He then duct taped a flip flop to his foot and replica watch giftfinished the last two days of Class Vplus kayaking and portages with a cheerful attitude. “He didn’t complain at all,” says expedition photographer Darin McQuiod, “and there was a lot of hiking.” Eighteen days ago, Thomas overshot a jump while mountain biking with friends Tony and Jeff Smith on Chucks Chips Trail outside of Talent, Oregon and dislocated his C6 and C7 vertebrae. He has brought all the grit, energy, and positivity that has made him a successful expedition kayaker into healing himself, despite the severity of his injuries.
Below he talks to us about his injury and his recovery plan. best replica watches Outside: How are you doing right now?Matt Thomas: There’s hope—lots of hope—and a lot of people are supporting me, but as far as the body goes—it’s pretty hammered.Could you tell me about the accident?We were riding this trail and there was a jump. It was a double. I looked at it and went for it. I came in hot and overshot the landing and landed on my front tire. After [the jump] there’s a bank ride, which I flew over my handlebars into. Basically,
I pile drived into an upward slanted slope with all kinds of speed. Replica Rolex watchesYour injuries?I dislocated the C6 and C7 vertebrae, they are basically right next to each other. I got surgery and they fused the C6 and C7 together and straightened me out. The good news is that my spinal chord isn’t torn, but it’s severely squished. The end all and be all [of the injury] is that I have no feeling from my nipples down and limited feeling and use of my arms. That [arm use] is getting a little bit better every day, and that’s very positive.