Iceaxe
06-30-2010, 02:01 PM
Not exactly canyoneering but it was sure a wake up call for me.....
We were spending time at the Idaho Regatta on the Snake River (http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?37942) last weekend, it's hot and one of my friends dove into the river to cool off. This is a spot we have been swimming and diving at hundreds of times over the past 30 years....
Anyhoo, my friend hits something in the water and breaks his neck in 3 places and his back in two places....
Somehow.... by the grace of god he will not be paralyzed. He is in a body cast from the waist up and a halo for the next 10 weeks, but doctors say he should be fine once everything heals up.... the whole experiance scared the crap outta me....
Some days you are just lucky I guess..... but no reason to dive and test your luck....
We were spending time at the Idaho Regatta on the Snake River (http://www.bogley.com/forum/showthread.php?37942) last weekend, it's hot and one of my friends dove into the river to cool off. This is a spot we have been swimming and diving at hundreds of times over the past 30 years....
Anyhoo, my friend hits something in the water and breaks his neck in 3 places and his back in two places....
Somehow.... by the grace of god he will not be paralyzed. He is in a body cast from the waist up and a halo for the next 10 weeks, but doctors say he should be fine once everything heals up.... the whole experiance scared the crap outta me....
Some days you are just lucky I guess..... but no reason to dive and test your luck....