Swept Away — The Makings Of A Spinal Fracture
- 7 years ago
Watch this terrifying video of an experienced rafting instructor getting swallowed by the Bear River's dangerous Class Five "Boo Boo" rapids. At one point in Bear Gibson's deadly "body-surf through the whitewater, we see him brutally smashed backward into a rock formation, but because the pain fades away after he's rescued, Bear assumes "that's that."
Months after Bear's 2016 dunking, he kept getting icy, numb feelings in his hands. Eventually, even staying balanced while walking grew impossible. Only after multiple CT scans do doctors detect a horrifying, hidden injury—Bear's spinal disks had exploded! An emergency surgery and many painstaking months of recovery later, we're overjoyed to report our buddy is back on the water again.
Months after Bear's 2016 dunking, he kept getting icy, numb feelings in his hands. Eventually, even staying balanced while walking grew impossible. Only after multiple CT scans do doctors detect a horrifying, hidden injury—Bear's spinal disks had exploded! An emergency surgery and many painstaking months of recovery later, we're overjoyed to report our buddy is back on the water again.