Danger Tim. – Bottles And Chains

Former Hobart Lad and the Netherlands finest dyke plugger, Danger Tim does it again. Does what again you ask? I’ll let Tim explain..

I posted some pictures on FB of a guy crashing in the Swiss mountains and getting airlifted off the mountain. Benny commented: “Danger Tim, is this you?”. Unfortunately I had to tell him yes, it is me. I had lived up to my name once again. When I visited Hobart in ’08 I met up with Benny and Mischa. After breaking my elbow in the first week (Editor: Crashed his bike) Ben and Mischa thought it would be a good idea to teach me some skills on a mountainbike and I must say, they did a fine job! (Editor: Tim failed to mention he was run-over by his own car whilst in Tassie. That particular run-in took off a LOT of bark). After the BnC Bike Bootcamp I left Tassie and went back home to mountainless Holland. Since than I’ve been showing off the BnC jersey while riding enduro races. Last week I left for a bikeholiday in Switserland with my girlfriend. Muddy forests and lack of altimeters were traded in for some serious Alpine terrain and we were loving it! On Friday I decided to take my DH-bike up the skilifts to have some fun on the trails with my friend Thomas. We had just starting going down the first decent when I completely overlooked a junction. The track curved hard right, while I was under the impression I had to go straight ahead. I hit a metal pole that was used to mark off the trail, getting launched in the air and hitting the dirt some heartbeats later. Result: dislocated kneecap, fissure in the kneecap and thighbone and a lot of pain. They flew in a helicopter to airlift me off the mountain. The French medic from the helicopter was a funny guy. He gave me a good dose of morfine and told me I would feel like I would be flying up in the air. Well, 2 minutes later I was in the helicopter so he was right about that… Yesterday I arrived back home and today they’ll take an MRI to see what the deal is with my ligaments. Hopefully I will be up and runnin asap, so I can start showing off the BnC jersey again!

Mish suggested to Danger Tim that he give-away cycling and take up something safer and more sedate like, say, knitting. We here at Bottles and Chains hope that he doesn’t, as Danger Tim would be sure to injure himself with the knitting needles or trip over the woollen yarn. Get better soon mate. For those who wanna see more carnage, click on the crash photo below to see the full crash sequence! OUCH!