Elevator Friday - Formerly Valentine, Alberta

The UGG grain elevator that used to be in Valentine is now on a farm north of Ryley, Alberta. Valentine doesn’t exist anymore. Contributed by Dale Redekopp.

Progress . . .

Got a little more flexible and a little stronger. 

Doing two hundred stairs in a day just over a week ago was perhaps dumb. At the time I felt so damn good and. I did not hurt the next few days but my body was damn tired out. I felt some muscle strain but very little pain. I did not have much energy for days. At the moment my legs are in some pain.

I was doing stairs with holding the railing with one hand and using a crutch in the other. Then a couple of days ago tried and succeeded using both crutches to get up stairs. Yesterday I tried something a little different, I can just make it up four steps with one hand on the railing and no support on my other hand. Today I used one crutch (just one) for the first time in my right hand and managed to walk (badly) ten feet. Every time I do something a little new I am ravenous and exhausted later.

Toying with the idea of putting things on hiatus for a while. Exercising has been wearing me out lately.

Elevator Friday - on a farm near Grande Prairie, Alberta

Thank you Dale Redekopp.

Hallways and stairs

I largely spend my days walking the halls on crutches and going up stairs on crutches. Stairs seem to be really helping my legs. Last Friday I did one hundred sixty-eight stairs. I took Saturday off and gave myself a rest. Today I increased my stair count to two hundred eight. Not bad. 

Elevator Friday - near Rosemary, Alberta

Thank you Dale Redekopp.