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Started 8 years ago by Cwolfe
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Cwolfe
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Chief,

Tore my Psosas Muscle Ice biking. Orthopod says 6 -12 weeks recovery. I am counting on less. I am signed up for the EC and am heading south to paddle regardless..... but if I still have poor hip flexion and abduction on March 3, I would not be confident in my recovery or the other hauling and moving about necessary to do the adventure. Right now I can paddle but getting in and out of boat is is b***ch, as is getting in and out of bed. I am more that willing to lay my money down before the end of January and count on clean living and lucky clovers to let me be 100% by the start, but I would like the option of a medical refund if I cannot do this thing safely.

So can I pay my entry but get a refund if I am not physically sound by the start? Otherwise, I guess I will have to bow out now and just come down to rec paddle and enjoy a three week easy paddle adventure. I am confident I can be sound with rest and physical therapy.

Respectfully,

Cwolfe

Posted 8 years ago #
Chief
Coastal Vagabond

I suggest waiting until the last minute to pay and see how you feel in another week. If you do pay and can't do it for medical reasons we would have two options. The first choice would be a refund minus out of pocket expenses already incurred. For example, the order for shirts and awards goes in almost immediately after closing registration. The second choice is that I don't issue a refund and we just apply the full amount to the next event(s).

The choice would be yours.

Ice biking?!?!?! You've got to be nuts!

Posted 8 years ago #
Cwolfe
Member

Chief wrote:

"Ice biking?!?!?! You've got to be nuts!"

Hmmm. Interesting. From my experience with you yahoos, that is a prerequisite for participation in the WT.

Thanks, I will fiqure it out. I am totally bumming mentally about this thing but I am trying to keep positive and just do it..... Need a break from winter, work, everybody etc etc.

Cwolfe

Posted 8 years ago #
whitecaps
Member

Heal up Doc. It sucks to have to watch one of these from the sidelines. Besides what would Wolf Larsen say.

toby

Posted 8 years ago #
Cwolfe
Member

"This body was made for use. ..... Purpose does not explain it. Utility does." Wolf Larsen (J. London)

Posted 8 years ago #
KayakKowboy
Member

I am in the same boat. I have had to stop playing baseball this past season because of my rotator cuff. I am working on getting a greenland paddle to take some stress off of it. It is going to be a very last minute decision for me. I really need to do this trip!

Posted 8 years ago #
BustedRudder
Member

Yep, they're nuts

http://www.icebike.org/

Hope you make it Cwolfe, we need all the nuts we can get.

Posted 8 years ago #
Macatawa
Member

What's so nuts about ice biking? It's just another day at the beach...

More here

Posted 8 years ago #
SailBirdMike
Inactive

Cwolfe, as someone who recently severed their ACL (unintentional horizontal motorcycling excursion via Toyota Celica) can attest, stuff like this sucks.

As my physical therapist would say, however.... if you're crazy enough to do (insert potentially crazy activity here) you should be crazy enough to do without (insert potential body part here).

And as the Black Knight said: "Hey... wait a minute... it's only a flesh wound!"

That being said, I'll be manning a checkpoint this year instead of competing, so if you do make the start, I hope to see you on the course.

Posted 8 years ago #
Cwolfe
Member

Thanks for all the suppport. I am commiting to it. I did an inside paddle today on an erg and as long as I did not push off too much with legs, felt good. The real problem is avoiding reinjury in the next 6 weeks. A simple slip on the ice that induces the attempt to defy gravity via complex dance moves is what tends to reinjure and set back. Minnesota this year is the land of ice. Terribly deficient snow fall has turned the earth into a motocross style ice rink. Hip fractures are up, dog sled races are being canceled, cross country skiers are drowning their misery as there is just no good skiiing. Duluth without skiing and snow sports is not a happy town. Frost is going to settle deep in the ground without the white insulation and septic issues will arise come late February. It is a strange year. I was out on Lake Superior in the middle of January paddling without a hat or gloves..... It just aint natural.

Anyway, I would just mope about if I did not commit to tthe EC so I am officially in. Chief, "the check is in the mail."

Now, any recommendations for a good three day trips near Fort Meyers with beautiful camping sites would be appreciated. I have a friend who has never paddled south of Lake Superior, but has led a trip of young women to Hudson Bay, flying down to paddle for three days. I want to show her some of the Gulf's natural beauty that I discovered last year.

This is indeed an exciting time of year..... It's Watertribe season.

Cwolfe

Posted 8 years ago #
SambaSailor
Member

Try this for info for paddling around Pine Island Sound/Ft Myers area.

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/paddling/Segments/Segment%2012/Segment12.htm

Posted 8 years ago #
GreyBeard
Member

Chief wrote:

Ice biking?!?!?! You've got to be nuts!

Cwolfe,

Yes, I am sure that Chief meant this as a term of endearment and fitness for our tribe.

I am happy to report that my fractured clavicle is healing nicely and should not hinder my participation in the EC. That is unless sleeping is considered part of the event. That is the only time it tends to hurt now.

Greybeard

Posted 8 years ago #
KayakKowboy
Member

If you do Pine Island Sound. Post here. I live right there and would paddle along!

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