Paragliding is a nice sport but…..

Posted Wednesday, September 13, 2006 2:42 PM by Maurice
Paragliding is a nice sport but it isn't without its risks as I found out this weekend :-( Not that I didn't know I could get hurt but there is a difference between knowing and experiencing.
 
So I crashed my glider during the landing and hurt my back. In fact I broke of part of a vertebrae. Guess that has me immobilized quite a bit. Fortunately the stay in the hospital wasn't too long and I am back home but it appears that it will take 4 to 6 weeks of rest. Guess that gives me ample opportunity to catch up on my WinFx study.
 
Maurice de Beijer
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# re: Paragliding is a nice sport but…..

Monday, September 18, 2006 6:58 AM by Tim Parish

hope that was a one-off and the rest of your flying gets better and safer as you get more air-time..

# re: Paragliding is a nice sport but…..

Thursday, September 21, 2006 1:18 AM by Maurice

So do I :-)

But I don't think I will be flying much more this year :-( At the moment I am wearing a brace to stabilize my back and it will be at least 4 more weeks before I can take it off. By then the autumn will be well upon us and I will be lucky if we have a few more decent weekends. But next year I will be back up there :-)

# re: Paragliding is a nice sport but…..

Wednesday, November 01, 2006 5:39 PM by Alex

Take Heart, I did something very similar at the start of october, except my broken back came from falling out of the tree i crashed into.  mine will take 8-10 weeks total to fix, but i have been given the go ahead to return to flying after just 3 weeks!  I think i will wait a couple more.

# Its almost Tech-Ed time

Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:00 AM by The Problem Solver

Well almost time to leave for Tech-Ed! Guess I better start packing my bags :-) Not that I can take a

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