I Fell On My Ass At REI

“...and didn't even get a free pair of boots out of it.

So, I went up to Nashville yesterday, spending a good two hours playing "Cuss the idiot towing an RV and a boat who tries to pass a semi on a hill", went to my aunt's interment ceremony, had lunch with some members of my family, then went to REI.

After wandering around for a while, waiting for the guy in the boot dept. to free up enough wait on me, I was trying on a pair Montrails, and jumping on that big fake rock they have in there, when my feet slipped and I landed on my ass on the fake rock.

Damn, that hurt.

The salesguy was really concerned, but I assured him I was okay, and continued trying on the boots.

The Montrails were just a little too low-volume for me, so I tried on another couple pairs, and eventually settled on a pair Asolo FSN 95's, in size 10. They fit good, and my toes don't go scrunch into the toebox no matter what I do.

Other damage on this trip: I got a blister on my left index finger tying my boots. Yes. Whatta wimp.”

“LOL! Glad you're okay. At least you found a pair of boots you like.”

“No kidding. My ass still hurts.

I think the Asolos are gonna work out well.”

“Ah, well.. it happens to the best of us. If it makes you feel any better, a few months back one of the anchors at the station I work for fell while she was walking off the set after a show. While trying to break her fall, she ripped a fart. Still, hope your bum feels better.”

“It only hurts when I sit down or stand up. If I'm sitting, or standing, it's okay. It's the transition that painful...

The salesguy said he had done the same thing snowboarding.

It's left as an exercise for the student as to which way of busting your ass imparts more mana to the bustee...”

“LOL @ Artex !”

“Rule # 13 NO HORSEPLAY!!!!!!


8p”

“I don't like loud boots.”

“Next time try out trekking poles at the same time.”

“Well, since you busted your ass, I guess that ASSolo boots are appropriate, LOL. Glad you found some boots you like and glad you're OK...










..how could you go to REI without telling me?????








(sniff, sniff...)”

“Sorry, dude! I thought about it, but I found out about my aunt's interment at the last minute, and figured you wouldn't be up for that too, it being a family deal.”

“I was only kidding... ;-)”

“New pair of boots for the closet!
You won't need them car-camping.”

“Ouch! LOL”

“I guess you need a sling for it now......










.....You can borrow mine!”

“Ow! What hurts worse, my ass or my ego? Ahhhh!”

“asses heal man, egos do to, some just take longer.”

“Keep a figurative eye on that injury, bit. Sounds as if you may have landed on/near your tailbone. Should it be more than bruised flesh and things tighten up in the next couple days (or if you just want to be sure that everything is cool once the any initial inflammation goes down), you might want to visit a chiropractor. My wife jammed her lower vertebrae/disc falling on her tailbone area in a volleyball game a number of years ago. It took a day or two to really set in bad (as in not being able to go from standing to sitting and vice versa) then a year of gentle chiropractic to get her back straightened out all the way. Good luck, hope it isn't anything more than a slightly embarrassing episode.”

“You should go on the TT injured list ; )”

“It seems to be loosening up already, just hurts annoyingly, but I will keep an eye on it and go to my chiropractor if need be...”

“I would go to a doctor if it were bothering me.”

“probably the Montrails! My Montrail trail shoes are not very grippy on rock and watch out if it's wet.”

“"It seems to be loosening up already, just hurts annoyingly, but I will keep an eye on it...
Man you left yourself wide open with that one. I thought you of all people would not do that. You must really be hurting. Hope you get better real soon, just don't get a crick in your neck keeping as eye on it, LOL!”

“For my wife it was her first experience with a chiropractor. The docs just wanted to give her pills, while the chiropractor looked at the biomechanics. Her back ended up being in better shape than before the fall.

Exactly, karo, with the TT bunch, that's why I was careful in my earlier post to say "figuratively"! :-)”

“If it tightens up on you bitpusher, then you might just be a tight-ass.”

“If asses heal and ego's heal how long does it take for an ass's ego to heal. Just kidding. Really, I'm actually just kidding and you stay out of this Tilt.”

“The All-Time Classic occurred at a party some years ago. This particular lady walked right into two or three double entendres in a row. As the assembled guests tried to catch their breaths, she was heard to say, "I always leave myself wide open when I'm going down for the third time."


People are still talking about it 35 years later ---”

“trust me - it could have been worse - you do remember how I got my trail name - right bit?”

“Oooooooooh yes I do, HOI! lol...”

“well you should have definitely complained a little if not only to get some free shoes...if you ever hurt yourself in a store and someone asks are you ok?? always tell them, well i dont know it kinda hurts....maybe i wont have to go to the doctor if i have some good supporting well fitting shoes to help ease the pain...”

“my aunt's interment

is she going to be OK?

wonder how much REI would be worth in a lawsuit........”

“No, strat, she's dead. We interred her ashes yesterday. But no worry, you didn't have that info.

Well, as far as suing REI, it's a co-op, and I'm a member, so unless I had ended up paralyzed or something, it wouldn't be worth it to me to sue. Plus, it was my own damn fault anyway.”

“Let me tell you what I did. Several years ago when I was new to flyfishing, my family and I went on vacation in Gatlinburg. We drove on the Roaring Fork Motor trail to see some of the sites. I had never been there before but had stayed in Gatlinburg several times. Any way we came across this stream that looked very promising fish wise. I rigged up my flyrod and started out down the creek. The very first slick rock I stepped on, I slipped and fell backwards. Well to cushion my fall I reached out with my right arm to brace myself. As I landed I dislocated my elbow! That bone stuck out about 4 inches past where it should have. Not knowing anything else to do and being in severe pain, I pulled on my right hand with my left and re-located my elbow. That hurt worse than when it dislocated. Well I couldn't drive the rest of the trip and when I returned home spent 6 weeks in physical therapy. After that I purchased my first waders with felt bottomed boots!”

“karo... that hurts just from reading that! OUCH! i can't imagine what your family was saying!



..."yep... there goes dad... trying to show off again..."..


...j/k!”

“Hmmmmmm. We shared a fire at TC-3. I went to talk to the judges. When I returned, my entry had been tipped over so that it spilt on the ground. So your entry placed, while mine just soaked into the ground. Hmmmmmmmm?”

“Ouch, karo, that does sound much worse.”

“OUCH......sorry Bit.......I fell last year at 721...they have ONE step.......and I sprained my left knee and my right foot.......hurt for months!!!! ( hey...it was dark)

But today my a$$ hurts......they all ganged up on me Saturday night and spanked me.....some used belts......it REALLY hurt......but I got a few good bites and pinches in on the guy holding me over his knee....hehehehehe.....”

“Geez Divinity! Some friends. Belts even, huh?


Strat, anyone who sues REI is automatically banned from thebackpacker.com and backpacker.com and all temporary boards.”

“Dog gone, divinity!!!

Let's party!”

“OUCH, dude! LOL though! don't you hate it when something like that happens, and you don't have any buddies there to laugh about it with?”

“Yes, laughing friends would have added so much to that moment. Seriously, that would have made it better, lol...

But hey, Nashvillians can now go and ask the guy in the boot department about the big fat guy you came in and busted his ass on the rock, lol....”

“oh damn, "who came in" lol...”

“Oh yeah, did you bust the rock as well?”

“No, the rock is fine.

That would have made the story better though.”

“Ha Ha!
(glad you are OK)”

“I think falling was karmic punishment for going car-camping!!”

“From a childhood injury to the tailbone, I later developed a boil -- maybe not a boil, but something like that -- right above my tailbone and it had to be lanced, etc. (YUM! ISN'T THIS GREAT LUNCH FARE!! lol)

Get it looked at.”

“lizs had a butt boil?
Ugg!”

“UGGGGGG!!!!! >8-O

Just trying to make a point. :-)”

“that sounds more like a pylonoidal cyst lizs, pretty common, especially after an injury.”