I swear I am coordinated....sometimes. I can dance and not fall or trip but ANY OTHER ACTIVITY...I end up on my butt...or face.
So I went hiking, like up a mountain. I was being so careful!!!!
I made it up with little incident except getting winded (altitude). About half way down I stepped on a loose rock. My left leg slide forward... hubs tried to catch me but he was a little too far ahead.
I had two options try to balance a risk falling off the trail and down a steep rocky slope or just sit/fall.
I sat...the problem is my right leg had bent under me during the slide so when I sat, my shin & knee hit hard...and I was still sliding. Once I stopped I just sat there assessing. Pain...yes!!!!! but I was still on the trail and not tumbling down the side of a mountain, winning!!!
As I shakily stood, pain shot down my leg.
I leaned against the rock wall and carefully tested my leg.
It hurt but was easing, okay so not broken *whew*.
I carefully hobbled down the rest of the mountain. When I got to the car I pulled up my pant leg. I had two decent gashes and lots of scrapes. It wasn't bleeding too bad but was already starting to bruise.
So what does one do after they fall down a mountain and injure their leg?!?!?! They hike another mountain the next day.
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