Strathfarrar - gimmie a break!
Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 12:54 am
Second day from the fab Bearnock bunkhouse at Drumnadrochit where a booking 'hiccup' meant we had 2 nights in a private log cabin This day trip was for 4 of us taking in the Strathfarrar 4, W to E, with a car at each end.
Great day out, started clear with snow on the tops meaning slips and slides all round (except for Scoob who never falls - touch wood!). We made good time and were in sight of the end car before sunset Walking along at a good pace going down the last of the land rover track, I didn't give any thought to slowing for the wet wooden planks at one point in the track (they were flush with the rest of the track)... too late! Feet went from under me in a 2-footed slide as I crashed down onto my bum Not the first time I've had such a fall on the hills but this time I managed to land more on to one side. I couldn't put any weight on to my right arm and needed to be lifted back to my feet so I could finish the walk out.
In Inverness an hour later, Raigmore A&E confirmed a badly broken wrist and fitted a temp cast. I've since had surgery... on the fracture scale 1-8 with 1 being simplest, clean break, mine is an 8 After such a daft wee slip when I was really off the hill, I've ended up with a metal plate inside my wrist holding together the pieces of bones signed off work for 2 weeks ( knocked them down from 4 weeks; I've only been off twice before in 15 years and proud of my record) can't drive and told this will take at least 8 weeks to heal We'll see...
Scoob's fabby video report stopped short of catching my fall - the walk was already done after all!
Great day out, started clear with snow on the tops meaning slips and slides all round (except for Scoob who never falls - touch wood!). We made good time and were in sight of the end car before sunset Walking along at a good pace going down the last of the land rover track, I didn't give any thought to slowing for the wet wooden planks at one point in the track (they were flush with the rest of the track)... too late! Feet went from under me in a 2-footed slide as I crashed down onto my bum Not the first time I've had such a fall on the hills but this time I managed to land more on to one side. I couldn't put any weight on to my right arm and needed to be lifted back to my feet so I could finish the walk out.
In Inverness an hour later, Raigmore A&E confirmed a badly broken wrist and fitted a temp cast. I've since had surgery... on the fracture scale 1-8 with 1 being simplest, clean break, mine is an 8 After such a daft wee slip when I was really off the hill, I've ended up with a metal plate inside my wrist holding together the pieces of bones signed off work for 2 weeks ( knocked them down from 4 weeks; I've only been off twice before in 15 years and proud of my record) can't drive and told this will take at least 8 weeks to heal We'll see...
Scoob's fabby video report stopped short of catching my fall - the walk was already done after all!