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Guess who broke his fibula when he rolled his ankle and crumpled down on top of it. I'll give you one guess.
Surgery happens Friday. Missed my Spring trip this year, Fall trip just got bone-snapped. I guess the next trip I can hope for is May 2026, and it will probably have to be a very lightweight kind of a trip I guess (heavy on paddling, light on carrying). Doc said I'll be feeling good in 2-3 months, but for fully healed everything is awesome, 1 year.
Pro-tip: If you pull wild grape vine out of trees to keep it from choking the trees out, remember that those vines are springy and they pull back.
Reminder: Nobody ever did something like this because they did something smart....
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Sorry to hear this Dave 
. I have been working through long-term injuries as well and understand the frustration! Wishing you a speedy recovery and all the best in planning a May trip. If you happen to spot a grizzled skinny guy with a limp, it might be me...
Take care!
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Maybe we can do the "Wizard of Oz" walk down a wide portage together and limp our way to freedom.
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You should be good for a decent trip by May, just make sure you are committed to your rehab and conditioning. You might even end up more prepared than you would have otherwise. 
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MooseWhizzer Dave wrote:
Maybe we can do the "Wizard of Oz" walk down a wide portage together and limp our way to freedom.
you can add me to that list! you just need to find the right sherpa- a few months ago my former sherpa added a new generation to replace her, can't wait until he's big enough to portage a canoe!
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Ah, it's always the "simple" things that do the most damage.
Hope all heals well, and you're back on track soon.
Barbara
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bad luck davey,
sorry to read about your mishap ,,
good luck with your rehab.
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Thanks everybody, I really appreciate the kind thoughts. The splint thing comes off in eight days, not that I'm counting or anything, after that a boot and PT begins. I am highly motivated to get this thing back in working order, so I'll be the the best PT patient in the whole class.
Relative to solo tripping....I'm always very careful about where I step and not taking big chances, in order to avoid something of this nature. So, let me be everybody's object lesson, a reminder, to take a little extra care when you're on your own. Otherwise your lack of invincibility may show, and you'll end up like I was - alone in a wooded area, phone in the house, wife in Seattle, kids away at college, whimper-limping back to the house to reach out for help. I only had to go the distance of a football field (thought I'd have to crawl, but managed the whimper-limp). Imagine doing that to yourself on a canoe trip, because you were absent-minded for a moment, or had a hold-my-beer moment, or figured "it's not that far, I can do a little jump and land ok on that one rock". Should that happen, maybe your ability to reach out to the world is at the other end of the portage, but even if you can get help, you're on your own, it hurts like ever-living H....you get the idea. The injury can happen even if you're being smart and cautious, but of course there's no need to court disaster.
My wife hates it when I solo trip....this isn't gonna help my case come spring time....
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