We don't get out much these days so having dinner on the porch while it's raining is quite an adventure for us. What? Is that another PBR in my hand? Well, the scooter boards don't go over 0.001 MPH so I should be pretty safe. 
2012 Goal Met
13 years ago
Toby,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see that you are doing as well as can be expected given the nastiness of your crash. (I'm one of the 9 mtn bikers who stopped to render assistance). You are a very lucky man to have survived that fall. One of the EMTs on-scene told us that there was a similar crash a few months back involving an ATV - rider didn't make it.
Your friend Jon is a good man. It was very fortunate that we happened by when we did. Only two vehicles other than our small caravan came by the road while you were injured until you were med-evaced. If we'd departed five minutes either side of when we did we would not have seen Jon; and the arrow that he made on the road to catch someone's attention was not noticeable.
To fill in some of the story that you might not remember - we deployed 4-6 guys in the ravin with you to distract you as you were starting to wig out a little due to your pain and your awareness of your situation. We deployed 1-2 people on the road adjacent to your location; and 1 down at the Dewey Bridge area. We wanted to ensure that Search & Rescue got to you as quickly as possible. We were concerned about the possibility that you might have serious internal trauma. It was 51 minutes from the time that we were able to make contact with 911 to give them GPS coordinates until the first responder from the County Sheriff office arrived. It was a little over an hour from when we first called to when the second responder arrived (he was the overall guy in charge).
We had called in occaisional updates to your condition before the first responder arrived. The mention of blood coming from your boot and the implication that you had a compound fracture combined with description of your fall was sufficient for the guy in charge to call in the helicopter even before he arrived.
All in all, you were well past the "golden hour" to competent medical assistance after which survival rate of trauma patients rapidly drops; and that concerned us greatly.
We wish you a full recovery. Though having had several surgeries myself I can tell you'll probably never be quite the same.
R.Greer; Ft. Collins, CO