Or at least think about giving it up. I am talking about missing work for a couple of months, and rehab for six months, and living with the limitations for life.
Who Has Wrecked Hard Enough To Give Up Sledding?
- Thread starter Snomofo
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I have hurt myself a few times pretty good, not once did I think about giving it up. Guess it depends on the severity of the injury. When I do get hurt all I think about is how I can overcome it to ride.
B
Banshee AL
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Think about who you will affect besides yourself -
This is what stopped me from doing any more motorcycle racing years ago. I unloaded bad on a Cherry Creek X country race down in Utah many years ago and was laid up for about a month before I could get back to work. There I was happly married with 2 small childern I just couldn't take the chances anymore - the family had to come first. It didn't stop me from riding though I just toned it down a bit. I carried the same reslove over to sledding a few years later when I got in to this great sport.
JMHO
This is what stopped me from doing any more motorcycle racing years ago. I unloaded bad on a Cherry Creek X country race down in Utah many years ago and was laid up for about a month before I could get back to work. There I was happly married with 2 small childern I just couldn't take the chances anymore - the family had to come first. It didn't stop me from riding though I just toned it down a bit. I carried the same reslove over to sledding a few years later when I got in to this great sport.
JMHO
broken leg and still riding
Last year (march 06) I broke my leg due to icy conditions while sledding, compound tib/fib fracture. I was in bed for 6 weeks and out of work for 7 months. Doc recommended I quit sledding, and said he doubted that I would ever hike again, much less with a load.
I started riding again towards the end of last season, though it was toned down.
This year I packed my elk out on my back, and I fully expect to be able to ride all season this year.
Last year (march 06) I broke my leg due to icy conditions while sledding, compound tib/fib fracture. I was in bed for 6 weeks and out of work for 7 months. Doc recommended I quit sledding, and said he doubted that I would ever hike again, much less with a load.
I started riding again towards the end of last season, though it was toned down.
This year I packed my elk out on my back, and I fully expect to be able to ride all season this year.
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trinitypowder
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Is that possible? I quit desert racing motorcycles after a 85 mph "yahooey". Notice the quit "racing" part. Still ripping on bikes. Two weeks ago I pounded a rock on my new XP and broke my left thumb. I had my neighbor "fab" me up some custom mittens to cover my cast so I can go ride. Ripping next week! If you are on this site, you are probably a real lover of snowmobiles, thus making it very difficult(if not impossible) to quit.
I had a friend run into a root celler about 22 years ago and damage both knees as he went over the bars. We had been riding that meadow our entire lives and never knew it was there. We checked it out the following summer and it's a wonder he didn't fair far worse! He's been fight knee problems ever since.....but he still rides with the best of them.
Then there's me........I've had my fair share of bodily injuries, but not from a sled though. Mine have been mostly from livestock and doing things I shouldn't have been doing. I didn't last 8 seconds on one of our horses and shattered my left wrist three years ago and had to go through a two night hospital stay, two reconstructive surgeries and six months of therapy. I've gained back about 90% use and I'm told that's as good as it will ever get. I sport a steal plate and eight titanium screws now, along with a 5 inch scar on top and another 2 inch on the palm of my hand. But it didn't stop me from ridding horses. The key to it is mind over matter.........you don't mind, it don't matter..........it can be a tough battle, I know. Most of the time it matters, especially the older I get!!! LOL!! I do tend to trust my sixth sense a bit more now though.
Ride Safe and don't ever completely discount your gut instinct!!! But on the same note you've got to get back in the saddle...........er.........on the sled! Just learn from prior mistakes and even better, learn from somebody elses!!
Then there's me........I've had my fair share of bodily injuries, but not from a sled though. Mine have been mostly from livestock and doing things I shouldn't have been doing. I didn't last 8 seconds on one of our horses and shattered my left wrist three years ago and had to go through a two night hospital stay, two reconstructive surgeries and six months of therapy. I've gained back about 90% use and I'm told that's as good as it will ever get. I sport a steal plate and eight titanium screws now, along with a 5 inch scar on top and another 2 inch on the palm of my hand. But it didn't stop me from ridding horses. The key to it is mind over matter.........you don't mind, it don't matter..........it can be a tough battle, I know. Most of the time it matters, especially the older I get!!! LOL!! I do tend to trust my sixth sense a bit more now though.
Ride Safe and don't ever completely discount your gut instinct!!! But on the same note you've got to get back in the saddle...........er.........on the sled! Just learn from prior mistakes and even better, learn from somebody elses!!
Bingo. I quit racing for the same reasons mentioned in this thread, not to mention the money. Never any real serious injuries, but banged up real good and not able to walk without pain for a week at a time. I cased a triple one time and pounded hard enough that my hands went numb for 10 seconds and I could feel a tingle in the back of my head / neck.
I'll never quit "riding" though. Just love it too much and you can pick and choose how hard and when.
Have never wrecked hard enough to give up but for the last 4 years I have had to worst luck with sleds breaking down that I'm thinkin about throwing in the towel and just concentrating on motocross. You can flip a bike end over end many times and there wont be anything wrong with them. That and snowmobiling has gotten way to expensive.
I'm held up for the rest of the season possibly broke my thumb and doc says three months....but it could be longer if i go for surgery on my wrist from an old injury...doc says any where from 6-8 months.......but i dont think it will stop me..
I'm OUT! At least until the FUSION!.............
YOU ARE SO CORRECT MR. BREEZE,,,But as a true diehard, living through you guys is still great!
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Adrenaline Revolution
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I went off a rock face once, on my wife's old sled.
One of those agony of defeat falls, cartwheeling through the air and "Landing" 3 or 4 different times before I slid to a stop.
My left leg bent out to the outside and ripped all the ligaments in the inside of the knee.
All the way down I was trying to swim away from her old Mountain Max as it was breaking into pieces all around me.
The first thing I thought was, "my wife's gonna be pissed that I totalled her machine"
Had to ride out, but only about 20 miles to load up.
That fall made me realize that I'm not invincable, It scared the holy sh1t out of me for a long time.
I used to be a point and shoot, climb anything type of rider but that's changed a lot.
My household requires a good income, one that I can't accomplish if I'm laying in bed. Or worse.
My riding style has changed dramatically. I still ride but I'll watch the younger guys climb the big stuff!
One of those agony of defeat falls, cartwheeling through the air and "Landing" 3 or 4 different times before I slid to a stop.
My left leg bent out to the outside and ripped all the ligaments in the inside of the knee.
All the way down I was trying to swim away from her old Mountain Max as it was breaking into pieces all around me.
The first thing I thought was, "my wife's gonna be pissed that I totalled her machine"
Had to ride out, but only about 20 miles to load up.
That fall made me realize that I'm not invincable, It scared the holy sh1t out of me for a long time.
I used to be a point and shoot, climb anything type of rider but that's changed a lot.
My household requires a good income, one that I can't accomplish if I'm laying in bed. Or worse.
My riding style has changed dramatically. I still ride but I'll watch the younger guys climb the big stuff!
I have. Screwed up both my shoulders REAL bad at different times. Actually, just got carted off to the hospital in an ambulance yesterday because I blew my shoulder out real bad while SLEEPING...
I should give it up, but I don't. It just dislocates once a day usually when I ride....
I should give it up, but I don't. It just dislocates once a day usually when I ride....
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Supplicate
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I did, every single bump after I seperated my shoulder in a big spill. Then I would promptly forget about that thought until the next big bump.
And thats how it went the 30 miles back to the truck, and the 40 miles back to town, and the 5 miles to the hospital.
An old riding buddy of mine wrecked way hard. Split his shoulder blade in half, broke a bunch of ribs, punctured a lung, broke his arm, damn near totaled his sled (barely rideable). He rode the sled 30 or so miles to his pickup, drove the pickup to town, drove to the hospital and checked himself into the ER. Doctor told him he should have died on the drive back. While the bones were healing (happened mid-winter) he rebuilt his sled and was back on it the next fall. Said he thought about giving it up every bump as well but couldn't.
And thats how it went the 30 miles back to the truck, and the 40 miles back to town, and the 5 miles to the hospital.
An old riding buddy of mine wrecked way hard. Split his shoulder blade in half, broke a bunch of ribs, punctured a lung, broke his arm, damn near totaled his sled (barely rideable). He rode the sled 30 or so miles to his pickup, drove the pickup to town, drove to the hospital and checked himself into the ER. Doctor told him he should have died on the drive back. While the bones were healing (happened mid-winter) he rebuilt his sled and was back on it the next fall. Said he thought about giving it up every bump as well but couldn't.
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H2SNOW
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soooo anyways my last motox ride left me with ....6 broken ribs broken collar bone, callapsed lung .. dinked knee for life .....no feeling in my left hip ...um num .....2 weeks in icu ....small concussion ...what else ???? can't remember lol ..
anyways I would still climb back on .....
anyways I would still climb back on .....
The day it's not fun, is the day i quit.
M
Midstates
Member
Broken ankle, knee. Pulled sled off trailer and slipped on ice and sled fell on me. Missed month of work. Still road 2000 miles that year. Broke ribs, hitting trees and handlebars. Most of this happened in Iowa/ Wisc. I am 40 now and stick to the mountains. I have also been in the water twice in below 0 temps. river riding. Give up riding? Only when I die! Brad
