Donald went on his 3rd High Sierra trip with the Scouts. They left the Thursday before Father's Day (yes he was gone on Father's Day, but that is the last time I will mention that!)
He always comes back with the best pictures that usually end up as the background picture for our computer.
This year I requested more pictures of Donald & people in it.
By Sunday they had hiked 17 miles to their last camping place. Sunday's plan was to hike another 5 miles up to Lake Precipus (Sp?)/Eagle Scout Point and have lunch. It had snowed the week before so there was a lot of snow & ice.
Gorgeous scenery all around!!
So on their way back about 3/4 mile from the top Donald was right where the last boy was in the picture. He stepped into the snow & lost his footing & twisted his ankle...
So they taped it up & had to walk 4 miles back to camp in rocky terrain. At camp he soaked it in the ice cold lake & elevated it all night. The next morning the Trail Boss of the Trail Maintenance Crew came by & helped to tape it up. He said that if Donald couldn't walk on it that he could call for a Helicopter or he could walk 5 miles to the Ranger Station & Helo out from there. So of course Donald walked to the Ranger Station & left early to get a head start.
Along the way Donald 'Iced' his foot whenever they were near a river.
So he got to the Ranger Station & by then it was "feelin' good enough" to keep going. So he ended up walking 21 miles total on his twisted ankle.... that turned out to beBROKEN!
Yes that's right it's broken!Here is what it looked like about 20 minutes after ripping off the tape.
And here it was the next morning.
So life has been busy here...
For some...
8 comments:
ok, i can't let justin see these pictures b/c he will be jealous of the whole hike!
but OUCH , broken? how do people do that? I haven't ever broken anything, but think i'd be more of a wimp and would definitely not be able to walk 21 miles on it
Holy cow! 21 miles on a broken ankle? Poor Donald. Hopefully things will heal up soon and life will be able to get back to normal. It makes me hurt to think about it. But,the scenery sure was beautiful up there.
once a marine always a marine!
So .. when is he going to have it set and put in a cast ... he has to do that, you know ... he can't just walk the next 1,000 miles of his life on a busted ankle. He's crazy.
One of the rules that I live by is:
"If someone offers you a ride in a helicopter... Take It!"
Poor Donald, Yikes...I hope he gets better soon! What a tropper to walk so long on it...that is CRAZY! Wow, you have a tough guy on your hands. :)
What beautiful scenery, but poor Donald!!! OUCH! I hope it gets better quickly!!
Don't you hate havin TWO babies to take care of!? ;)
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