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Numbered in order of most painful.
1 - Fire-breathing gone wrong. Been doing it for over 5 years and never had any incidents. Just happened to have a big gust of wind blow back into my face as I started to blow, igniting the fuel still in my mouth. All 1st and some 2nd degree burns. Lucky no lung damage. Nose and throat closed up, eyes were saved by contact lenses. Spent a few days in the hospital. Most intense pain I've ever felt in my life, and fear. I couldn't breathe, thought my lungs were burnt and that I would die. Blinding pain. Never again.
2 - Hit a rock cliff jumping. My one leg went underneath me, the other one went out to the side. So all my weight hit either my shin, or my ass cheek on the opposite side. Fractured my tibia and could have broken my tail bone and spine if not for my well muscled glutes (which were deeply bruised). Had to hike out 8 miles with the tibia broken. Made a splint with a shirt and limped out with a walking stick. The pain wasn't that bad until the next day.. Walked trail on crutches all fucking summer. The warmest 3 months of the year.
3 - Camping- grabbed the top of a lantern square center the middle of my palm. It had been on for hours, but somebody put it out and I thought it was the other unused one. Should have checked first. Burnt my entire palm, and the bases of all my fingers. Only injury that I actually cried for. (When I burnt my face I was in too much panic, must have gone into shock.) Shit was awful for days, couldn't even use my hand. At least it was the left one.
4 - Slipped on a rock in a river, split my foot at the big toe, which also got smashed. Mostly bled a lot and hurt to walk. Shocks up the spine.
5 - Fell pushing a wheelbarrow down a wet grassy hill. Proceeded to dig my arm into the metal wheelbarrow handle, went down to the bone.
6 - various places I've found ticks..
And generally just lots of scratches all over. I do a lot of off trail stuff. Prickers bushes gonna get ya.
