Baja One Year Later!

1 Year Anniversary

As I write this short update the Baja 1000 is going on. That makes it exactly one year since my crash at that event last year, which has ended up being more of a life changing event than I originally thought. I have had my share of fairly serious injuries in 40 something years of riding and racing but this one has changed my life.  I am still on the road to recovery and by that I mean getting back to as close to normal as I can.  Riding, wrenching on bikes, even typing this article have all taken on a whole new challenge.  It is amazing how much we take for granted in the things we do every day when we use our hands. For instance as I type this, I now hunt and peck with the left hand and am only able to use the ring and little finger on that hand, the index and middle no longer reach the keys, lol.  Damn, I used to be a pretty good typist!

I also find it very different in the garage when I work on the bikes to hold and feel things like nuts, bolts, wrenches, etc. But each time I get frustrated I try to stop and think how lucky I am and how God truly blessed me since it was the same day and same race that took the life of factory KTM rider Kurt Caselli.   Godspeed Kurt.

I am now back to trail riding and find it is going to take a bit of adjusting my grip on the bars and using the clutch since the wrist and fingers were so badly damaged.

So it looks like the motocross track is a little further away than I first thought. But I will be out to watch my buddies and cheer them on until I can join them.

Well, the sun is about to come up and I have an almost new 2013 KTM XCW calling my name so I think I will go out for some THERAPY!!!   Hope you can get out to ride and remember…..Enjoy each ride because we never know how many we are going to get.

#33

“The trouble with trouble is that it always starts out as fun!”