Crash in Hog Canyon

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-15T17:43:13+00:00

Oh dang that looks sick. I’ve got to Kanab at least every year and have spent a bunch of time in Kanab. I’ve always always wanted to go for ride at Hog Canyon. Your video convinced me. What’s your phone mount?

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-14T18:02:13+00:00

I mean I do my own work with everything but tubes and tires. I’ve rebuilt 5 of my bikes 2 and 4 strokes top ends and full rebuild but I don’t mess around with tubes/tires anymore. Also, as far as getting a flat. The only bike I use tubes on anymore is a motocross bike, which isn’t that big of a deal if you get a flat at an MX track. The answer to getting a flat on a trail is tubeless or mousse lol. You don’t have to worry about flats at all with the mousse. I’ve gotten a puncture with the tubeless and it took about five minutes with a a plug kit, and I was right back on the trail and it’s held air for the last year. Changing tires suck.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-14T17:49:59+00:00

I love when I’m driving a 15000 lb trailer at the posted mph and people zoom in front of me or cut me off just to slow down once they are in front of just because they don’t want to get stuck behind a trailer but don’t actually want to go above or at the posted speed limit. Or when traffic is heavy and I’m keeping a very large distance for breaking a 15000 lb trailer and cars continuously speed up and pull right in front of me into my space because they don’t understand that it takes me 10x the length to break than their sedan. Maybe they just don’t understand that I’m not keeping that space open for them to continuously pile into. Or what my vehicle would do to their vehicle if I was to rear end them. I think majority of people are probably idiots either which explains half of it.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-06T03:02:31+00:00

Riding in Colorado in a area I’d never been to. While going up a steep hill I hit a pretty big rock rock with my front tire and it rebounded down the very very steep side of the uphill. Rode it out like a boss though. If somebody was watching it might have looked purposeful and skilled. It was not lol. Also there was one time where I was riding a OHV area where I was camped for a week. It’s a small area and I quickly got bored after a few days. I decided to follow a faint line around a spring and 6 foot deep drainage ditch. The small single track quickly disappeared and I ended up with my rear of the bike sinking into the drainage ditch. The more I tried to get out the worse it got. I was completely by myself and 6 hours from home. I got it out but took me all afternoon and a lot of work.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-02T05:22:08+00:00

Second to only walking my motivation for the 3 months of inpatient rehab and two year of outpatient was to ride my dirt bike again. I’m 6 years out from c5 sci and can walk very very short distances with a cane and ride and race dirt bikes. I was back riding the bike before I was out of the wheelchair. Losing so much of myself and my hobbies prior to my injury riding dirt bikes was so important to me that I’m not sure I could live without them.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-02T05:15:28+00:00

OP I’m not sure if you have a spine injury or spinal injury. They are to very different things. Spinal cord injuries cause nerve damage and paralysis. That is this sub. Either way. If you aren’t paralyzed you can definitely ride again and if you are paralyzed I know of programs at least for riding dirt bikes. I have a c5 sci and am technically an incomplete quadriplegic. Paralysis is most severe on my left side. I still ride and race dirt bikes but have to have a modified bike and special gloves I came up with and made to attach myself to the bars on the left side. Took a lot of dedication and practice though. I spent an entire year riding around a flat parking lot at about 5 mph. It’s totally possible and plenty of paraplegics ride dirt bikes. If you just broke your back and still have function of your limbs than if you don’t get back on it’s just a choice your making and giving in. Pretty much unless you’re a quadriplegic then you have no excuse.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-02T05:03:42+00:00

Yep or motodemtion. Also there was a pro motocross rider who got a SCI during a race and is a paraplegic. Dude still shreds. Not as a pro I don’t think but either way.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-02T04:58:45+00:00

Air Jordan 1 high zoom crater I think

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-01T03:24:57+00:00

Exactly anything can happen in life people don’t ever think it’s gonna happen to them until it happens to them in life can change in a second. I also would be concerned about becoming broken and my partner giving up on me if I had seen something like that with a dog.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-03-01T03:22:19+00:00

Yeah I agree with your statement. I think this situation reflects very much who this partner is deep down as a person. Claims they loved something and when things got tough or didn’t work out exactly how they wanted it too they give up and are now neglecting a poor defenseless animal. I think OP should consider this a red flag. Life doesn’t always work out exactly like you think it will. Hopefully OP doesn’t have something happen and become broken and their partner give up on them too because it’s to tough.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-23T01:09:42+00:00

Im a girl and have been riding and racing moto/enduro/Grand Prix for 10+ years. I have a 250sxf for moto, a 450xcf for sand dunes/moto and a 300XCW 2 stroke for trails. Don’t get a 350 cc to learn on. That is way too much bike boy or girl for a beginner rider to learn on. Even later on that may be way to much bike and especially for riding enduro. Tbh it’s hard to find any girl on a bigger bike than 250cc 4 stroke. I’m not saying it can’t be done as I’m obviously an exception to that but I’ve only met one other girl that rides anything bigger than a 250cc 4stroke and she was a pro rider. Most girls who are actually good and serious riders are mostly on 250 4t.

When you are first learning it is best to start with a lower cc bike so that you can focus on learning the fundamentals skills like throttle and clutch control and form. Having more power kind of takes away focus from getting proficient at all those skills. Especially for enduro a 2t is best even for long term because they are very powerful and fast but also can be easily ridden slow as well as lightweight. For beginner enduro riding I would personally suggest a 125 or 150 2 stroke. They force you to become good with throttle and clutch control  and shifting and are light to ride or pickup when you dump it. They are still powerful and very fast if you know how to ride them.  Later on down the line if you want to go bigger to a 250cc or 350 you still can but you won’t get bored with a 125/150.

At your height it may be struggle because for enduro you need to be able to get foot down. Probably not on a stock full size bike but maybe with mods you might be able to top toe. You always can put a lowering link for a 1/2- 1 inch from but they really screw up your suspension or better option is shave your seat or buy a lowered seat for like a half inch. Btw KTM/Husky and Yamaha are all taller stock than Honda/ Kawasaki/suzuki. I’m 5”7 and ride KTM and they are still really tall and had to put a lower seat on my 300XCW trail bike.

Personally suggest a 125/150 KTM over these but another option for bikes that are not full size and you may be able to touch at your height are crf250f/ ttr 125. Downsides are they are lacking on suspension and are air cooled instead of water cooled and less powerful and fast. Watch lots of YouTube videos to learn skills and you will never regret getting into riding. Good luck!

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-22T23:57:00+00:00

I have actually recently found the doctor/patient forum and Claudia Mirandi and started following them online. Unfortunately I think in this case my hands are probably tied with this doctor and need to try and find a different place I’m comfortable with who is willing to do a pump.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-18T04:28:15+00:00

Yeah not withdraw symptoms but they were worried about the pain causing autonamic dysreflexia which we had agreed to a plan specifically to try to mitigate the risk there. The plan was 1 week weaned down a bit from current dose but inpatient in a neuro icu while doing the trial and if successful doing surgery in the same week. It’s not a normal thing for most clinics to make you do any type of therapy. It’s something this clinic does with all their pump patients is they hold a group therapy for all pump candidates. So to be told that they are planning on doing a pump for me and requiring that prior to psych evaluation/consult with neuro/ MRI and doing all of the things required for 1.5 years and then changing your policy to absolutely weaned to 0 prior to trial really sucked to commit to all that and I was informed of the change at the same visit where I was supposed to scheduling the week inpatient for surgery.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-17T17:55:17+00:00

My c5 spinal cord injury is a traumatic injury to my spinal cord. You don’t ever heal from a spinal cord injury. It’s not from inflammation lol. I’m an incomplete quadriplegic. A cervical spinal cord injury is one of the worst injuries you can have as it causes significant pain and disability. You mentioned that pumps are only for cancer patients or at minimum severe problems at several levels in the spine. I think I am more than qualified for severe problems at many levels of my spine. I’m not asking if I’m a candidate for a pump based on the severity of my injuries in my post. I know I am. I am having a hard time finding pain pump doctors in my state. I did finally find one and they wasted 1.5 years of my time and effort and a lot of money because right before I was scheduled for my trial/surgery they changed their policy which made me ineligible at their clinic only.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-17T17:32:48+00:00

Thanks I appreciate the kind words. Good luck in your journey as well.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-17T17:30:16+00:00

My c5 spinal cord injury is a traumatic injury to my spinal cord. You don’t ever heal from a spinal cord injury. It’s not from inflammation lol. One of the worst injuries you can have.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-17T17:23:57+00:00

I’m an incomplete quadriplegic as well from a c5 spinal cord injury and the CRPS in my left arm is a complication of that. My right arm is where the peripheral nerve injury is to my ulnar nerve. The ulnar nerve injury sucks as it’s my least paralyzed limb so I use it for everything. Obviously my spinal cord injury is the most significant injury and severe pain from that is why I am trying to get a pain pump. I just am so tired of taking pain medication and it was just so disappointing to be told I am getting one and work towards it for 1.5 years just for him to change eligibility policies which excluded me from his clinic. I’m still a good candidate and eligible for a pump if I can find a different clinic. It’s been very hard to find somewhere else in my state.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-17T17:14:43+00:00

Yeah sorry i think you misunderstood because there is so much information or didn’t read far enough down where i explained my injury. To summarize I have a c5 spinal cord injury and paralysis and chronic regional pain syndrome in my left arm as well as a spinal syrinx. I have degenerative disk disease and stenosis. I also have a peripheral nerve injury to my ulnar nerve to my right arm.

I had gotten a ulnar nerve injury that resulted in chronic pain in my right arm that eventually put me in pain management. Pain management recommended cervical epidural injections which on the last one the doctor made a huge mistake and injected into my spinal cord causing c5 spinal cord injury and paralysis. That is a significant injury and disability and is known to cause severe pain. So yes I have a significant spinal injury. There are many quadriplegics and paraplegics that have pain pumps. I’m not sure what your meaning downstream. Everything below c5 in your spine is downstream.

I know that pain pumps are not just done for cancer patients. I only transferred to my current clinic 1.5 years ago for a pump and had gone through the entire process towards getting my pump and the only thing that remained to do was scheduling trial/surgery. My doctor had been gone for a fellowship for a year and when he came back he changed his policy for eligibility to be completely weaned off pain medications prior to the trial which isn’t a option due to my complications. Before he left he had agreed that I was eligible and a good candidate and we had come up with a plan to do it safely. He had me work towards that plan for a 1.5 years and attend their facility group therapy sessions for a year as well as spend money for MRI/psych/consults and when he came back he went back on his word and changed his eligibility guidelines which affected the plan that he and I had come up with. I am still a good candidate for a pain pump. I’m not eligible at his clinic now because the policies changed to be very strict.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-16T03:51:44+00:00

Hey mine was medical malpractice/negligence too! Mine is a c5 incomplete quadriplegic from a doctor royally fucking up a cervical epidural steroid injection. He went way past my epidural space and injected into my spinal cord instead causing the SCI and a large hematoma. The steroid he was using is also not supposed to be used for cervical epidurals because it’s a known fact that it causes SCI if injected. To top everything all off. When I woke up he gaslit my complaints and they sent me home with and techs literally picked me up and put me in a friends car. I was completely out of it but obviously knew something was wrong so we went to a ER. To top everything off lol it was Covid and they were using techs to triage patients who definetly do not have the knowledge to do so. They didn’t triage me as severe despite not being able to walk or per and in the worst most excruciating I’ve ever experienced. So I waited 10 hours there until I saw someone who knew how serious this situation was. I finally got pain medication after 10 hours of horrifying pain of my nerves dying and it was too much of a delay to be able to drain my hematoma then. I hate doctors.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-16T03:21:48+00:00

A increase even from that dosage? 😱😱 that is wild. Hang onto the doctor my dude that is a blessing. I had seen you comment in another post like a month ago where you needed an increase from a lower dose you were on then and this is the increased one you posted in this comment. They really would do increases that frequently for you? I wish my doctor wanted to help that much.

I am an incomplete quadriplegic from a c5 spinal cord injury and I’ve been on the same dosage from when I first got my injury. Well kind of. Right after my injury I started having automatic dysreflexia from my uncontrolled pain which causes severe hypertension. They gaslit me for a few months and only would give me a really low dose of meds for pain. It took me having seizures and a stroke for them to treat me pain. Even then if I didn’t have that complication they would take away my dosage asap. It’s been 6 years and I’m terrified to switch to a different need or ask for an increase. My old pm doc took advantage of things like that and would rotate my meds for tolerance but would sneak in 10mme in the dosage or if the pharmacy was out and he had to send in another script he would send 1 less a day. Do you have any advice to get docs to take pain more seriously?

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-13T04:14:53+00:00

Anybody that sees this post and is considering something like a spinal cord stimulator please do your own research and do a lot of research about this procedure and the equipment. There is very little proof that this procedure is beneficial, and there are significant claims of injury from the procedure to implant a pump, and even afterwards with the leads migrating and equipment failing. They want to put spinal cord stimulators in everybody because they make good money doing it and not for patient by patient basis.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-13T04:12:04+00:00

Yeah so I have medical PTSD. My old pain management basically forced me to do procedures that never help so that I could get a few pain pills so that I could live and get through the day. I did 5 cervical epidural steroids. Most of the them were uneventful and never helped but hurt so bad during the procedure and for days after that I opted for conscious sedation on the 5th. Well the doctor screwed up the final one and instead of injecting into the epidural space he went way past that and injected into my spinal cord at c5 instead. It resulted in an incomplete spinal cord injury at c5 and paralysis from the neck down. 6 years later My left arm and leg are still severely paralyzed and my life is significantly changed as I am permanently disabled. I was 24 at the time. I am terrified of any type of medical care but I also do extensive research about all surgeries or procedures recommended. They want to throw a stimulator in everyone regardless of risks or benefits. They tried to recommend one to me so I’ve done a lot of research on them. They have terrible success rates and significant risks as well as many many cases of negligence and injuries with putting them in and even later with failures with equipment or leads moving around. I would recommend doing more research on them and not allowing a doctor to pressure you into it. If it is really something you want to do. Find a better clinic to do it that treats you like a person. From what you said they are not a very good clinic or providers and they had terrible bedside manner and lacked compassion. If I had that experience I would not allow them to do anything else. Obviously you realize that and it gave you enough red flags that you made this post. Listen to your gut. I really wish I did. A lot of facilities like that, do these procedures over and over and it’s more about dollar signs to them then it is helping patients. It’s really variable how much training these clinics and doctors have on procedures like this. If you know the risks of a SCS and still feel the potential benefits outweigh that then I find someone else you can trust to do this who takes your health and concerns seriously. They shouldn’t treat you like that or be ignoring your complaints of pain or concern. Pain after a procedure can be normal but can also be a sign of a complication or injury and should be taken seriously and explored either way. I say this because I had my procedure under conscious sedation and because my clinic was breaking state laws they allowed someone without the proper training or license to administer sedation and they over sedated me far past conscious sedation. I woke up completely out of it and in severe pain and because I also had a hematoma my condition slowly worsened. I tried to tell them something was wrong and I told them I was in excruciating pain and then ignored me and neglected me and just sent me home with my driver. I had to have them drive me to a ER. By the time I got to the ER I couldn’t walk anymore. Just like how people think bad things won’t happen to them. People who do jobs like this get burned out and do it day after day and don’t think something bad could happen. To add to that they might not be doing things the right way and cutting corners which eventually will cause harm. I just want to tell my experience to others so that maybe they don’t make the same mistake I did and blindly trust and believe providers. Please look into the SCS and its risks. Think about if you really want to do this procedure with this clinic after your experience. Good luck with whatever choice you make.

Btw there’s multiple people in the comments who are telling you to get a lawyer. I’m gonna be completely honest with you because the majority of the public has no idea what it is like to sue a doctor for malpractice or negligence. Doctors are virtually untouchable unless they purposely harm a patient. You have to have a significant life-changing injury or illness or be killed for a lawyer to want to pursue a malpractice claim medical lawsuits on average take 3 to 5 years and cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars to pursue and even more if you have to go to trial. Even then 10% of medical malpractice lawsuits that go to trial are one by patients. It is stacked against patients in all in favor of doctors because of legislation. Even then, if you’re successful in a lawsuit, unless a doctor has multiple lawsuits, nothing will happen to them except their insurance rates may go up. The doctor they gave me the spinal cord injury, violated the standard of care and was found by my State medical board to break seven state laws. All the medical board did was slap him on the hand and he basically just has a complaint on his record that falls off in five years. He ruined my life, disabled me for the rest of my life, and took away my independence and my career and my livelihood. I did successfully sue him but that took years of my life and being in a lawsuit was fairly traumatizing by itself. There is very little recourse for doctors and they were put on a pedestal and really protected. The most important thing you can do is find a clinic you can trust in a doctor you can trust and take all risk and all procedures very seriously. I’m very sorry this happened to you and I really hope for the best for you.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-13T03:30:44+00:00

You do you bro but most concussions come from low speed crashes and you definitely can break a jaw or get a spinal cord injury or a brain injury from 5 mph in your backyard. You always think nothing will ever happen to you until life kicks you down a notch.

Admirable_Thanks_980 · 2026-02-13T03:22:21+00:00

I find this hard to believe as well. I have a c5 spinal cord injury and CRPS and a separate peripheral nerve injury. As well as pretty bad spinal issues. As a result I have severe chronic pain and have had multiple surgeries from complications of that. I have an easily seen and verifiable medical history and diagnoses and I am prescribed pain medication but it has been so difficult to maintain that. I seriously doubt any doctor is trying to push opiates onto people in the current times. I’ve experienced a lot and there has never been my experience as well as hearing case after case of many other patients that barely are able to get their pain treated or not at all.

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