Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is a photograph of you that will live in infamy! You could sell it to the Hollywood schools of makeup and cosmetology! I hope you are doing well, old timer. This sounds like a world class scare....and just wait until you get the bills from those transport and medical entities... --Bob On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 1:38 PM Howard Cummer via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Last Saturday morning son-in-law Ian and myself went to check on the > eaglet at Cutlass Court. > > Here is my usual rig - the Z7 with the 200 - 500 VR zoom with the 1.4 > Extender on my Manfrotto tripod > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCA7578.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCA7578.jpg.html > > > > Ian was there with the D500 and the 300mm f4.0 Pf. > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCA7613.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCA7613.jpg.html > > > > While setting up I started to feel faint, for about 15 seconds, and then I > blacked out, > and fell crashing into the tripod with the camera attached. Ian called 911 > and the ambulance > arrived in a few minutes. They checked for broken bones, etc and sat me up > to try and walk > me out to the ambulance as the stair case was too narrow for the big > Gurney. > I blacked out again and the fire department was called. The station is > just down the hill from Cutlass Court > so the fire crew arrived quickly. They used a clam shell stretcher to get > me to the ambulance and > then I was whisked to the Health Centre to be triaged by the Doctor on > Call. The discussion was > whether a helicopter was available. But all three medi-vac ?copters were > in the air so I was > assigned to a water ambulance and driven to Thieves Bay (where we whale > watch) for pick up. > They took me to Swartz Bay where another ambulance was waiting to take me > to Saanich > Peninsula (SaanPen) Hospital. I was overnight in emergency with a Holter > on and released > the next afternoon. Stayed in Victoria to have a 48 hour Holter test and > came back to > Pender yesterday. > > Here?s what I looked like at the worst point of the recovery: > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCA7649.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSCA7649.jpg.html > > > > I get Holter results this afternoon from my GP and have a tele-consult > with my cardiologist on > Wednesday. Universal Health Care works pretty well in such a medical > crisis. Direct cost to me: zero. > > Going to see the eaglet tomorrow with an island photo friend who is also a > Doctor. > There will be pictures, of course. > > Howard > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_7762.jpg.html > < > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Howard+Cummer/Canada+2020/Birds/DSC_7762.jpg.html > > > > PS: The only damage to the camera rig was a cracked Lens hood. When I woke > up on the deck > the first thing I asked Ian was ?Is the camera okay?? I have my > priorities!! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information