Damn... feeling ultra fortunate this afternoon.

[benb]

I went out on my MTB at lunch, and was alone.

I managed to have my biggest crash of at least 10 years. At least it would definitely have been so if it had been on video.

I went OTB jumping a log while traversing the side of a hill. Basically came down the hill, trail is turning left to then go back up the hill. Maybe a 9-10" log. Not really particularly big for me to be riding over. But the downed tree wasn't stable and I think it bounced up when I rode over it with my back tire.

OTB and over to the left side. Grabbed a handful of pine tree with my left hand on the way down, and I got lucky I was falling to the uphill side of course.

This could have been really bad.. I somehow didn't hit my head, have a handful of scrapes on the left side of my back and hip that didn't even break the skin, and I cut my right ankle on the bike. There was plenty of stuff I could have hit very close by that would have made it bad.

Got up and within 5 minutes I was cruising again. I stopped and checked myself and couldn't even find anything. I only found the cut ankle when I got in the shower and felt the burn.

Maybe time to get some lottery tickets. The trails were ultra slippery with super dry dusty leaves today so I was not exactly flying but this was just such a surprise.