16 years ago
Last sunday while training I suffered an accident in Stechlberg, Switzerland by ground-spiralling over high-grass. I went too low, my wingtip caught the flowers and pulled me down...I hit the ground first with my left foot which broke in the impact. A few hours later I passed through an operation to fix the bones in my ankle (with 3 screws) and the blood circulation in my feet, then I spent 4 more days in the hospital.
Fortunately up to now I almost didn't have any pain, however it is much harder to deal with the exasperation and disappointment I feel now, but I try to get read of it quickly and focus only on a fast recovery and return to the sport as soon as possible.
Thanks for the selfness support of my girlfriend, family, friends and last but not least our sponsors, to help my way back.
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Soo, 6 weeks passed after my accident...Today I visited the local hospital to make an X-ray and consult with my doctor. He said it looks pretty nice and that I will probably recover 100%!
Unfortunately I have to use cruthes to walk for another 6 weeks, while doing physiotherapy and walking in water twice a week.
I think my first flight will be on the 10th August over Geneva, jumping out from a helicopter with Gábor :-)
Blue skies,
Pál
Hi Akira!
Yeah, you've seen the team bus, but I'm now in Switzerland and Gábor is somewher in France making an acro show, so at the moment his girlfriend and another friend of us is driving around with the van. We'll join together again at Vertigo this week. Hope to see you there!
Pál
yesterday I saw a van with lots of Just Acro Team stickers on it at Planfait. Have you been there guys ? I was just to shy to ask ... :-D
vahid
I hope see you as well as before in the sky.
Hi Pal we send you our best wishes for a quick recovery from all your friends in Israel.
Welcome to the club. I myself got a similar wound (worst), two permanent metal 8 screws, a piece of bone extracted from the hip to remodelate ankle, and lost most cartilago so not much articulation left.
But I must tell you that your positive attitide is the best help for a quick recovery.
When are you coming again to Brazil to Floranapolis and Valadares? I hope next time to calibrate better our trip.
Your friend from Natania:
Arie Lashover
SOL PARAGLIDERS DEALER
How are you Pal now? Do you have good recovery? how is your walking? Did you try to run some steps or it is still hard? I wish to see you in the blue sky as soon as possible. Please write some good news about yourself sometimes.
Best Wishes for your fast recovery and get well soon.
Good news from Jeremy. He has now some piece of metal in the back (will stay one year) but the doctors said that he should recover completely without any long term consequences. But he will be off from flying for several months.
Well he made a ground spiral ... I do not know more ... but he will be OK.
Ohhh shit! How it happened? I know Jeremy, he is really a very talented and extremely motivated, young pilot...I'm sorry for him.
Please forward my best wishes if possible!
Pál
hi pal
i hope u have a clear recovery soon ,
& see u at oludeniz .
(to play poker)
Hi all,
Another accident happened to a young very talented acro pilot. Jeremy Bailly (from Macpara) also crashed during a ground spiral. He suffers serious back injuries. His life does not seem to be in danger. He is in surgery at the hospital of Grenoble.
I wish him all the best and a quick recovery.
Akirs
Hi Pal,
Sorry to hear about it :-(
It was great to see you in Oludeniz, wishing you a quick recovery and hope the nurses are HOT ;-)
Zebur
I'm very sorry for for you Pál. I hope you recover faster than expected.
zeroSIXzero
Hi Pal!
bad news but thanks God u r ok at all man.
Hope to c u soon on the sky full of energy more than before & ofcourse Happy landing,
ciao
Hi Pal: Sorry about your foot but the body it's a perfect machine. JUST follow the doctor instructions and patient. Now you have time to organize your computer and pictures.
I broke my foot 4 moths ago, 15 screws but now I'm ready to fly.
See ya
ohh fu**
tht looks like a lot of fu**!n drugs u have to take...wuaahhahagrgrgrrr.
wish u all the best ma boy.
<3
ps. im just on the way to our local hospital, visiting a good friend who crashed yesterday with an ankle facture and 2 half-broken vertebras. all the best for him as well.
___
petlu | acro
chris
Shit man, good luck nothing worse happened.
fast recover
Hi Pál,
What a pity. Maybee we should design some sharper stabilo-lines? Maybe a problem to find volunteers to be at the landing-raft if we use the razor-lines? I had the similar problem some years ago in the Netherlands, going for one of my first clean ground-spirals until all the speed vanished and i rolled over the field in my lines and glider.. realizing that the problem was caused by 20 cm long grass????
http://www.e-lijn.nl/sterksel/images/DSC_0703.JPG
I wish you really quick recovery Pál and may the force be with you.
Vertical greetings -Mickey Mouse-
-No pierdas más tiempo, porque la vida es corta!-
Nice work bro, chicks dig a manly scar like that. Have a speedy recovery, once you get a footbrace you could be flying again in a week or two. : ) Yeah, take it easy.
Hi Pal,
Best wishes for a quick recovery. I suffered an ankle fracture 4 month ago and got two surgical pins in a small bone called the "astragale" (french) maybe the "talus" in english ( http://parapentaix.over-blog.com/article-16451451.html ) ... I started to fly after two month but had to take off and land on one foot ... after another month I could launch normally and land on both my feet. Still after 4 month I can't run on long distances (50/70 meters ...) but it's improving every day.
You're going to have to do a lot of physiotherapy in order to recuperate fully (witch bone did you break ?) but with your motivation, no doubt it will be a fast recovery !
Again, best wishes for your healing.
Thanks guys for all your comments and best wishes...
I'm doing my best...That's my dessert after meal :-)
1x Pantozol
1x Méfénacide
1x Irfen
2x 1000mg C vitamine
1x Omega 3
A complete daily vitamine and mineral combo pack (6 pieces)
3 different Calcium tablettes
Etc... :-)
I would love to go to Acrolac to see the mates flying, but I can't drive so I have to find a ride there and back...Anyone going from Switzerland, maybe ? :-)
Sorry to hear such a thing! Fast recover Pal !!! And don't forget to write here how do you feel.
We should make a chart : "no spiral landings except during competitions"! We know how to do it, unuseful to take risks. It looks like if god doesn't want you and Gabor to fly together! Forget God, only Jah is our copilot!
May Jah help you to recover your foot!
Cyrille
Jah is my copilot
Hi Pal !
Considering the extreme-sport-circumstances, a friend of mine would say:
..."FEEEL the pain, LOOOVE the pain"... : )
...but 2 be honest, I wouldn't go that far ; )
Hope you get well soon and we'll be able to see you back in the air !
GreetZ!
arjan
Hope you are getting a fast recovery!
Hello Pál,
Sorry for you!
Pretty scar!
Will you come to see yours friends at Acrolac 2008?
I suppose that Gábor will be there!
Now, you have time to work on your web site ;-) !
Good rest and restore you quickly!
hey pal,
i hope you still don´t feel any pain!!
maybe meet you again this summer;
all my best wishes for your fast recovery !!!!
get well again soon!
a big get-well-kiss
rebecca
Hi Man!!
Nice pic of your foot!!!
Surprisingly you didn’t break anything close to your waist; witch happens pretty frequently in twisting the body after hitting the ground with the kind of impact you had.
Lucky you man…
Now pray not to have pain from time to time… you fly a lot but we all walk a lot and an injure in a foot is shit for the rest of the trip if not properly fixed.
Take it easy. You’ll be back soon.
A hug,
Faso (now Faso2!!)
P.D.: now you’ll have time to read and post my translations!!!
Hi Pal,
Sh*t. Thats bad luck man.. get well soon.
nasty one there Pal all the best with your recovery and a speedy one at that
Nigel
Hi Pal,
I am watching your supper technical tasks in acroattack08 APWC Oludeniz and you will be first in ranking again this year. See you soon in competitions, just have a relax recovery.
hey Pal WTF!!!!! have a nice recover xD, hope u can fly very soon xDDD
nice picture xDDD