About 8am Didier drove me to the bushcamp where most of the others had slept the night before. It was on the edge of the Salar y Uyuni, but I would not be riding my bike across with the others!
I had some breakfast and chatted with the others about yesterday. Eventually after some re-arrangement of the trucks we left in the luggage truck in the direction of Uyuni whilst the riders left in the direction of the Cactus Island in the middle of Salar y Uyuni.
I was on the salt but in a truck. We crossed to the Salt Hotel where the riders would be staying for the night, about 7K from the edge near Uyuni. We dropped off their luggage and continued to Uyuni and the last hostal of my trip. The road for about 20K after we had left the Salar y Uyuni was like a washboard and my shoulder took a pounding, nothing that Ewald, the driver, could do but make it as smooth as possible.
We arrived at the hostal and dropped of my luggage and a few others riders who had skipped this day due to illness. Then Didier and I went off to the hospital for confirmation that I had in fact broken my collar bone into 2 large & 1 small piece as the X Ray showed. We returned to the hostal and began prepring for my early departure back to England. I contacted Avril and she found out exactly what the Insurance Company needed. Didier and I then created an email with this information in it and sent it off. About 2 hours later I received a call and the process was in motion for me to come home early!
I just have to wait to find out when that will be, and I will wrap up this journey in a final posting soon.
The Andes Trail
The Route
Hi Rob,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your crash. I enjoyed reading about your adventure. Hope you are ok & recover soon.
Lee
So sad for you. This trip has really had its set of accidents, injuries and events. Collar bones are a bit of a design fault for cyclists really! Half way and every inch covered still a fantastic achievement well done xxx
ReplyDeleteRob, we can hardly believe it.What desperately bad luck,you must be gutted! You have done so well, we're all proud of you.Hope the collar bone is not too painful.Broken collar bones are the most common break for cyclists but you've gone better with 3 breaks! Sorry your trip is ending like this but we look forward to seeing you and hearing about your adventure.
ReplyDeleteGeorgina and Bob
Hi Rob
ReplyDeleteI was so very sorry to hear from Avril that this had happened - thankfully you are (almost) in one piece and you didn't break your head!!!
Again, very very well done on what you've achieved. I know you must be disappointed but few have experienced a trek of this severity and just think of all the memories.
I looked at our last posts and do hope we didn't tempt providence (we were all telling you to keep safe)! Bet I know one person who will be very pleased to get you home again though.
Lots of love from
Margaret
Hi Rob,
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about what happened. You must be bitterly disappointed. I hope your trip home isn't too painful, you recover quickly and are back on your bike soon.
Love Pauline Bell
Oh Rob I am so sorry. XX Betty
ReplyDeleteHi Rob,
ReplyDeleteI'm very sorry your great adventure had to end prematurely like this. Thanks for doing such a great job with your blog, even despite the theft of your laptop. I'll miss cycling South America vicariously through you. I suppose it's time for you to start planning the next adventure. That clavicle will heal faster than you think!
Cheers,
Ron