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Title: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: ICP Rad Training on Jun 09, 2010, 05:52: BK was in a motorcycle accident Memorial Day Weekend. He is home and recovering nicely from surgery, I have stopped by to see him several times, and he is chewing his mother out from the recliner as she is taking care of him while he is laid up ..... so for those of you who know him, we know he is on the road to recovery if he can "Bark at ya!" :P

Here's to ya BK and to a speedy recovery!

btw ........... "Got Riding Boots?" hahahaha ;)
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: UncaBuffalo on Jun 09, 2010, 08:16: Hey BK...Sorry to hear about your accident & hope you are back on your feet soon!
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Post by: Mike McFarlin on Jun 10, 2010, 03:36: Get well soon!
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Post by: irishfan on Jun 10, 2010, 07:18: Feel better soon! :)
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Post by: btkeele on Jun 11, 2010, 01:19: Thanks everyone...

Here's the story... Went dirt bike riding with my brother and 2 nephews in the mountains NE of Boise... First ride of the year and first ride on my new
KTM, so, I'm just playing a lot, not riding real hard... We start a series of climbs up a ridge and I lead the way up to the last and hardest climb, a steep, long, rutted, loose, hill (there is an easy way around it btw) so I go about 1/3 the way up and stop to turn around at what looked like a nice spot, bounce the front tire to the next rut and push off to coast
downhill, but, my left foot got caught and the bike lurched downhill real quick and snap... Fibula and Tibia broken, bone sticking out about 5" above
the ankle. 1:50 PM Sunday May 30th.
So now I wait for the rest of the crew to show up, which they do shorty,
send 1 nephew to the top with cell phone, 1 to the bottom to get trail
number, brother applied pressure to control bleeding. This is a very remote and rugged area, no roads or even ATV trails for miles...
Nephew #1 gets ahold of 911, they are sending a chopper (backup to normal life-flights) from MTn Home AFB.. Luckily we are near the top of the highest peak, so chopper (with nephews guiding him) find us quick
and sit's down about 1/3 mile away. Crew gets to me and I get a shot of
Morphine, they strap me to a backboard, and attempt to haul me down this "hill" only got dropped once, so that was good... (only had 4 people to carry stretcher, it was tough) CHopper moved closer, they loaded me up and off to Boise I go... So now I have a titanium rod in my leg and
will be on recovery all summer... oh well, beats working ....
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: irishfan on Jun 11, 2010, 03:02: Ok, all I can say is WOW!
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Post by: Mike McFarlin on Jun 11, 2010, 05:44: Training wheels???
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Post by: Bonds 25 on Jun 11, 2010, 11:23: Titanium huh....well at least they didnt use Stellite :D Get well soon Buddy....good time to freshen up on your Seinfeld knowledge.
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: UncaBuffalo on Jun 12, 2010, 08:52: http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/how-to-transport-your-sheep-on-your-motorcycle.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8135901.stm

http://www.funnychill.com/media/1038/Sheep_On_Motorcycle/

http://www.hoteliermiddleeast.com/5534-motorcycles-sheep-dentures-and-phone-chargers/

http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/what-is-it-about-sheep-and-motorcycles.htm
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: Hawkeyes on Jun 13, 2010, 10:05: Hey Barry ,hope you get better soon ,remember were all getting older.And your nephew are alot younger then you .Hopefully we can work together soon again ,take care,MNewgaard.
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Post by: Jr8black3 on Jun 13, 2010, 11:07: BT I don't know ya but I hope ya have a speedy recovery, gods speed my fellow Rad worker..
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Post by: jowlman on Jun 14, 2010, 11:45: Hey Barry......I guess from now on you'll be setting off the metal detectors in the guard shacks........You better give yourself more time to make it through ;).....Fred
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: Jack U. Loyd on Sep 03, 2010, 01:41: Hope yer feeling better Pookie !

Have yer velcro vest on ?
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Post by: Cathy on Sep 04, 2010, 12:05: Quote from: Jack U. Loyd on Sep 03, 2010, 01:41
Hope yer feeling better Pookie !

Have yer velcro vest on ?
Come on now, you know he was only helping that sheep get over the fence ;)
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: btkeele on Sep 08, 2010, 11:58: Thanks for (most) of the comments, here's a quick update: Everything is healing nicely, back to work at
Songs, still limping a little as it will take a while to build the strength back up in the knee and ankle.

The only set-back was when the ewe kicked my bad leg ;)
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: Cathy on Sep 08, 2010, 09:54: Glad to see you back up and harassing people :) Maybe you will make it down to the Peak someday!
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Post by: irishfan on Sep 12, 2010, 09:53: Glad to see you are doing good. See ya in a few weeks in sunny Ca. :)
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Post by: Rubber Side Down on Sep 13, 2010, 01:53: Gettin old for this stuff. Don't like seein friends get hurt. A LITTLE more caution if you please. Get well soon.
Title: Re: Tech A - BtKeele
Post by: TENN-1 on Sep 14, 2010, 07:28: Quote from: btkeele on Sep 08, 2010, 11:58
The only set-back was when the ewe kicked my bad leg ;)

Eweeee, nasty visual on that one.