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Re: [ST] High Side



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Rich,
I'm really sorry to hear about your spill.  But, I'm relieved to hear 
you're in reasonably good condition.  Thanks for sharing the experience 
with us.
Craig

At 12:45 PM 5/13/2004 -0400, you wrote:

>A while ago there was a post from someone on the list who woke up 
>wondering what happened and everyone assertained a high side.
>
>I can now speak from experience that a high side is not necessarily 
>avoidable.  On Saturday May 1 I high sided going somewhere between 65-73 
>MPH.  I was gently passing someone on the outside in Turn 8 at Jennings 
>when WHAM!  The bike suddenly wiggled and snap! over I went.  I guess, 
>luckily, I landed on my rear-end sliding.  Then rolled onto my left side 
>whilst finishing my slide.  I ended up with a 10% compression fracture on 
>my T8 vertebra and a possible fractured tail bone.  Worst of all there's 
>also a hematoma at the base of the spine (I guess the tail bone) that 
>bears watching to be sure it gets reabsorbed without incident.
>  -snip-

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