Hard to believe that its been a year since I broke my ankle and its hard to describe how much of a defining moment a serious leg injury is on ones life.
While nowhere near back to 100%, the ankle is more or less back to normal for day to day activities. On the trail, it will start to ache after about 10 miles and will tend to swell for a couple days after an outing.
For an anniversary, I went back to Yosemite Valley for the first time since the injury and did the hike that got interrupted when I got hurt. Here I am sitting on the same rock that I occupied for 2 hours while waiting for the SAR team a year ago. (Wearing the same shirt even- the pants got cut off prior to the surgery). I opted to avoid the specific route down the rock that caused the mishap.
It was an absolutely beautiful day to be in Yosemite and good to be back. The waterfalls were in full flow and my travels today took me past most of them. I did the basic Nevada Falls loop (Up the Mist trail and down the JMT) with side trips to visit Sierra Point and to summit Liberty Cap.
The full set of pics (took a ton today) are here.
