The training lanes on Palmer. Note the massive crevasses above the snowfield.I pushed my luck with my damaged shoulder for the last time this season. I had a close call with another subluxation, this time while adjusting tower pads in some pretty deep lift tower wells. I recognized the situation I was about to put myself in and backed off, averting another shoulder tweak.I figured every ski day sin...

As I expected, I got a call from my doctor's office today about my shoulder MRI Arthrogram from last Friday. The story as it stands now is a torn labrum, which is really no surprise to me. I go in to see an Orthopedist at the end of the month to further discuss the MRI results and the inevitable surgical procedure. Given the history and the mechanism of injury, it's most likely a Bankart lesion. Ag...

Saturday, I turned 37. Rather than sleep in, kick back, relax, and enjoy a day off, I decided I should head up to the mountain and patrol. Actually, it wasn't a snap decision - I had dispatched to patrol some months ago. Last year, I spent the evening of my birthday with the patrol, playing victim for the OEC finals. So why not do some patrol-y stuff again this year?It was already quite warm when I...

Been waiting for this one for a long time, thanks to one of my all-time favorite movies...and I quote..."I'm 37.""What?""I'm 37, I'm not old.""Well, I couldn't just call you 'man'.""You could call me 'Dennis'.""I didn't know you were called 'Dennis'.""Didn't bother to find out, did you?"Thanks to the future-posting feature of Blogger, I'll be in the morning meeting for the Patrol when this gets pos...

The answer is, I don't know yet. I should hear back on that sometime next week.As for the process itself, it went well. I arrived a little early, filled out one form (I love the part about how I injured it...I almost wrote, "which time?"), waited a few minutes, then was taken to the dressing rooms to change into the exam getup.The tech described the procedure - I was to get some lidocaine, then the...