I rolled away with it about 10 feet further down the hill. When I started to get up, I had a very bad bleed from my hand because part of the muscle in my thumb decided to come out for some air. Both myself and my buddy are EMRs so I started checking myself over while he ran his assessment as well.

I thought all I had was my hand until my buddy found that I had a hole in the back of my knee. Long story short, the QR on my seat post decided to open up mid-crash and impale itself all the way to the pivot into the back of my knee. Anyone who's riding a V10.3 and has the Santacruz seat collar, you know how big that stupid thing is. Two sets of 6 internal stitches to re-attach part of my hamstring plus 10 more outside to close it all up. 6 weeks later, I'm good to go minus the tendons in my wrist. As for the bike, bent top crown on my boxxer plus some stanction scratches.

I severely dislike trees now.

ouch

ouich is right. heal up, bro. :beer: trees are okay, but trees at top speed - buyer beware.

ugh. I've been out for the last 6 weeks because of a similar situation minus the buddy running me over. He came pretty close though, he said he had a feeling that he should stop and wait for me to ride out. Good thing he followed his instinct.

holy shit buddy! :| ok, you win, that was horrific

healing vibes