Originally posted by BigMackCam See, now... though I'm relieved and gladdened you're OK, and I wouldn't wish any danger upon you, this is precisely the sort of adventure I was hoping to hear. You can't just disappear from the forums for months and then return, as if nothing were amiss, without a darned good tale or two. There are rules, and there's a cost. But I think this counts as an awfully good first payment
Looking forward to further details as the discussion progresses...
(Aside from hypothermia, were you uninjured? If so, you were - for want of a better term - extremely fortunate ) Glad you enjoyed the story, caused by my troubles.
At the time of the accident, my lower leg was not weight bearing, so we thought it was broken. Luckily, it was just a crushed calf which I limped around on for two weeks. They kept me in the hospital overnight, despite my protests, on an IV drip as well. All in all, I was pretty darned lucky. We went to the canoe the next day, but it had been warm out, so the boat was fully submerged. Eventually we got it out a few weeks later, had a few dents in the sides, but they popped out with a heat gun, good ol' Royalex. And we were down a good few paddles and my phone.