Hello all!

Well, here we are again. I've put myself back on injured reserve by having too much fun playing with the forces of gravity. This time, I've torn my labrum in my right shoulder and had to get surgery on it - right about seven weeks ago. The road to recovery is a bit longer with this one than with a fracture or something more minor, but it's given me plenty of time to work on thickening up my wallet, and organizing some of the footage I've compiled through this years adventures as a pro Teva athlete.

The physical therapy sessions are going well. Dr. Motley gave me the go ahead to start stretching it out to full range of motion, so I've been getting on it with the exercises. I can feel strength coming back to my muscles, but because they had to suture the labrum back onto the carilaginous part of the joint capsule, I have to be easy on it. Low blood flow tissues such as cartilage heal very slowly when compared to fleshy tissues such as muscles due to that lack of a pump system which provides high blood flow tissues with the needed nutrients.

Calm. Thats my word right now. I've been able to get out on some great hikes in the past few weeks, which has kept me in that nice calm state. This Muir esque discovery of my surrounding creeks and mountainsides has kept me stoked on adventures to come. 

Hope you enjoy the Colorado 09 update. Got a nice mix of some of my favorite gravity induced activities, and more to come.

Cheers! -Pat Keller