Dear Editor:
(Before Christmas) I broke my leg while I was hiking on Bridle Path Trail on the lower part of Mount Seymour.
I slipped on a wet tree root and heard the bone snap, and when I put my weight on my leg I crumpled to the ground.
Fortunately I was with my hiking group, the “Sole Mates.”
Within seconds someone had put her coat under my head, another wrapped me in a space blanket, somebody else called 9-1-1, and others gathered sticks and made a splint for my leg to secure it.
Then they carried me out of the forest to Northlands Golf Course where a golfer drove me in his cart to the clubhouse, and from there the ambulance took me to Lions Gate Hospital.
It was quite an adventure!
I would love to publicly thank the people who took such good care of me. The paramedics were most impressed by the splint they made and observed that further damage was mitigated because of their expertise.
So, my heartfelt thanks go to Sandy Howey (who oversaw everything), Lesley Arnould, Sheila Casselton, Chelan MacDonald, Nancy Thorneloe, Carol Rattray, Judith Gordon, Betsy Oster, Dee Bodnar, Iris McKibbin, Pat Fast and Linda Hatch.
And a special thanks to the golfer who interrupted his game to chauffeur me to the clubhouse.
Humanity knows no bounds — it’s who you surround yourself with that truly matters.
Linda LeQuesne
North Vancouver
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