Your story; Hilton

During my travels today, I met the owner of this recently retro-fitted ’80’s era Campy equipped Columbus tubed Porter road racing bike.  The story he told was one of the saddest I’ve ever heard.

Hilton has ridden a bike his entire life, including a whole bunch of road racing in the States during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.  Over the past several years he’s discovered mountain-biking and has thrown himself into it with as much enthusiasm as it took to race a road bike while working 60hrs a week.  Skiing is his other passion.  At age 70, Hilton is still out telemarking with the very best, all of whom are 30-40 years his junior.  This man lives to be on skies or a bike.  They make him the man he is.

Two years ago, while riding that Porter, Hilton hit a coyote on the road.  His life would never be the same again.  [him being the man, not the coyote, though, I assume the coyote never felt the same after being hit by a man on a bicycle] He’s since undergone major back surgery and hip replacement surgery.  He’s got other issues with one foot, so much so he can’t even stand on the pedals.

As he told me about this crash and his attempts at rehabilitation, he lamented–in a very sad, sober tone of voice with hands shoved deep into his pockets–that everything he’s ever lived for, the activities that gave him the greatest pleasure in the world are gone; taken from him.

Apart from on the trainer, he knows he’ll never ride a bike again.  Never again will Hilton strap skies to his feet.  As he talked he looked towards the mountains the way one looks to the horizon in search of the soul of a dead friend.  His eyes filled with tears, they went bloodshot.  He was stoic but the pain was so obvious.  “I’ll never ride or ski again.”

Never.  It broke my heart.

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