Hinkes In Wars Again
Britain's 'unluckiest living mountaineer' has had another brush from the cold shoulder of disaster...
Posted: 8 October 2000
by Jon
Alan Hinkes, the man dubbed Britain's 'unluckiest living
mountaineer' has injured himself again, this time picking up his
shoes according to this
story on Ananova.
Hinkes, who is striving to become the first Brit' to complete the
14 peaks over 14,000 metres, adds his latest injury to a catalogue of
unfortunate mishaps which have included: being speared through the
thigh by a piece of bamboo while walking in to Makalu; putting his
back out after flour from a chapati tickled his nostrils at Namba
Parbat base camp; and, most recently, breaking his arm while falling
into a crevasse while descending from an unsuccessful attempt on
Kangchenjunga.
The latest incident happened when he bent down to pick up his
shoes before a charity abseiling event. Alan's local paper, the
Chronicle outlines some more of his disasters in this
moving story...
OUTDOORSmagic Guide To Picking Up Shoes
1. Locate shoes and make sure they're not nailed to ground or
otherwise fixed
2. Jog for around five minutes then go through stretching
routine
3. Keeping back straight, bend at the kees and grasp shoes with
hands
4. Straighten legs, keeping back straight and looking ahead
5. Never attempt to pick up shoes while eating a chapati,
particularly if you're Alan Hinkes.
Discuss this story
Ok, the chapati thing I can understand. I once bruised the base of my spine from sneezing in maths (this is a long time ago now) and it was really painful to get on and off chairs, walk up stairs etc. But picking up shoes? Dad dislocated his shoulder reading a book so I guess it's possible. Any challenges for dafter injuries?
Posted: 09/10/2000 at 17:22
I recently sent my back into agonising spasm by reaching down to lift a loo seat. I also semi-amputated the end of my left thumb - broke the nail, ripped end open, broken bone sticking out, nice... - by somehow catching it between a mountain bike bar end and the metal edge of one of those tight bend chevron road signs. It was one of those things that would require incredible skill and determination to do deliberately, but somehow I managed it...
Posted: 10/10/2000 at 16:30
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