Tuesday
Jun302009
June 30, 2009 Reason to go light #678
A couple of weekend injuries remind me once again why I travel lightly. First, I pulled some back muscles in a whitewater accident on a North Carolina river. Then, within two hours of arriving at home, I slipped and fell on our stairs in a pair of slick socks. The result is lots of pain and temporary disability. I worked today for only a couple of hours and stopped at a cafe to book some flights. If the lightweight Tom Bihn bag on my shoulder had carried anything more than my sub 3-pound netbook I would have suffered even more. Had I actually been traveling I would have been in major trouble. If your back’s not great, cut the weight! As I get better the posts will increase.
Reader Comments (2)
Well I dunno.......you can trek all over Europe but apparently a bit of paddling in the water and you fall to pieces......I won't even mention the stairs ;-)
I hope you mend quickly and nix the slick socks. Get well soon.
Oh yes, you jogged my memory, in 1972 my parents and I went to Paris for ten days, just for a lark we went with a tour but you had carry your own cases and load them in the coach yourself.......dad's back went hefting the cases in to the hold. Traveling ultralight in those days was a futuristic idea not even dreamed of.
Brad, terribly sorry to hear that. I find that Voltaren cream/gel helps ease the pain and thus relax the muscles.
Hope you get better soon. Pack it lightly till then. ;)