Down and out for a little while

[nofearengineer]

Man...what started out as a fun little excursion this evening ended really badly. Not as bad as it could have, but still bad.

I went fishing at the riverfront tonight after work. We netted some skipjack and went after some Stripers. I even hooked a decent one (a couple of pounds), but didn't get him to the bank.

I stayed too late however, and while trying to navigate my way back up the steep rip-rap and boulder bank in the dark, a rock slipped out from under me, and I took a rolling header about 25 feet down the bank.

Somehow I did not break anything...other than one of my St. Croix spinning rods and one of my Cabela's XML baitcasting rods. Broke them clean in half while cartwheeling head over heels.

No broken bones, but a totally ripped up shin, forearm, an aching back, and probably a hundred other aches and pains I will only discover in the morning when I try to get out of bed. A couple of complete strangers actually scrambled up from the water to make sure I wasn't dead. I'd like to have that one on video. I can only imagine it looked nuts from their viewpoint. I still don't understand how I did not smack my head on all of those rocks. I got a nice scrape on my chin though...didn't even realize it happened until I got home and looked in the mirror.

Anyways, I think I am out of commission for a while. Someone shoot me, please.