Josh Lewis

[jared_j]

Is this guy even a member here?

 

Class.

 

Best wishes for your recovery, Josh.

[mountainsloth]

Happy healing josh.

[JasonG]

Wow, the write up on his injuries and hospital experience sounded pretty rough. Hang in there Josh!

[keenwesh]

Worst nightmare for both him and his partner, dang. Heal up fast Josh!

[genepires]

a detailed account on his blog

 

http://www.joshlew.com/i-have-fallen

 

[Ben Beckerich]

That hospital experience sounds way worse than the fall. I seriously hope that's not a representative experience for Canadian hospitals in general?

[tvashtarkatena]

I heard a voice behind say "Hey Pat" at the Top 100 party last night, turned around, and was happily surprised to see the indomitable Josh Lewis standing there, sporting his usual cheerful smile, next to his brother.

 

Josh's injuries were extensive and serious, but he's attacking his recovery with the same diligence and enthusiasm as his climbing.

 

His reactions were top notch just before the accident, but a last nano-second ricochet by a 3 foot wide projectile knocked him off the mountain and very nearly off a cliff. Not many get tagged by something that big and live to tell about it.

 

Josh still has a hard healing road ahead, but he's proof positive that it is, indeed, hard to keep a good man down.

[Whatcomboy]

I don't get out much like you cool cats. What's a Top 100 party?

[tvashtarkatena]

It's an annual party for the top 100 hippest in Washington. Way more exclusive than the Oscars. You could hardly hear DJ Tiesto over the slurping of the Michter's Single Barrel. Shakira flew up but she don't climb. Sorry, girl. She was PISSED. You could fry an egg on her tweets.

 

 

[JasonG]

She was just used to the days when Fred worked the door.

[ivan]

much like watching a ward-full of retards trying to hump a door-knob i reckon

[tvashtarkatena]

Celebrities included Carla Shauble, Eric Eames, Tim "dude, that's my goat" Halder, Linsey "youngest person ever" Warren, Don "Everest bagger" Beavon, Fred "I never finished the list, I just first ascended the majority of them" Beckey, with featured entertainment by Pickets master Wayne Wallace and John Scurlock, among many others.

 

Anyone wanting to get in on next year's techno-climbing rave can contact Milda (tmilda at msn dot com) to be added to the invite list.

[ivan]

fuck that, make me yer plus-1 fir next year!

[tvashtarkatena]

always Big Man. Gonna be a Sat night next year

[ivan]

so now i have no excuse - just tell me what to wear

[tvashtarkatena]

i could try, but i know those unholy gray pajama pants'll make an appearance anyway.

[Off_White]

Real answer for Whatcomboy: look up the Bulger 100, list of the highest 100 peaks (with some sort of prominence definition) in WA. Party was for folks who've climbed them all or something. Josh hasn't climbed all the ones on the list. Yet.

 

Hi Josh, get better

Edited December 3, 2014 by Off_White

[Josh Lewis]

Thanks everyone for the great support. It brought a huge smile while I was recovering. I'm still going to physical therapy for my finger. The concussion is the number one reason I can't do anything too hard. I slept 12-13 hours last night. Head injuries like this require a lot of sleep. The good news is that I experience times where I don't feel hit in the head which is great. I'm also pleased that there is now a good chance of my finger not needing to be amputated (this was a serious possibility before). My collar bone still swells up pretty easy just from a light backpack. The road to recovery has been rough, but I'm still hanging in there. Web work has been keeping me busy.

 

I finally put the trip report on CC:

http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/1132168/TR_I_Have_Fallen_A_Near_Death_#Post1132168

 

I admit that it does not look as pretty as the one on my site. ;-) If CSS code was enabled, then I would be able to pull a few tricks.

[glassgowkiss]

Glad you are alive and recovering.

Just reminding everyone AAC membership also covers cost of medical flight back to the US.

[Josh Lewis]

I didn't even think of that! At the time my primary concern was getting out alive. I had my AAC card with me in Canada, but figured I would have to wait until the next day for rescue due to it being a few hours before dark. That would have saved me a lot of trouble.

[glassgowkiss]

Also they could have flown you from Calgary, to avoid paying cash in Canada, if you have good health insurance in the US. If you don't it's still much cheaper in Canada. I predict same stay and treatment would have cost you in access of 100K.

 

[Josh Lewis]

They would have been willing to fly me over from Calgary even though I was "in the safety of the city"? We originally drove to Banff where I was exported via ambulance to Calgary.

[glassgowkiss]

Yes, Josh- they would have flown you back to the US, as long as you were stable. Steve House was flown from Calgary, back to Oregon (Redmond to be exact) and ACC insurance paid for it. It's great benefit and totally worth the cost of the membership.

I don't want to cut into your story, but I just wanted to make sure people realized the benefit of joining AAC.

 

[Alex]

(Thanks Bob, I will join the ACC now!)

[KaskadskyjKozak]

(Thanks Bob, I will join the ACC now!)

 

AAC is a great club and worth the $80 a year for sure. :-)