Wednesday, February 15, 2017

A Wonderful Time for a Knee Injury, Part I

So when is the best time to take up a new alpine sport that involves sliding down a mountain covered in snow and ice at a speed of 25 to 30 mph? Is it mere weeks before you plan to embark on a months long trek through steep, rugged terrain; a physical challenge the likes of which your body has never experienced before?
This winter, I decided the answer to that question was yes.
 
It all started about a week before Christmas
After Sarah and I aborted a hike out to the falls along the Nancy Pond trail on account of extreme cold and the fact that we were breaking trail in the most annoying snow possible to be breaking trail in (a couple feet deep with a crusting of ice on the top), ...

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