Broke my hand... :(

[Chris K.]

Hey folks,

just to let you know, I'll not be jumping for a few weeks, as I broke my hand two days ago. What happened? I underestimated the wind speed and ended up too short on the landing field after my turn to final. Trouble was that on the low end there was a parking lot and big hedge with an even higher fence (like 3-4 m high),so even if I'd have made the fence I'd have come in on the parking lot. Since on the low side of the fence there was a soccer field, i decided to pull it into the soccer field and in doing so, I caught a bit of turbulence from the hedge. Deep in the flare my right hand hit the ground (not that hard actually, same did the left) at a weird angle breaking my ring fingers' mid-hand bone... Nothing else got even bruised, so i blame the angle. Now I've got six tiny titanium screw in the back of my hand and my next jump will be in about 4-6 weeks... :o( Plus I had to cancel my tunnel camp... :o((
Anyway, 4 weeks is not so bad so.. Have fun!