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Small fall but a broken foot at Camels hump 14-Mar-2012 At 1:38:19 PM Nova

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Hey all, I have been climbing for the last couple of years and lurking here just as long but decided to finally register and post!

Spent a nice day at the somewhat crowded Camels hump on Monday (12/03). I was leading the now appropriately named State of shock which i had done a few times before. This time at the last few holds i lost my footing with new shoes and down i went!

I Couldn't have fallen much more than 3 metres to the bolt bellow but with that ledge the way it is it was enough to do some damage. Right foot was sore but i had injured it on Australia day (getting a ball off a roof somewhat intoxicated) which was nothing serious so i did not think too much of it other than knowing my day of climbing was over. I winced my way out to the car and headed home.

After it started to feel worse the next day i spent 10 hours in emergency at Ballarat base and got 3 completely different diagnosis (nothing broken, get a CT to check ligaments. severely broken in 2 places will need multiple surgeries and then lastly broken in 2 places, elevation and a cast for 6 weeks required.)

Looking forward to trying it again as soon as i can!