{"id":2796,"date":"2011-08-09T00:23:04","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T13:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=2796"},"modified":"2011-08-09T08:49:59","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T21:49:59","slug":"danger-tim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bottlesandchains.com\/?p=2796","title":{"rendered":"Danger Tim."},"content":{"rendered":"

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

I posted some pictures on FB\u00a0of 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\u00a0is me. I had lived up to my name once again. When I visited Hobart in ’08\u00a0I met up with Benny and Mischa. After breaking my elbow in the first week <\/em>(Editor: Crashed his bike)\u00a0Ben and Mischa\u00a0thought it would be a good idea to teach me some skills on a mountainbike and I must say, they did a fine job! <\/em>(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).\u00a0After the BnC Bike Bootcamp I left Tassie and went back home to mountainless Holland. Since than I’ve been showing off\u00a0the BnC jersey while riding enduro races.\u00a0Last week\u00a0I\u00a0left\u00a0for a bikeholiday in Switserland with my girlfriend.\u00a0Muddy forests and lack of\u00a0altimeters were traded in for some serious Alpine terrain and we were loving it! On Friday I decided\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0my DH-bike up the skilifts\u00a0to have some fun on the trails with my friend Thomas. We had just\u00a0starting going down the first decent when I completely overlooked a\u00a0junction. The track\u00a0curved hard right, while I was\u00a0under the impression I had to go\u00a0straight ahead.\u00a0I hit\u00a0a metal pole that was used to mark off the\u00a0trail, getting launched in the air and hitting the dirt some heartbeats later. Result: dislocated kneecap, fissure in the kneecap and thighbone and\u00a0a lot of pain.\u00a0They flew in a helicopter to airlift me off the mountain. The\u00a0French medic from the helicopter was a funny guy. He gave me\u00a0a good dose of\u00a0morfine and told me I would feel like\u00a0I would be flying up in the air. Well, 2 minutes later I was in the helicopter so he was right about that… Yesterday\u00a0I arrived back home and today\u00a0they’ll take an MRI to see what the deal is with my ligaments. Hopefully I will be\u00a0up and runnin asap, so I can start showing off the\u00a0BnC jersey again!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n