Summer 2008 Part II

In July Erin and our friend Hesam set out from Minnesota across the great states of Iowa and Nebraska in Hesam's VW van. Crazy enough, they made it and the two of them stayed with us for a week. After a week, Hesam decided to move on to Rifle while Erin stayed back and contemplated visiting Joel in Squamish, B.C. One rare day that I had off work, Erin and I decided to head up to Rocky Mountain National Park and start working on some boulder problems. We had big plans for a boulder problem called Potato Chip. After an hour hike, we arrived to the warm-up boulder and enjoyed a snack before a couple of climbs. Just as we were about to get on Potato Chip, a few people showed up so we decided to go find some other warm-up problems and then come back. Long story short, we began hiking from one boulder to the next across the snow and over some rocks. Along the way, Erin slipped and fell off one of the boulder landing on an angular, protruding rock with a bare foot that had falled out of her flip-flop. She was immediately in pain. After waiting for ten minutes or so, she tried to put weight on it with no luck. Our friends Shannon and Ben came along to help carry her stuff out and we began the long hike out, this time much slower with Erin's hurt foot.

When we got to the Emergency Department in Boulder several hours later, our fears of a broken foot were confirmed. She would need to see a specialist in a few days to determine whether surgery was necessary. To the right is Erin at the ED, below is Erin in the scooter at Target. A broken foot will not stop girls from shopping!














Erin ended up going to Squamish but when she flew back to Colorado the ortho doc said she needed surgery. So, she had surgery and the photo to the right is a couple days after surgery. She was naughty and took that splint on and off about seven times a day!