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calcaneal (heel) fracture from climbing fall 23-Sep-2012 At 6:57:37 PM JMK

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Hi Eve, unfortunately I do not think it will be the same as it sounds like a bad break. However, there are breaks and there are breaks. I get tired of hearing in the magazines of people who broke their back and are out sending 5.14 3 weeks later. If your break is bad, prepare for a long time coming back, but you WILL come back. It won't be the same but you adjust and get better at something else. Also the mental aspect of climbing again up above gear becomes hard but that gets better over time as well. You may change what you climb but you still climb. How do I know all this- been there done that. Spent a year learning to walk again after a smashed ankle & leg from a fall upset my life. Took another couple years to get over the debilitating fear of climbing above gear so took up crack climbing, now that is my fav. Forget what doctors tell you. Use it or lose it but don't over abuse it. You have many years to get better and stronger and it will happen.