Progress :)

[Catrin]

Hummmmm... Bark.. At first me thought Catrin had another run-in with the four legged variety

What was the offender? Ash, Oak, Elm? What goes on the Catrin do not call list now??

Shannon

I've no idea what kind of tree it was, but I didn't realize just how abrasive tree bark can be! I didn't hit the ground though so I am happy.

Wrong time of year, but sometimes the trees are so sappy that the wounds are self-sealing!

Glad you're having fun out there

Really? I didn't know that, wish it was this time of the year so I could have saved all of that blood I didn't realize how much it was bleeding until I was on my way again so I just waited until the end of the trail where there is a place to rest with a picnic table before I dealt with it. There were 5 or 6 other mountain bikers there, they saw the blood and came over. One of them happened to be a doctor and had a huge band-aid with him, it got me back through the trail to my car

I should note that I do have a first-aid kit with me, I just never dreamed I would need band-aids of that size or that they were even available! Smaller ones wouldn't have worked because of the nature/number/spacing of the wounds.