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Thought I should pop in here and update things. My last step-out on the rally bike before heading to Argentina for the Dakar 2014 was the Australasian Safari in September.
Day 0 was okay ...
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1508.jpg
... but Day 1 didn't end so well for me:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1509.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1510.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1511.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1512.jpg
The photo's are several weeks after the "incident". Foot was a "lateral and spiral displaced fracture of the heel" and the hand was a "displaced fracture of the middle metacarpal". The hand underwent surgery and now has a plate and 3 screws in it.
So the Dakar organisers have agreed to defer my entry to Dakar 2015, so I am the world's first confirmed entry for the Dakar in January 2015.
I've had to "upgrade" my fundraising Tee Shirts:
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1513.jpg
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/11/1514.jpg
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Sad to hear mate, glad you are on the mend. I am feeling every one of my fractured vertabrae at the moment after the day i've had at work fitting heater cores to disco2's...:(
after a head on with a car i wedge fractured 3 thoracic vertabrae and was lucky to walk again. this was feb 1986.
hope you heal up ok for '15 :)
jc
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:(
It takes a certain kind of person to take on events like the Safari and the Dakar, and knowing this I am sure this will only be a temporary setback and you will be certainly be back next year ;)
Hope your recovery goes well.
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such a shame and all the best for the recovery. :)
bring on dakar2015!. :cool:
