Don Harder aka Mastadon injured in climbing fall

[old 5.9]

http://www.supertopo.com/climbers-forum/1851610/Mastadon-Update

 

He's over the crux!

The punctured lung/broken ribs/induced coma to combat that stuff is sketchy business. So this is great news: that he's awake and breathing on his own.

 

But he is in the hospital with multiple injuries and that means he is still exposed, because mistakes get made, risk of infection and etc. So vigilance is required. This is where having Tommy Herbert in the wings to monitor and critique Don's overall care strategy is so cool. Dr. Herbert is a hospitalist and that's what they do: keep tabs on and tweak the big picture like a project manager. When the time is right, we hope to see Don moved to Tom's native hospital, where he will be officially performing this function.

 

Carter failed to mention that Don availed one of the nurses of one of our more endearing Western mudra...

Namely that he slowly flipped her the bird when she wasn't bringing him enough ice to sooth his thirst.

 

 

Edited June 16, 2012 by old 5.9