Ever gotten injured on a hike?

[Pebbles]

I guess I've been lucky so far, I have never really gotten injured on a hike outside of maybe a scratch here or there (mainly from not paying enough attention).

Has anyone here ever really hurt themselves on a hike? What happened? Were you alone? Were you able to make it through the hike or did you have to call for help?

 

[Lovefall]

Not anything major for me either. I've had bumps and bruises and I've fallen down but nothing that I didn't walk away from. :tinysmile_fatgrin_t I'm a klutz too so I'm lucky!
I can't wait to read about other people's mishaps!

 

[looey]

Nothing that would require a large doctor bill after, but I am still slightly accident prone even being an adult not (never grew out of it). I think most of my big injuries were at home rather than out in the wild though, I guess I have bad luck.

 

[Lightfoot]

I've never gotten heard myself, but a buddy of mine broke their ankle while we were on a hike. I had supplies to stabilize it, but that was a long hike back!

 

[Shanna]

I'm a klutz too but I've managed to get through many hikes with just minor things such as scrapes, bruises and bee/wasp stings. I'm amazed that I haven't had something major happen. I have a balance problem sometimes and it really makes me have some major falls sometimes.

 

[Wild Bill]

There was a time I had to help someone else out. They had fallen and dislocated their shoulder. Luckily I came along and helped him and his friend carry him back to their car.

It was a pretty well traveled trail, so if I wasn't there someone else would have seen them, but still I was glad I could help.

 

[Christie]

The worst I've gotten was a slightly sprained ankle. It was wet and I hit a slick spot and managed to turn it just enough. I was able to hobble back to the car where I had an ace bandage in my first aid kit, iced it when I get home, and was pretty ok by the next day.

 

[Ruffles]

Ok you can't laugh about this too hard. One time me and a friend skipped church to go swimming off this bluff. I was taking my heels off so we could climb the rocks to get over to the side where we wanted to swim. I stepped in a huge pile of bird poo and slipped. I tumbled down several rocks but how it happened was so hilarious even though it hurt pretty bad. We had a time explaining that one!

 

[claire]

I've never been seriously injured on a hike before, but my sister did reactivate an old injury. We were hiking in VA on a trail and she slipped. It was an intense trail though-- 3 hours, not something that was an hour or leisurely stroll.