Posted 10 January 2011 - 10:55 AM
Slipped and fell like a sack of shit on friday night, hit the ground hard and flat on my left side, head too. My whole left side is bruised to various extents, especially the arm and hip. I'm extremely lucky that I haven't broken anything (quick thinking NOT trying to break the fall with my hand, it would snap for sure). However, I still feel like if I was hit by a bus. Also, a bit worried about hitting my head on the fall, perhaps I should have myself checked, though I don't feel sick or dizzy.
My tip for you: a beach covered in slick ice coated in sea spray is extremely slippery. Do not attempt to cross it without spikes.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.