June 2007

me and some friends had a camping trip planned for months. we paid a bunch of money for some camp ground, right next to a river.

we had all kinds of plans for the weekend. lots of music, booze, fishing and swimming.

on the first day there, while walking down a hill towards the river to go swiming, the sandy dirt started to slide, causing me to lose my balance. i was wearing flip-flops, and besides not providing a lot of traction, they also don't stay on your feet that well.

so while twisting and turning, trying to regain my balance so i wouldn't fall, i ended up twisting my legs and falling on my foot, causing a loud crack sound to happen.

most of the people near me heard the "crack" sound since it was so loud, and thought i had stepped on a fallen tree and broken a tree branch off or something.

i couldn't make it back up the hill since i couldn't get any traction, and a friend slid and fell when he tried to pull me up as well. two friends eventually lifted me up and were able to walk me back up the hill. they then laid me on a picnic table.

we had no cell phone signal where we were at, so 911 calls were a bit difficult. eventually they backed a minivan up to the table, so i could be loaded into the back of it. they drove me down to the camp registration building, where we were met by an ambulance that took me to the hospital.

i broke my ankle on thursday, i had surgery friday to put a metal plate in my leg and a bunch of metal screws, and saturday i started physical therapy.