At my cabin
I was four-wheeling alone (http://www.legionglobal.net/images/400cc%20ATV.JPG), about eight miles out on some back-country trails. It had rained the previous week, with me stuck inside the cabin doing various fix-it things, so I was pretty excited to go riding and was probably revving it a bit faster than I had to. I was along one path, going much too fast for the path itself, and hit a puddle so caked with mud and dust that I couldn't see it. I hydroplaned, hit the other side, and was flipped over the handlebars forwards a good eight feet. Landed spread-eagle on my back. Stunned, dazed, I lay where I landed for a few moments. My ATV, on the other hand, is not content to have simply bucked me off. It flipped front-over-back, landed the back cargo bumper right on my elbow. That was the most intense pain I've ever felt. I get up after a few minutes of griping and yelling and denouncing ever god I'd ever heard of, and realized I had to get myself 8 miles back to my cabin, and my ATV was on its back. Eventually got it flipped right-side-up, drove it one-handed back to the cabin, and got to the local doctor. Turns out I shattered almost every bone in my forearm, and somehow bruised the bones of two of my ribs. Cast, recouperation for ages, the works. it was unpleasant.
(Trial.TM, Sat 31 Jul 2010, 8:38, Reply)