A second chance

Bimberi Peak from our camp

Oh...oops.  It's been more than three months since I put 'pen to paper' here.  And so much has happened (again).  In early January, I was given a second chance with a monumental piece of luck.  


I walked away from an accident where I rolled my car.

Snowy Mountains near Cabramurra

I won't go into the circumstances of the accident, except to say that a number of people have seen pictures of the car and said something to the effect that people generally don't walk away from such accidents.  I was lucky not only to survive the accident, but to have relatively minor injuries necessitating a couple of days in hospital.  I can't say enough how much I appreciated the support of my gorgeous wife, family, friends and colleagues.

All this was after being checked out in hospital for a possible heart attack in mid-December.

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Panorama from Bimberi Peak over Namadgi National Park

Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra

I was getting back into bushwalking and looking forward to getting back to the gym.  I did an overnight walk to the top of the ACT's highest mountain, which was great fun.  Over New Year, we'd been down to Kosciuszko National Park and I was reminded how fabulous it is there - will need to do some more walking down there.  When the march flies have gone.

I had enjoyed a 23km walk in Canberra (surprised myself by being able to walk that!) and was looking forward to heading back to the Snowies to do a walk around Kiandra before the accident.

I'm in a neck brace for a couple more weeks.  I'm really looking forward to getting the brace off and taking this second chance with both hands.  And holding our baby when he's born.