Tuesday, July 14, 2009

World's Strongest Man takes Helicopter Ride

Well, it's official: my brother Mr. Cool is the World's Strongest Man, and for proving this, he was awarded a helicopter ride from the middle of nowhere to Loveland, Colorado.

My brother rolled an ATV onto himself on a camping trip this morning. His camping buddies were not within earshot, so he had to remove the ATV, put it upright, and then drive it back to camp - on a double-compound-fractured left leg and with a hairline fracture in his collarbone. He's out of surgery now, and still has a chance of attending my other younger brother's wedding this Saturday.

At least he didn't have to cut off an arm because it was trapped in a boulder.

P.S. - The humor in this piece is my defense mechanism, as I very nearly lost it in the dentist's office this morning as I was overcome with something akin to fear, and not of the drill.